Winter Mornings...

While everyone enjoyed Deepawali festivities, city is silently slipping in to winter, the mornings are pleasant so are the roads for the walks...

Diya shopping...

Deepawali is all about light, from the small diyas (lamps) to big lanterns everyone seems to indulge themselves in lighting up the house with so many options and varieties that even on the third day of deepawali demand for diya's continue....

The first lamp of Deepawali!

"Deepawali" (also transliterated as "deepaawali") literally means a row of lamps (Sanskrit "deepa" = lamp and "aawaLi" = row, line). In due course, the popular name has shortened to Diwali. This first lamp lit on the first day of deepawali made of wheat flour and kept facing south, the direction of yama, god of deaths to keep out his ‘sight’ on the house respectfully….

H A P P Y D I W A L I . .

Here is wishing all BDP readers and patrons ...

HAPPY DIWALI...

May these thousand lamps of diwali bring lot of of joy and happiness,

Enlighten new opportunities of prosperity,

Cheerful colurs in one's life

and

Like the calmness of the 'jyoti' bring peace to everyone...

Diwali, The Festival of Light..

The festivities have begun; the markets are crowded so are the goodies. The association of diwali with lanterns is so strong that shops are fully loaded with numerous varieties to offer. Just one glimpse on to the shop takes us on a journey of colors, style and patterns…

Warming up !!

It’s been raining almost everyday all through afternoons till late night, the evenings are dark and everyone including these birds were waiting for a good sunlight…a small lake in Cubbon park sees some ducks and a cormorant takes few moments off to enjoy the sunlight …

New clothing@Deepawali...

One important aspect of upcoming Deepawali / Diwali festival is all about new cloths, the buying of new apparels will be high as everyone would want to get into the latest trends and styles... here is one showcase from a traditional designer shop in commercial street...

Urban Philosophy...

Now that the Bangalore Traffic Jams are international gossip topic, here is one urban philosophy right there where it is needed!!

Quick Meals / Breakfast....

Early morning, many street food vendors set their carts to offer hot and cheap options for breakfasts. As the day progresses so does their business catering to hundreds of customers they close the show by early evening … the food is simple and healthy compared to pricing a full rice and curry served as low as Rs 10 ( $0.15 – 0.20 approx) per plate…

Bandstand @ Cubbon Park

Among the famous places in Cubbon Park, band stand remains a preferred choice to visit. The bandstand, in an octagonal shape made with cast-iron, was built in the early part of the 1900s. Before India’s Independence, the British Royal Air Force used to play western band music at the band stand every Saturday evening. Most old timers of the city relate their memories with the Cubbon Park to this historical bandstand. This structure was the gracious venue of music concerts hosted for the erstwhile royal family and later, the people of Bangalore. Many musicians who have performed there later rose to stardom.
Recently, after a gap of four years Prakruti (an event and media planning company. ) is back, reviving the tradition again on Sunday. According to Prasad M.S. convener of Prakruti, whom I met at the bandstand said that musicians have shown interest in performing at the bandstand. The bandstand is booked for the next eight weeks wherein various famous artistes have agreed to give concerts.

Cleaning Cubbon Park...

More and more volunteers are seen taking up good cause of protecting environment and volunteering to clean the city parks making it litter-free. Just participated in one such great event and spent some great time for a good cause. An opportunity to meet few great veterans in the field too…

Wish to join this campaign @ Cubbon Park !! check out...

Changing Landscapes...

More houses, more apartments. More and More constructions are tightening the city, old landscapes are changing, and so are the dynamics of mixing cultures from migrants and locals. Indeed a thing that we all call metropolitan transformation on a fast path...