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Russian Expat's Viral Post Hails Bengaluru as India's Most Livable City

Her Instagram video praising the city's climate drew wide coverage with mixed online reactions.

Overview

  • Yulia, identified in reports as Iuliia Aslamova, said she would choose Bengaluru again as her home in India, calling it “sunny, warm, green.”
  • She contrasted metros, describing Delhi and Jaipur winters as “super cold” and Chennai and Mumbai as too hot, saying Bengaluru feels “just right.”
  • The Siberia-born creator joked she “can’t afford to complain” about Indian weather and quoted a Russian saying that “the heat doesn’t break bones.”
  • She noted a shift over the past decade from rarely needing air conditioners to considering them essential, while still praising the overall weather.
  • Her post highlighted the city’s culture as the “pub capital of India” and a “former paradise for retirement,” and it drew online pushback over traffic and affordability as well as supportive comments.