Saturday, February 28, 2009

Pineapple Express…

Roadside fruit selling in Thippasandra Market Road, all round the year some or the other fruits are being sold here due to the large demand for fresh fruits and juices. The pineapples are fresh n juicy, choice is to buy one full fruit or few slices supporting ones need and as per the convenience…

Friday, February 27, 2009

Shoe-case..

The exports are down and so is the demand. Many export oriented mfg units have diverted their goods to local markets. The buyers are happy as they get the quality goods in lesser price than before…

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Cashing on Coconuts…

The economy may fluctuate but the consumption of coconuts continues to remain the most preferred. Yet there are clever market traders making most of the demand supply scenario…the clueless local coconut seller in the market continues to take the hit so as the farmers.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Beat It..

Street hawkers turn every opportunity into selling just right, the Slumdog Oscar mania brings attention of the world to Indian music so does this seller making most of the opportunity by selling various drums ….

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Lonely..

Early morning in a local market he is out on food finding mission, moving in and around the shops, searching known faces in his ‘own’ market neighborhood.. Like many others he is the one, who is born to live wild in this urban vegetable market…

Monday, February 23, 2009

Side Business..

Lot many farmers from adjoining the city outskirts have adapted to balance themselves in the urban and rural demands. To add to their regular income many of them have started nurseries and allied product developments. Their bullockcarts loaded with goods frequent to few weekly markets in some semi urban city areas showcasing their goods for sale ….

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Early Morning Drives..

It continues to be a pleasure drive early mornings on certain roads. The weather is just right and so the pleasant as if coming out from a cold night and preparing to enter a hot sunny day. Not much movement on the roads and the trees showcasing the spring leaves…What a great drive it can be!!

Saturday, February 21, 2009

The “Golden bell” starts blooming…

The Tabebuia Argentina i.e. Yellow Tabebuia, also called "Golden Bell" blooms are back, the city will wear this yellow cover for next few months….

Friday, February 20, 2009

Rag picking upscaled…

The rag picking is never been the same now, the city has grown and so is the area for these rag pickers. This one is using a bicycle to help him collect the stuff which is unusual as most of them just carry it on their backs. The biggest benefits provided by these rag pickers to the society is that of enabling ‘reuse and recycle’ principle, helping collect & sort garbage for still usable materials. The section as usual is far neglected and thrives on many challenges…

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Early Coolers…

The city is knocking on the doors of the summer season, the days have shown significant increase in heat and mercury has touched 33C already in mid Feb. The watermelons can now be seen on the street hawker carts / local markets coming to the rescue beating the heat...

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Uniform Routines…

The academic terms are nearing final exams. In the last few weeks before the long vacations when the syllabus is almost complete, the school bags become lighter and students carry fewer books. The young ones still try keep the pace with elder’s, who handhold them along…

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Napping Sales...

The economic slowdown and this picture may have some correlation, though the stall is loaded with fresh veggies yet not many customers around. The vendors takes this opportunity to catch up with a nap as he must have started his day quite early and getting prepared for a long day ahead…

Monday, February 16, 2009

Stars on Earth…

The garden city presents the purple stars this season; along the side walks few delights always surprised me like these unknown beautiful purple flowers were all over the pathway. Walking along them was such a great experience. Just made my day!!

Sunday, February 15, 2009

That’s the News…

Everyday, morning on the pavements he sells fresh news like many news paper sellers in the city. He starts early morning well before sunrise to collect the bunch from the distributor and reaches his spot and returns back before noon. Many readers prefer buying the newspapers while on the way to their work or even after morning walks….

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Happy Valentine...

Friday, February 13, 2009

Valentine Cheers!!

This Valentine weekend with be really hot with brewing controversies around culture and freedom and interpretations thereof have lad few unique initiatives in the cyber-state hoping to have a great villain free valentine!!

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Family time…

Free time is family time; a man spends some time with his family outside vegetable market. I guess he must have come along with other families from nearby place who buy weekly vegetables together in a hired transport tempo and he and his wife are baby sitting kids of the clan while others keep shopping. Once shopping is done everyone will head back to their homes together …

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Staying Informed..

The ‘Nariyal paniwala’ (Coconut water seller) from my neighborhood remains informed reading newspapers as he finished setting up his cart early morning, many walkers pass by and enjoy coconut water from him as he adds few tidbits from the happenings around from latest news…

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Invisible Lanes..

When it comes to driving, it becomes hell ride for quite a few. The lanes become invisible and in an attempt to save few minutes many rush in into such adventures of Gap Analysis. The concerned truck cleaner in the picture seem to have taken 30000 ft view of the situation…

Monday, February 09, 2009

Catching the bus..

It’s Monday, time to get back to work… an enthusiast commuter boards the bus while it is still in motion, a common scene to jump into the bus stuck in traffic at low speed…

Sunday, February 08, 2009

Shopping Desires ..

School kids visit a small aquarium shop checking out the options and varieties of fish. As kids they get easily hooked to the beautiful fishes and the desire setting up their home aquariums indirectly learning to take responsibility to maintain and feed their ‘owned’ fishes…

Saturday, February 07, 2009

Going Orange..

Oranges are here, the indication of forthcoming summer. A visit to HAL market shows heap of oranges being sold. Oranges come from carious places to the city the famous ones are from Nagpur from neighboring state of Maharashtra.

Friday, February 06, 2009

Cool Cart..

The afternoons are hot; this local ice cream vendor must face the sun to get this livelihood going… more the heat, more the money!!

Thursday, February 05, 2009

Winter Morning Chills…

While the winter magic is fading up, few nights and following mornings keep reminding about the Chills, a street vendor continues to cover himself as he sets-up his cart early morning in a nearby market street…

Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Sipping tea @Sidewalk

Morning is all about hot tea or coffee and tit does taste better with few friends and acquaintances at your neighborhood roadside stall… the stall is busy selling hot tea and coffee along some newspapers. All being served hot and fresh!!

Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Long Shadows..

The magic of winter is fading, the summer spins have started showing up. The rain trees have lost their canopies to the winter fall and city is getting deprived of their caring shadows for some time….

Monday, February 02, 2009

Audio Video Expo…

Kanteerava stadium housed “Audio Video Expo” over weekend; it is perhaps not that right time for anyone to buy the stuff but gives good opportunity to take a sneak peak into what’s on the technology platter…

Sunday, February 01, 2009

Fresh & Hygienic...

For those who like sugarcane juice and have reservations due to the hygiene factor on roadside stalls this could be a right option. There are now many such hygienic sugarcane juice machines installed that server pure fresh and hygienic sugarcane juice with different additives like ginger, salt n pepper etc… I did enjoy the same with ginger tinge and loved the flavor…