Bengaluru, India’s tech hub, can’t deal with SVB if it’s stuck in traffic

Bengaluru has been dealt a terrible hand by politicians.

India’s software powerhouse earned its spurs by managing tech for global multinationals. Now it’s even shielding local startups from the falling debris in US banking. The city of 13 million people punches above its weight for India and the world.

But while success in solving technical problems has brought prosperity to coders, inadequate infrastructure, particularly transport, is detracting from the quality of life of professionals who call the fast-growing Indian metropolis home.