---
title: Security at Bagmane Capital
date: 2026-07-11T19:28:44+05:30
categories:
    - interesting-experiences
description: My interactive map story illustrates how Bagmane Capital's stringent security transformed a simple 14-minute walk into an hour-long ordeal. I detail the frustrations of navigating complex campus access, leading to delays and a missed lunch.
tags: [security, maps, data-stories, data-visualization, interactive]
---

<p>
  <strong>A fourteen-minute walk took me over an hour.</strong>
  Scroll inside the map below, or
  <a href="https://sanand0.github.io/datastories/security-at-bagmane-capital/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">open it full-screen</a>.
</p>

<div style="width: 100vw; margin-left: calc(50% - 50vw); width: min(100vw, 100rem); margin-left: calc(50% - min(50vw, 50rem)); margin-top: 1.5rem; margin-bottom: 2rem;">
  <iframe
    src="https://sanand0.github.io/datastories/security-at-bagmane-capital/"
    title="The Fourteen-Minute Walk — an interactive scrolling map story"
    loading="lazy"
    referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin"
    style="display: block; width: 100%; height: 820px; height: min(56rem, 92svh); border: 0; background: #f5f1e6;">
  </iframe>
</div>

I was staying at [The Curzon Court, Brigade Road](https://maps.app.goo.gl/ArHn75eAihHzZXcr9).

I needed to be at [Microsoft Luxor North Tower](https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tf5qZGwXogetSJr46) for a 2 pm [workshop](https://hasgeek.com/fifthelephant/when-data-is-for-agents-workshop/).

So I came over to [Seetharampalya Metro Station](https://maps.app.goo.gl/Z4deFUzZsqamcCZC9) and seated myself at [Fairfield by Marriott](https://maps.app.goo.gl/NJqUfFnHL4QW8xa2A) by 11 am.

At around 1:10 pm, I thought it best to head to the venue. It was a 14 minute walk. That would give me half an hour to have lunch. I skipped breakfast, too.

Unfortunately, the security guard at [Bagmane Capital](https://www.bagmanegroup.com/portfolio/bagmane-capital) Gate 3 told me that this was the back gate.

Visitors must register at the front gate near [Sri Vishnu Palace](https://maps.app.goo.gl/i5fWhTzwuaXnnGPd8). That's 2 km away. But since I can't go through the campus, it's 4 km away.

I called the host and let them know I'll be late.

After ordering a Rapido bike, hunting gate after gate for the right one, I managed to get to the Bagmane Capital front gate at 1:50 pm.

The bus would arrive at 2 pm. The workshop was at 2 pm. It was a 24 minute walk. Since I brisk-walk 25% faster than Google Maps, I could be there by 2:10 pm by walk. Bus was uncertain.

So I brisk-walked. And ended up in my own workshop 15 minutes late.

Without breakfast. Or lunch.

After the workshop, I walked out via the Gate 3. The security turned me around.

I turned around. But after 5 minutes, I turned back.

I took off my visitor badge and walked out.

He shouted at me to turn around. I kept walking.

He followed me, shouting. I kept walking, tiredly.

He called the security at the next check, who stood in front of me, blocking me, and asked what I thought I was doing.

"I'm just going out," I said, tiredly. And walked around him.

He followed me, shouting. I kept walking, tiredly.

I had lunch at [Bug & Bean Cafe](https://maps.app.goo.gl/cCirwrPvdXRVUBnK9).

Unfortunately, their chef was unavailable, so most of the interested dishes were unavailable too. I had a peri peri paneer sandwich.