A strike over water has shut down Bangalore’s IT industry for the second time in a month (last month’s shutdown was due to religious turmoil).

Of course, the press jumps on a story like this as a sign of “how, despite a thriving tech industry, Bangalore is just not Silicon Valley”.  If a shutdown is what it takes to reach that epiphany, you deserve a cookie.

Unfortunately for Bangalore, recent targeting by terrorist groups might place the city of baked beans closer to New York in the global imagination.

Bangalore’s issues may also speed the inevitable (and ongoing) push to other cities in India. As if the gridlock on outer ring road wasn’t enough motivation already.