New Bamboo Bazaar Road
Nothing that's metal goes waste in Bangalore. They are recycled here on the road parallel to SJP Rd.
October 31, 2008
October 30, 2008
October 29, 2008
Off 1st main, Kalasipayala
Resting in pieces. Yezdi bikes.
Here's a song dedicated to the bikes that were made in Mysore
Mysore Se Aayi by Raghu Dixit.
Church Street
Paani Puri.
And the complete message on the wall: India recognise Tamil Eelam. A Hindu country.
October 26, 2008
Jeweller's Street
Munna. The roadside alchemist.
If you are on Facebook, join Road Romeos and Juliets. The Indian Street Photography group
October 24, 2008
October 21, 2008
Hospital Road
The 'Lock Shrine' inside Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital. People beleive that placing a lock at this little shrine will help their loved ones recuperate faster.
October 20, 2008
October 19, 2008
October 18, 2008
October 17, 2008
October 15, 2008
October 14, 2008
Binny Mill Circle
While the cross and trishul carrying religious chimps in Karnataka herd and try to convert or reconvert the illiterate and the unwanted from the fringes of society, the poorest in Bangalore are driven by more immediate and realistic spiritual needs. The most popular deities in the slums with miserable healthcare facilities, especially for children, are the Indianised Mary and Infant Jesus in the eastern part of Mahanagara and temples like the one above in the water-starved, not-so-nirmala Benglure central neighbourhoods. And it does not matter what gods or 'peers' the invisible-to-our-government(except during elections) cry and pray to, they all line up every morning outside a small shop on Cottonpet Main Road that sells a variety of lucky charms that will help infants live and stay healthy enough to crawl beyond the first year of their lives. I have tried to click a picture of the shop, with serpentine queues of Hindus, Christians and Muslims, not reaching out at each others' throats, but the person who runs the shop didn't want publicity of the internet kind when I asked him if I could click a picture. And yes, he's minting money.
Our Government is getting away with murder. Karnataka's Infant Mortality Rate (2007): 54 for every 1000 births. Maternal Death rate: 4%!
October 13, 2008
October 12, 2008
RMV 2nd Stage
Godman's strange pose in the dining hall of the community centre, Ramana Maharishi Centre for Learning, Sanjaynagar.
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