Veggies...

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The fresh veggies on the vendor cart, the mix is common and mostly unchanged despite winter...

Colors of...

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The garlands offcourse artificial make their way prominently to our live with a promise of not fading away; of course at the cost of frangrance!

Munch time....

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On road vendor makes a quick bhel ( puffed rice and masala) for the road side vendors on his cart, the bags full of puffed rice will soon finish as he continues to feed all along the busy market lane....

Royal Ride...

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The Royal Enfield continues to ride the hearts of the youth, these hertage bikes are still in production and going great with huge demand for the older editions....this greenone is from the armed forces resting before the roar!

Winter Fruits...

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The Apples and their cousin custard apples are showing up on the carts as the winter starts, the bananas continue to remain on shelf through out the year!!

Holiday season...

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With end of year holidays city based resorts are gearing up with offers for frineds and families to stay back and enjoy their times....

Snake Charmers...

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The Cobra as companion, this snake charmer makes her living by offering her snake kept in the bamboo basket on streets for belivers to share offerings ...

The Sky...

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Clear Sky with dash of white clouds against gulmohur tree, the weather is nice and cool getting ready for the winter....

Getting Across...

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The roadcrossing is an adventure! This mother taking her son across the street looks worried, her son on the other hand wears naughty look...

Masala Papad....

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A quick and popular munch, light snack generally served as side dish with tomato sauce....

Garlands....

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The flower sales are again back to normal, the festivities created some demand and few colurs went missing for couple days, these seem to be back again!

United Colours of ....

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The range and colors of the banana's represent taste of the consumers, the roadside shop displays three diffrerent varieties to choose from...

Go Purple...

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The city is wearing purple post festivities, trees such as jacaranda are at full bloom, this Bauhinia one adds to the color joining the trend...

Auto Art...

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The Decor inside the auto windscreen is vibrant and colourful reflection of taste of the auto owner. a positive and charming message for the passengers for sure....

What's Cooking!

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Festivities bring focus to fun and food, the catering busienss sees heavy demand and thus need for cooking gas, this guy is busy transporting the cylinders over his bike...

Diwali shopping...

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The Diyas (Lamps) sold on the pavement draws crowds at large, the diwali shopping is fun with the family or all by oneself....

Fun with Crackers ..

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The joy of Diwali doubles busting crackers, these young ones celebrate the festivities with few sparkles ...

Diwali Shopping...

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the streetshops are busy making most of the opportunity few go beyond and setup stalls on pavements to make it easy for passers by. The sweet tooth has no limits...

Happy Diwali...

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The roads are buzzing with the colours and crackers busting in the background! the Diwali celebrations are in full swing and people are enjoying with their friends and relatives, the shopkeepers are happy too!

Sweet Tweets...

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A Young trader manning a shop busy on his cell, the mobile revolution keeps to connected to distant fars but takes you out of context from actual surroundings..

Die for Dye...

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The natural roses stacked along with while roses with chemical dyes, many flower vendors pt forth these tricks to dye the roses in its unnatural form and lure customers ahead of festivities...

StreetShots...

Busy street with crowd setting ready for Deepavali festivities as most of the household get another opportunity to decorate their homes ...

Wearable Trends...

Colours are Candid! the patterns are but natural! the footwear shops showcase emerging trends of demand and vivid burst of colours!

God & Glamour...

Streetshots tell stories! some display cultural mix and traditional trends like the random shot above, after all beliefs are fundamental and implicit as well...

The Mechanic...

Fixing BiCycles is how many mechanics work their way through the garages, the ample self learning opportunity and lot many customers keep hands busy!

School Time...

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The routines are back before the Deepavali festivities begin next week. The loaded expectations of education feel less stressful with walk with the friend!

Clear Roads...

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The wet roads are clean, the rains lashed them for few days and traffic chaos added to woes...the sunday brings clam back and normalcy!!

Rains Again....

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The day was dry and sunny till noon, Suddenly clouds take over and it starts raining again....the dried roads are getting wet again, crowds blame the rains spoiling their weekend evening!!

Rains...

Nilam, the cyclone gifted lot of drizzle to the city for last two days, this continued today as well and roads are still wet and full of water and bio mass from the trees...

Rajyotsava Day!

City celebrated Rajyotsava day today, the state foundation since 1956! The entire state wears a festive look on this day as the red and yellow flags are hoisted at different strategic locations across the state and the Kannada anthem ("Jaya Bharatha Jananiya Tanujate") is chanted...Bad weather due to Cyclone Nilam played truant at the 57th Kannada Rajyotsava Celebrations in the city as thousands of children who had come prepared to showcase their talent had to return without rendering their performances.