Door to door....

Carpets continues to be liks of the population here, some door to door sells continue to happen via such sellers who generally offer cheaper options and synthetic carpets...

Indian Carpets are renowned the world over for their exquisite designs, subtle elegance, attractive colours and workmanship. The magnificence of Indian carpet weaving and the intricate patterns that have emerged from it have substantially increased India's carpet exports and placed it prominently in the international carpet map. Refer..

 

Sand for Sale....

Trucks align to the roadside parking selling sand on Old Madras Road, each truck filled with river sand awaits the customer. Once they get the deal the truck unloads the sand at customer site...

The Contruction industry in and around Bangalore needs about 3,500 lorry(truck) loads (400 cubic feet each) of sand every day. But supply of river sand to the growing industry has been a constant source of controversy in the city. Strike by truckers transporting sand has been an annual feature for the past few years. At times, the industry has come to a halt for several weeks, throwing thousands of construction workers on the streets, besides hitting the economy hard. Refer..

 

Mongphali ...Boiled Peanuts, the Great Munch...

Let me introduce you my Great Munch, boiled peanuts / mongphali... almost every stree and town in india will have this available in varients like roasted, fried and boiled. It offeres a great time pass munching opportunity and also feeds your belly...

Peanuts are a rich source of proteins (roughly 30 grams per cup after roasting) and Monounsaturated fat. Recent research on peanuts and nuts in general has found anti-oxidants and other chemicals that may provide health benefits. Peanuts are a significant source of resveratrol, a chemical studied for potential anti-aging effects. More...

 

New Volvo Buses@ Bangalore

Now Volvo has finally entered the city bus market of Bangalore via BMTC. By Indian standards, Volvos are supposed to be more expensive than the locally manufactured buses from Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland. However they say, that the long term maintenance and running costs are supposed to be much lower, and this seems already been proven in the intercity bus market in India.
The buses are the Volvo B7RLE chassis and assembled at Volvo’s factory in Bangalore. The buses have 7000 cc diesel engines that meet Euro 3 emission regulations. The body is built on the same design as the Volvo 8700, which is currently used in Europe. Refer...

 

Cycling & friendship...

This snap takes me back to me school old days, learning bicycle was an ambition, motive and desire...whatever it could take for me to get on with it was duly done....making someone sit on the front bar taking the pleasure of double seat...quite a nostalgic feeling!!

 

Auto Repairs @ Roadside

In less than 10 years, India has doubled its number of highways, from 34,298km in 1996-97 to 65,659km by 2005. This gives rise to army of roadside garages and repair mechanics and gives them employment. The parts that frequently breakdown helps the auto spare parts business to Flourish.
It is a common sight on any highway or the major road to see people opting for quick fix on the car problems, perhaps auto service industry will take some time to get fully organized and be reachble at every road and highway....

Letter Box @ Bangalore GPO

Outside Bangalore GPO, this neat and colurful letterbox is worth a look... I wish all letterboxes could look and be functional as this one...

Some postal authorities have different types of post boxes for different types of post. For instance, there may be separate boxes for regular post and express post, for local addresses (defined by a range of postal codes) and out-of-town addresses, or for post bearing postage stamps and post bearing postage meter indicia. Refer...

 

Queen Victoria @ Cubban Park

Statue of Queen Victoria in Cubban Park, Bangalore. I also remember The Victoria Memorial, located in Kolkata, India

Several places in the world have been named after Victoria, including two Australian States (Victoria and Queensland), the capitals of British Columbia and Saskatchewan, Canada, the capital of the Seychelles, Africa's largest lake, and Victoria Falls. See also List of places named after Queen Victoria.

The title Empress of India was given to Queen Victoria in 1877. The title was created some years after the formal incorporation into the British Empire of Britain's possessions and protectorates on the Indian subcontinent, comprising modern-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Burma (though the latter would be made a separate colony in 1937). It is said Victoria's desire for such a title was motivated partially out of jealousy of the imperial titles of her distant cousins William I, German Emperor, and Alexander II of Russia. Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli is usually credited with creating the title for her. Also, the title was created when it became evident that Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, Princess Royal, would become an empress when her husband ascended the German imperial throne. More..

 

Roadside Devotions...

Religious spots, specially temples on the side of the roads are a common sight in many cities in India. This is especially true in Bangalore too.. not sure who builds them and why on the roadsides, but one thing for sure is that they are an abosolute money making machines...
The demolition of roadside temples and encroachments had been both appreciated and scorned. Many municipal corporations have seeked interventions by courts to remove them too...

 

Veggies @ Malleshwaram Market...

since many years this market serves local population with almost every need ....


market gets bit over crowded over weekend afternoons or late morning but gives quality and affordablility...


Fresh flowers, vegatables, fruits..one stop shopping for all the daily needs end at Malleshwaram Market on Sampige Road.... More..

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Busy Shoppers...

It's catching up... the organized sector for fruit and vegatable retailing is catchning up Bangalore... it was there since along but the pace and the entities jumping in it are increasing double fold...

 

Morning cuppa coffee...

it's morning and Bangalore weather at it's best ( 22-18 deg C) ... people enjoy sipping coffee at a roadside cart before catching up with the routine... Have you had your coffee today?

 

Gutka...

Gutka (also spelled gutkha, guttkha, guthka) is a preparation of crushed betel nut, tobacco, and sweet or savory flavorings. It is manufactured in India and exported to a few other countries. A mild stimulant, it is sold across India in small, individual-size packets that cost between 1 and 4 rupees apiece. It is consumed much like chewing tobacco, and like chewing tobacco it is considered responsible for oral cancer and other severe negative health effects.

Used by millions of adults, it is also marketed to children. Some packaging does not mention tobacco as an ingredient, and some brands are pitched as candies - featuring packaging with children's faces and are brightly colored. Some are chocolate-flavored, and some are marketed as breath fresheners. Highly addictive and a known carcinogen, gutka is currently the subject of much controversy in India. Many states have sought to curb its immense popularity by taxing sales of gutka heavily or by banning it outright.

 

Yakshagana..

Yakshagana is a classical folk art form of the state of Karnataka in India mostly popular in the districts of Uttara Kannada, Shimoga, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Kasargode district of Kerala. This would be considered to be a form of opera in western eyes. Yakshagana is a traditional theatre form combining dance, music, spoken word, costume-makeup, and stage technique with a distinct style and form. Both the word Yakshagana and its world are interesting and intriguing.

Yakshagana, like many other forms, defies neat classification into categories like folk, classical, rural. It can be included into each of these, or all of them together, depending upon our line of approach. Being a theatre form, unlike a dance form, it is more plural and dynamic. And hence it exhibits many types and varieties inside itself. However, Yakshagana can be rightly called a traditional form. Refer...

 

Frozen time...

Time seem to be frozen at this shop selling, repairing old, redone clocks...

Modern technology has taken it's toll on the technicians who used to make living by way of repairing earstwhile electro-mechnical and quartz clocks/watches, the modern clocks don't leave option of repairs and promote replacements of parts if fail... which is rare..

Chulha...

Chulha : definaition> a stove that uses wood or charcoal as fuel.

Traditionally in rural india, cooking on wood is still most prefered way, some part / patches of Bangalore with rural touch do use these means to cook rice, boil water etc...

Cooking is an act of preparing food for eating. It encompasses a vast range of methods, tools and combinations of ingredients to improve the flavour or digestibility of food. It generally requires the selection, measurement and combining of ingredients in an ordered procedure in an effort to achieve the desired result. Constraints on success include the variability of ingredients, ambient conditions, tools, and the skill of the individual cooking. The diversity of cooking worldwide is a reflection of the myriad nutritional, aesthetic, agricultural, economic, cultural and religious considerations that impact upon it. Refer...

 

Paan shoppe...

For every indian, 'Paan' is dearly...be it a sweet ot with tobacco, this aftermint alike is important for every ceremony and indulgence...Paan is chewed as a palate cleanser and a breath freshener. It is also commonly offered to guests and visitors as a sign of hospitality and eaten at cultural events. Paan filling is generally a mixture of various spices, fruits, and sugar. Paan makers may use mukhwas or tobacco as an ingredient to their paan fillings. Paan is also widely available through South Asian grocers in the United States. Although many types of paan contain Betel nuts as a filling, many other types do not. ...


Ideally a 'paan' will have many ingredients which is belived to help in digestion of food ...

 

Crow & window...

A beautiful window studded onto a stone wall in ulsoor market, the structure is more than 50 years old and used as local administrative building...

 

Fetching water...

It is a constant endavor for this girl to fetch daily quota of drinking water for her family in surrounding area's of Bangalore. Can monsoon be a better season than summer to remember water and its importance? Even a slight disruption in water supply will cause problems for the people. The problems the city is facing because of depletion in the ground water level.

The Bangalore Water Supply & Sewerage Board (BWSSB) provides drinking water to Bangalore to an extent of about 860 MLD. People also augment their needs through bore wells, but the quantity is comparatively very less. Approximately 80 percent of the drinking water supplied-that is 688 MLD-flows as wastewater. Out of this, BWSSB is providing secondary level treatment to 347 MLD and tertiary level treatment to 71MLD of wastewater only. Refer...

The Bangalore Palace...

The Bangalore Palace was built by a Wodeyar king in 1887 on the 400 acre space.The Bangalore Palace was built by a Wodeyar king in 1887 on the 400 acre space. Inspired by the Windsor castle, this palace was built in the Tudor style, complete with Gothic windows, foiled windows, battlements and turrets.

It stands amid undulating lawns, partly converted into a formal garden with axial paths. Spreads over 13,700sq m (147,466 sqft) the palace fell into disrepair after 1949 when it was at the centre of an ownership dispute between the government and the ruling wodeyars. It has since been restored to the wodeyars and is now rented out as a popular venue for functions such as weddings and music concerts and film shoots.

In the heart of the city is a unique edifice 110 year old monument is a popular tourist attraction. Surrounded by a garden all around, almost giving it a fairytale setting...

North-East Monsoon...

Bangalore is blessed with two monsoons in a year...Primary rainy season: June - September (South-West Monsoon) and the Secondary rainy season: November - December (North-East Monsoon)... These two monsoons help maintain Bangalore weather quite pleasant and comfortable between 33 Degree C and 14 Degree C... More facts...

 

Going to workplace...

Early morning, office goers wait at the junction for transport...many will have choice of pickups by official transport offered by the employer, others struggle through local transport buses run by govt or private operators...

 

SSSSSH.....Sound no horn!

School in Indiranagar goes creative by putting up as many "No horn" road signs on all the roads surrounding the campus...