While some prefer to buy new books, there are still many who prefer visiting the book lane ( avenue road) to these merchants / book sellers who encourage people to re-use and re-cycle the ‘used’ books for the needy, on a longer term this provides a great value not only to the user but the others as the cost of the books keeps coming down, a single copy is used by many thus is a noble cause for environment support too…
Ulsoor market street is narrow and busy, still provides shopping experience to many, here is someone who wants to buy bananas wothout leaving his comfort of riding his bike... 
Dry fruits being sold on a busy market street in city market area, the hard bargain seems to have got some advantage to buyer as he tries to pay the vendor and the lady still seems reluctant...
Schools are open and it's time for friends to bring back the fun and friendliness sharing icecreams, nuts and other goodies... be it on the road or sharing tiffins, goodness of the schooling times!!
All of them in harmony, then it must be heaven! These stickers put for sale on a compound wall in the avenue road market sure to attract followers of all caste, creeds and religions... 
Opportunities unlimited, the city continues to provide opportunities to job seekers at every possible level and front... here is a 'WANTED.." display from a clothing shoppe nearby market area...
As rains brings cold, the hot steaming corns provide lot of opportunities for this street vendor, the sweet and hot corns are a typical fast food people relish while they are out and continues to help beat the cold climate... 
I like those colors and patterns displayed for new range of collection...while wondering through the commercial market these colors do tempt you for a second glance at least! the innovation continues to drive consumers buy them even when they are not planning to...
Mannequins continue to lure so does their own types, this one still carries those 70's looks and types yet standing on a busy market street doing her job well…. 
Perhaps the most popular hobbies now-a-days is the window shopping and market hopping. this is emerging in as substitute for relaxation and major time-pass. Here is a quick snap from one busy street with some action.. 
No, this is not just a footware display, but the demand of colours and patterns translated to justify the reason of a purchase. Each market visit tells me more and more of these changing times and toelines... 
@ your door step! The mantra for Bangaloreans to sit back home and order food, groceries, medicines, The amount of delivery vans, bikes are symbolic to the fact that there is much much more demand that needs to be ‘delivered’ ...
Traffic stuck BMTC bus driver and fellow travelers get into their routine ‘nirvana’ the traffic situation becoming challenging day by day add more than required time to travel to and fro from workplace, the growth hit urbanization demand lot of patience from the citizens…
New products being promoted outside a department store get entire family attention, the folks out on a weekend evening, the cloths they wear do reflect both local and global aspirations this city typically wears…
A wholesaler of local fries checkout his visit to the cart customer early morning on his two wheeler, these cheap hot chips are munched along sipping the tea by local crowds …
Vacations are over and schools have already reopened, this family is catching up late buying school bags and tiffin bags near by a large departmental store, stores cashing in on opportunity have opened counters on road front to facilitate ‘young seasonal buyer’ with seasoned parents…
Afternoons over the weekend are sometimes so quiet! A young couple makes it for a gentle walk in a parking lot of a market area, and who says that walks are green only in parks…
Shoemaking is a traditional handicraft profession, which has now been largely superseded by industrial manufacture of footwear. This Village Cobbler (aka. Mochi) is seen busy repairing footwear on a pavement. 
Lalbagh park, the pride of city houses few battery operated carts that carry visitors around the huge park in a 45 minute drive to explore it completely. It helps families with elders, mothers with small kids and even those enthusiast who wish to have a glimpse of the garden before settling down under the trees avoiding long walks…
Fuel prices are soaring, entire World is going after the ‘green’ and ‘clean’ options, perhaps these riders have taken this seriously, have they? 
Jamuns, Rose apples and Lychee for sale on this cart near the commercial street, the weekend shoppers while shopping like to enjoy them without taking a break from the shopping time, the fruit sellers bring few top selling fruits like these each season to keep their sales up and offer such healthy options available…
Range, shapes and colors! The street vendor nearby a popolaur market keeps his stall colorful to ensure he gets the right attention! After all it’s about everyone’s cup of tea!!
Private Bangalore buses that connect the city with peripheral towns are indeed amazingly colorful; they use anything from gods, famous film icons to beautiful scenery that can be attraction to the crowd… after all catching attention helps catching the customer!!
I have to really run atop my house to get this captured y’day evening. (Perhaps I am one of those who would get exited to see the rainbow.) Both the rain and the sun keep paying around the city sky to keep the conditions just right for a nice drive or lay back on hammock and watch the sky…
Snacking continues to be the need for those for a quick and tasty break while on road, travelling back forth and waiting in a traffic jam… the great samosa’s or some cutlets do offer the delight and ‘due diligence’ to the Indian taste buds…
The BMTC Vajra Volvos are modified to suit travellers to carry the luggage to/from the airport, the travel is economical and comfortable with options of having to book your tickets online via flightraja.com too...
Selling folk drums in a parking lot near commercial street does indicate the demand for these drums and the beating hearts that city rocks awhile… 
It’s a Sunday morning at HAL Market, perhaps too early for me to get off the bed and go for shopping the veggies. These cops, on the other hand already resumed their duty that early in the morning is certainly motivating... 
Window shopping on commercial street with Dad might be an option this adolescent has chosen. While she is busy picking the right item for her, father seems to try and catch up with the GenNext choices…. 