All that Glitters…

Not that I am a fan of antics, but this shop on Commercial Street always makes me believe that I can be…. Some call this a gift shop, souvenir shop or what ever they feel to get in there!!

Few Showers…

Catching up on the early morning rains over the weekend, the atmosphere was just right to lazy around in the bed. Good I didn’t, and strolled around to catch few glimpses…

Kulcha Invite...

Kulcha is a typical North Indian recipe, like any other ethnic food available in its true style in the state of Punjab, India. The So popular Kulcha made it's way on the menus of many restaurants in Bangalore too, here is a snap from a local restaurant serving it in a cane basket...

Flour dough, mashed potatoes, onion (optional) and lots of spices are rolled into a flat round bread and baked in an earthen clay oven. After it is golden brown it is rubbed with butter and then eaten with spicy gravies. It is generally served with mint sauce, raw onion and curd. Kulcha can be stuffed with cottage cheese, mashed potato, mixed vegetables, etc.

Siesta on steel….

A Steel yard worker takes a quick siesta (afternoon nap) on the steel bar stack. Despite very few facilities like resting rooms or even canteen for that matter, being innovative he makes use of the strong steel bars with gunny bags upholstery to enjoy his siesta….

King Rooster…

King Rooster with his fiancé, basking in the morning sun on a dump of sand nearby a construction site. A common sight in rural India and few parts of the semi urban areas in the cities. Many prefer to breed Chicken in and around their houses which generally seen wonder around the streets and neighboring areas…

Lights, Camera..Action!!

Few days back Amulya Gopalkrishnan (NDTV) sent me an invite for a small interview about Metroblogging, indeed the word seen spreading out side blogosphere. Then came the call from Pavitra Jayaraman (NDTV, Bangalore) and we decided to meet at NDTV Bangalore office late noon y’day. I hope the program will be on air soon…

>> Here is my post on MetBlog

Locked Belief...

Chain of locks placed on the door of a Durgah near K R Market. The symbols of the beliefs people put in asking for help / blessings irrespective of religion. The Durgah is Muslim saint's shrine or tomb, it is visited by many to seeking help and the blessings for their wellbeing and so do the increase in number of locks...

Woven for life...

Bamboo baskets kept for sale in city market, the hand woven baskets has lot of demand especially in the fruit and vegetable markets across India. This being the most eco-friendly and economical option to store and transport items remains the most preferred choice. The local availability of the Bamboos is large and in abundance along with many rural craftsmans.

Morning News...

Early morning, catching up and connecting to the world via newspaper, the reader seen sitting on a pavement. Nearby shopkeeper outside his shop awaits the first customer....

Breakfast on the cart.

Making a quick buck by selling the favorite breakfast items on the cart seems to be the key for this vendor near City Market. The items such as idli, vada and dosa are fast selling and help many shopkeepers to opens shops early as they don’t have to spend time at home for the breakfast and get longer coverage for their customers…

World of Wicks...

Local markets offer variety of cotton wicks, the most preferred wicks for oil and ghee ( butter) lamps. A wick is placed over the nozzle and extends into the fuel chamber.
Most lamps come with one nozzle; a few lamps have more, from two to twenty nozzles. However, the more nozzles, the greater the fuel consumption. The thickness of the wick is an important factor too; thin wicks burn fuel more slowly than thick ones. However, the thickness of the wick does not affect the size of the flame much.

The textile shoppe

With vibrant colors, unusual patterns and variety, perhaps that makes this small shoppe sucesfully selling the textiles in a small market area. the shop shares a common wall with a medicine shop ...

Old Buildings..

This snap of an old building nearby Ulsoor market, there are many such structures which age more than 50+ yrs and are in verge of redevelopment. In the shelter, a small cart with household goods on the narrow way to backside residential area...

Lashing Rains...

While on my way back from work, caught in heavy rain y’day evening. Here is a snap from the KR Puram cable stayed bridge passing by… It all settled before the night and the climate was fantastic and pleasant for which Bangalore is known for....

Copra, the dry coconut..

Sold and consumed in most of the markets in the city, Copra is the dried meat, or kernel, of the coconut. The Coconut oil is traditionally extracted by grating or grinding copra, then boiling it in water. The process of coconut oil extraction is done by crushing copra to produce coconut oil; the by-product is known as cake. Apart from the coconut oil Copra is extensively used in south Indian cooking as an important ingredient.

The Ratha..

Ratha as it is called, is a chariot kept on the road outside a temple. The Hindu religious processions use these to carry idols of gods and goddesses in many festivals and functions. They are either pulled by a human chain connected via a big rope or pulled by bulls, horses or even any motorized vehicle…

Polishing work...

Back office of a jewellery shop, the polishing work being done, the ornaments go through series of chemical processes to get back the shine. Many of such shops operate in the small gullies (by lanes) off the markets providing employment for hundreds..

Leaf Plates...

Leaf plates, kept for sale in the local market. They are environment friendly, 100% biodegradable, compostable, light weight and easy to store. Also called Patrawallies, these leaf Plates made with leaves from forest. Adding as a source of income for many rurals. Many believe that they do also offer natural feeling while eating in these plates..

Furnishing Dreams...

Salesman wait for customers outside their shops in Shivaji Nagar furniture market, the market known to offer readymade furnitures and fixtures... the range includes almost everything from the household range to business-ware. The options do cater to every section of the society.

Pumping Efforts...

Seeing so many pumps makes me believe that the shop must be renting it for the construction sites, This person seems making sure that each pump is in ready for use before they are send off to the worksite. The base of the pumps are modified to suit sitting on a loose concrete slurry..

The frame maker...

Custom frames seem a regular requirement for almost every household here. A quick snap of a small frame maker shop reveals the recent demand and the orders he is processing currently. Use of traditional wooden frames with glass or entire plastic and acrylic ones the choices are available for the enthusiast.

Papayas are in...

Fresh and Ripe, Papayas kept in the ulsoor market for Sale, the fruit sellers do have mango's and some imported fiji apples along, but the oftake is more on papaya's nowadays he said.

Papaya is rich in an enzyme called papain, a protease which is useful in tenderizing meat and other proteins. Amoung the medicinal use, The mature (ripe) fruit treats ringworm, green fruits treat high blood pressure, and are used as an aphrodisiac. The fruit can be directly applied topically to skin sores ...

The 'Pooja' welcome...

Neighboring house in my locality had a 'pooja' perhaps for the newly build house extension. The ‘Arch’ decoration at the entrance made with banana stems, bamboos and coconut leaves with fresh flowers signify the new beginning and holiness...
Btw, the cow in the picture was trying to sneak into the left over flowers for a quick chew..

Auto-matic...

Two auto rickshaw drivers troubleshooting the fault, most of the drivers do it as a self service minor issues without compromising the ‘business time’…There are thousands of auto’s in the city and innovative solutions like Easy Auto are devised to fulfill the local public transport demands…

07.07.07

Once in our lifetime, this day 07.07.07 ... special one!! I felt to dedicate this days post to Sun, represented nicely by a mural on a house on 12th Main, Indira Nagar...

Flower Delivery...

Fresh flowers being delivered from the farm to the City Market, the gunny bags are kept wet and loosly stacked to preserve the flowers fresh... the local traders buy the crops from the farmers and provide them to the local wholesale merhcants who interun complete the B2B cycles with retails shops and establishements.Flowers arrive at the City Market as early as 4 a.m. and are sold until 9 p.m. Thousands depend on them for their livelihood.

The Door...

Sometimes, few creations catch your attention. This door of a famous restaurant called Saigon did the same to me while I was just passing by the same. Simple yet effective way of welcoming guests and representing hospitality..

The Knitware...

Colors continue to facinate the common man, the handmade plastic baskets made out of plastic threads knitted by cottage industries use their vivid imaginations of colurs. Such plastic knitted baskets are seen past several years in semi urban areas being used by shoppers specially visiting weekly markets...

Colors of the day!!

Rise and Shine! these beautiful flowers off the shelf from a roadside flower merchant delight every passerby. The spread if colors are so refreshing that tell 'Have a great day!!'

Wanted..

Roadside posters on everything that can hold them is a common sight, it also does reflect what majority demands in that area or region are. Here are few poster generations (one over other) put up for PG accommodations for singles, computer courses and few job opening's ... the poster abuse is mostly seen on electricity / telecom panels installed on junctions, few compound walls too...

Carriage in the Modern age...

No this isn't a photo from archives, this is from Sheshadripuram on this vary day... the carriages and horses are real and so real are the people who still use them for transportation of goods and sometimes people. Amidst the auto's and buses these traditional transport means still manage to survive blending them in the local needs and nostalgia's...