A quick snap of a pooja store, small shop that caters to the hindu religious items used for pooja / prayers etc. I get amused by the divercity offered by way of practices and items used from different parts of India, being southern city still has it's uniqueness from southern other states / cities too...
Busy city market bus stand, though domestic often flooded with people visitng market everyday. There are few who opt for auto’s standing nearby the stand once shopping is done, that helps reach directly at their doorstep. Indeed lot of people and lot of interactions….
Though ice creams are sold through out the year in the city, it becomes an obvious reason in the summer time. Push carts loaded with ice cream wonder around almost all streets to accommodate growing demand. This sales guys even barefooted dares to walk over the tar road to make his living....
Summer is almost here, the cloud cover is less and day time temparatures are almost touching 30 degrees celcius, nights are pleasant and cool. Next two months would be hotter and people prefer staying at homes to avoid sun...
While strolling by the city roads, few houses still reflect old times like this wooden door of an old house, though the house is maintained occupants have not done away with historical style. There are many new constructions that try and incorporate these style of doors to amalgamate new design streams with olden styles…
While he walks past those close shutters,
Old Horse Buggy, rarely put to use ferrying people finds it’s way to transport light goods in and around markets. In a quiet by-lane of the market area, this horse is enjoying his mid day meal in a gunny sack innovatively mounted around his neck to prevent the feed spilling out on the street ….
Betel Leaf, known commonly as paan or beeda (in Tamil), veeda (in Marathi) or vettila (in Malayalam), viLedele (in Kannada ) is a type of Indian digestive, which consists of fillings wrapped in a triangular package using leaves of the Betel pepper (Piper betle) and held together with a toothpick or a clove.
Summertime is wedding time; the wedding season brings lot of business to hotels and kalyana mantapa’s (marriage halls) in the city. For each event there follows a luncheon, here is a sneak peek into a wedding lunch served on banana leaf, guests sit together and eat together in batches….
Jet airways ATR aircraft takes off from the HAL airport in Bangalore. The new international airport is situated almost 50km away would be operational by March end, almost in a months time. Due to contractual obligation all civil flights would stop operating from this current airport and would be routed via new airport known as BIAL. 
Readerships of newspapers are high and so is the spirit of reading. A vivid reader does not need a place and almost anytime and anywhere he can achieve it to be ‘better informed’. Early morning this reading ‘syndrome’ seems to have caught up this reader for sure…
Summer is here, so are the heat busters… a pile of watermelons stacked roadside in my neighborhood makes me feel good. This summer is expected to be bit hotter than the previous thus there will be more demand for melons, I guess.