Bengaluru, June 24 -- A social media post by a Bengaluru resident has gone viral, igniting conversations around class tensions, attitudes of locals, and the changing social dynamics of the tech hub amidst its never-ending language row.

"I'm a Kannadiga and I'm done defending Bengaluru. This city deserves the hate it's getting," the woman posted on Reddit.

Originally from a tier-2 city in Karnataka, she shared her experience of being mocked by a BMTC bus conductor after knocking on the door of the bus while on a call. According to the post, the conductor made a snide remark in Kannada: "Stylish agi phone hold maadi door knock maadthidiya?", meaning "you are stylishly knocking on the door while holding your phone?"

"It felt unnecessarily...