Metal Magic...

While roaming on Commercial street, here is a wonderful horse I crossed by. A wonderful and elegant artifact surely would attract many buyers to the shop just looking at it...not that this is made in Bangalore but surely available in, if one desires to buy...

The street offers very different and varied experience of shopiing, observing and eating etc on every visit.

Earthen coolers....

A potter selling the pots on a roadside, beating the heat with cool water drives the need in most of the homes deep rooted with rural beliefs use the earten pots as natural water coolers, till recently we have had such pots in our home ....

Blooming Gulmohar...

Blooming Gulmohar starts painting the city 'Red and Orange', the two prominent shades one can observer in Bangalore, the blooming sontinues till May. It is believed that as the summer gets hottest, Gulmohar flowering gets darker and mosre colourful...

Gulmohar, The Royal Poinciana, Delonix regia (family Fabaceae), is a tropical or subtropical flowering plant. It is also known by the names Gulmohar, Flamboyant Tree, Peacock Flower, Flame of the Forest, and Flame Tree. A deciduous tropical tree with fern-like leaves, that is considered one of the most beautiful trees in the world! Although it is a fast grower, it can take up to 10 years to mature.

Nursery on cart...

Everyone loves flowers, a seller from nearby nursery seen selling the plants door to door in the neighbourhood......

There are many nurseries in Bangalore, some of these though private add many more vibrant colors to the city and help make living for few...

Coconuts for sale...

A coconut shop in the HAL market, an essential ingredient of indian cuisine, a must for every housewife's shpooing list....

Coconuts are extensively used in Hindu religious rites. Coconuts are usually offered to the gods, and a coconut is smashed on the ground or on some object as part of an initiation or inauguration of building projects, facility, ship, etc.; this act signifies a sacrifice of ego, the idea that wealth stems from divinity, and the idea that, if due credit is not given, bad karma is taken on. In Hindu mythology it is referred as Kalpavruksha. In Hindu mythologies it is said that Kalapavruksha gives what is asked for.

Invest in health, build a safer future..

The health care sector in the garden city has witnessed an enormous growth in infrastructure in the private and voluntary sector. The private sector which was very modest in the early stages has now become a flourishing industry equipped with the most modern state-of-the-art technology at its disposal. It is estimated that 75-80% of health care services and investments in India are now provided by the private sector.

India's National Health Policy declares that treatment of foreign patients is legally an "export" and deemed "eligible for all fiscal incentives extended to export earnings." Government and private sector studies in India estimate that medical tourism could bring between $1 billion and $2 billion US into the country by 2012. The reports estimate that medical tourism to India is growing by 30 per cent a year. More..

The aim of today being the World Health Day is to urge governments, organizations and businesses to "Invest in health, build a safer future".

Here is Wishing you all a safer and healthy future...

Watermelon...

It's summer and the best natural cooler is watermelon, many roadside vendors sell slices on the go... I can not image fighting scorching sun without this fruit anyway!!

Fresh watermelon may be eaten in a variety of ways and is also often used to flavour summer drinks and smoothies. The simplest way to cut a watermelon is to slice it crossways and then to slice the resulting round slabs into halves or quarters (pictured above). This method is generally used in a casual setting where people do not mind the juices flowing everywhere. Since the rind provides a handle, no utensils are needed.

Banana Nation...

Being the largest producers of Banana's, it's a common sight to see them on seller carts and few relishing them on the go... As a top Banana Producing Nation as of 2005, India produced 16.8 million metric tons of the fruit.

Bananas are also a very important staple commodity for many developing countries, together with wheat, rice or corn, hence the relevance of bananas for food security. Bananas are grown in 132 countries worldwide, more than any other fruit crop. In popular culture and commerce, "banana" usually refers to soft, sweet "dessert" bananas that are usually eaten raw. More...

Child play...

This little girl seems busy playing with / sorting Coccinia and beans in the local vegetable market, it sure can help her relate quickly with the veggies and cooking coming her way in future...

Refilled ...

All stocked up! a LPG dealer readies his stock for buyers for cooking gas or as an auto fuel, the refilled cylinders pile up to fulfill the ever increaing need of cooking gas. LPG is now almost in every household and managed to get in as alternate fuel for many automobiles plying in the city....

Signs of immigrants...

The bed roll, the first thing perhaps being secured once an IT immigrant reaches bangalore, the cotton made readymade 'gaddi's are seen outside the shop in the market area reminds me my first shopping list did include one!!

Jackfruit....

Jackfruit seller is busy preparing the neat cut ‘jackfruit pulp’, the fruit is sheer delicacy and is choice for many…. When fully ripe, the pulp of the opened fruit smells of pineapple and banana.

It is believed that the jackfruit is indigenous to the rain forests of the Western Ghats of India. It spread early on to other parts of India, southeast Asia, the East Indies and even till the Philippines.

Jackfruit is the largest tree-borne fruit in the world, reaching 80 pounds in weight and up to 36 inches long and 20 inches in diameter. The exterior of the compound fruit is green or yellow when ripe. The interior consists of large edible bulbs of yellow, banana-flavored flesh that encloses a smooth, oval, light-brown seed. The seed is 3/4 to 1-1/2 inches long and 1/2 to 3/4 inches thick and is white and crisp within. There may be 100 or up to 500 seeds in a single fruit, which are viable for no more than three or four days. More…