Where is Bangalore located? What is the significance of this setting in The White Tiger?

This city in Southern India is the community in which Balram begins and ends his story: the present day narrative framework of the novel is set here, the city in which Balram took refuge / hid in the aftermath of Mr. Ashok's death. Bangalore is where he started his business, put all his entrepreneurial skills and experience into action, and made a new life for himself.