Happy New Year!!

May the New Year sunrise bring you the prosperity, charm and enlightens your soul!!
BDP is taking off till first week of Jan 2011 and will resume posting next year!! Warm wishes!!

Misty December!!

The winter is warm, yeah with all its beauty, the warm vibes of caring, times of hot coffee togetherness and tucking in the blankets till late, the winter for me is always a warm affair!! The city is earing a shawl of mist, early morning walks are heaven!!

Onion Cry!!

The soaring prices of onions in the market are making consumers cry, the heavy rains in the parts of the onion growing regions have spoiled the crop and the retail market rates are touching the sky wherein prime minister had to intervene and stop the export mitigating local needs...

Public transport..

These swanky air conditioned volvos are now seamlessly integrated with the narrow lanes of the neighborhoods! the swiftness of the drivers is worth a mention as they maneuver the narrow lanes, tree trunks and parked vehicles...

Big Boys, Toys....

The City is blessed with many top end toys that make the roads vibrant, there are quite a few such attractions parked by... The big Hummer on the Kormangala interior road!!

Morning Haze...

The winter is setting in, so is the haze..soon the days will wear the fog and stay up cozy till late mornings, its a pleasant walk around!!

Kite Flying...

The Mobile towers are now added to the enemies of kites, the enthusiast now find way of flying them above the trees as well as cell phone towers, the kite flying though has few takers as many kids choose the digital indoor games way this skill still remains exciting with few experts ....

Veggies...

What’s selling in the markets, the fresh vegetables on the sellers deck keeps changing with seasons, here is a quick snap on what’s there this month...

Traditional Attire..

In the new era of the modern clothing, it is good to see elders with traditional attire, the comfortable cotton kurta (shirt), Dhoti and the cap, with a cotton bag ( called shabnum) ...

Creative Hands...

Creativity begins at school, so true, this beautiful tree made with handprints in a school called Parikrama leading by example, this is a definite moral boost for students to look at life creatively and share the vibe with others...

Betal nut Cracker...

Perhaps everyone in India can relate to this, a betel nut cracker was a household tool used for many centuries, this one is the modern steel version but the oldies prefer the ones made from iron...

Friendly Pets

Like any other kids, this young one seems to have liked the love bird as the mother introduced him to these small beauties in the nearby hobby shop, the seeds of hobbies are thus planted when you are young!!

Ragpicker Carts...

This is something new, the rag pickers used to carry large sacks on their backs as they used to go around collecting plastic from the garbage bins and roadside waste, few of them have upgraded themselves and now have big bicycle carts to help them collect more and be efficient, these are the unorganized pillars of recycling chain bringing back lot of waste plastic back in the value chain!

Tracks in the sky...

Come Early next year these silent tracks will start rumbling, the metro first phase testing was schduled to begin this month and city is eagre to see the train will start playing ...all eyes!!

Street sellers..

Their business is to roam around the city, neighbourhoods and sell what they claim the medicinal and spiritual beeds, the banjaras are a tribe which makes their living by moving all their life from on area to other and make living by selling herbal medicines etc...

Solitude...

Everyone needs a place for their own, away from the crowd and for themselves. Surprizingly many public places do have such options on weekdays, and few take good advantage of it...this lady seem to have got the right place in the HAL aero museum canteen which is flooded otherwise with people on weekends....

Last few..

The forest fire bloom is over, the flowers will fall and the pods will emerge, the winter is setting in and so are the signs of the change...

Tomatos..

The heap of tomatos kept for sale in the local market, the fresh good arrive early and get sold out quickly during weekends...

Go Purple..

The purple Tabebuia on the bloom, the winter collection is out! The month of December will wear purple along...

stripes and colours..

The Clubbing is sporting too! the city has few sports cafes that provide great amount of fun and learning in the youth, more and more pool cafes are seen in almost all residential areas and remain crowded ...

Colors n patterns..

The colorful laces that is used in handicrafts, the small shop had such a large customers mostly those who have an eye and interest in design and stitching...

Late Morning...

The corner shop in a neighboring area, its beyond selling, the interactions between neighbors, passing time for elders, kids around, the bicycle ready after shopping the needful items, the street comes alive via so many such humane gestures....

Floral Dreams..

While making garlands this flower seller seems to be in deep thoughts as see almost freezed when I paned my camera, being around that market for last few years few faces start becoming familier, this is one of them!!