Taken on March 23rd at Nandi Hills.
No. I didn’t push them off.
DAILY PHOTO: Nandi Hills Overlook: With and Without People
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DAILY PHOTO: Helping Hand or Monkey Bite?: You Decide
Taken on March 24, 2014 at Nandi Hills.
One monkey was hanging off the fascia of Tipu Sultan’s old hunting lodge. The other was either being a helpful monkey–trying to help his brother up–or being a mischievous monkey–trying to make him fall.
You figure out which.
Here’s a photo from moments later.
Still can’t tell?
If you said they were in the middle of a mixed martial arts knock-down-drag-out, you were correct. Here you can see the monkey who had been hanging getting a single-leg take-down on his tormentor.
FYI- For those who think one needs to get all “roided up” for strength building: Note this apparently puny monkey had the upper body strength to pull himself onto a roof while successfully fighting off an attack.
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DAILY PHOTO: V.B. Bakery in VVpuram
Taken March 22, 2014 in Bangalore.
V.B. Bakery is a 60-year-old Bangalore institution located on Food Street (proper name: Old Market Road) in Visveswarapuram (a.k.a. VVpuram.) As you can see from the middle shot, it was thronged on Saturday night.
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DAILY PHOTO: Fruity Flower Sculptures
Taken January 26, 2014 at Lal Bagh Gardens.
So, I spent an hour Googling what the correct term was for a “sculpture” made out of flower blossoms. I’m sure there’s some lingo used amongst the Flower & Garden Show crowd (but you must need to know the secret handshake.)
However, after viewing the websites for many flower shows around the world from Philadelphia to Hong Kong, all I was able to learn is that–whatever they are–these examples from the Bangalore Republic Day 2014 Flower Show… well, they aren’t good. I hesitate to say this because someone may come back and say, “You monster, those [whatever they are] were constructed by children with Down Syndrome.”
If that is the case, I stand corrected and must say that those are the finest examples of [whatever they are] that I have ever seen made by children with Down Syndrome. I may also be showing my ignorance of Down Syndrome because perhaps children with Down Syndrome do ikebana like Rain Man counted match sticks–which is to say freakishly well.
The [whatever they are] just seem a little misshapen compared to those from, for example, the Hong Kong Flower Show. If the Hong Kong arrangements are the X-Box 360 version, these are clearly the mid-1980s Atari Pong version–not that there is anything wrong with that.
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DAILY PHOTO: Shivajinagar Backstreets
Taken in the area of Russell Market on Sunday March 16, 2014.
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DAILY PHOTO: Bangalore Beef Market
Taken on March 16, 2014 in Bangalore.
Taken on March 16, 2014 in Bangalore.
You may be curious about whether one can get a steak or a burger in the land in which McDonald’s restaurants substitutes [chicken] Maharaja Macs for the iconic beef Big Mac. Indeed one can, and it’s not that hard to find, nor that expensive–though it does often involve going a little out of one’s way. A typical supermarket–if they sell meat–sells only chicken and mutton (the two globally non-offending meats–except among the vegetarian/vegan crowd.)
As one might expect, the beef trade is dominated by Muslim merchants.
I couldn’t recommend this particular place. (I have a robust digestive system by Western standards, but eating a steak acquired here would probably kill me instantly.) While you could probably get an animal butchered right there–insuring the ultimate freshness–I suspect these are mostly the garbage-eating cows seen around the city. The fact that there is a pet store attached to the beef market and that carrion eaters are constantly circling overhead is enough for me to shop elsewhere.
The Beef Market is located quite near the Russell Martket, near Commercial Street.
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DAILY PHOTO: The Colors of Holi
Taken in October of 2013 in KR (City) Market in Bangalore.
As I skipped posting Daily Photos over the weekend, I’m posting two today–in honor of a Western and an Indian holiday respectively. Holi is the festival of colors, and today one can see plenty of people with faces and clothing powdered in vivid colors. In the markets one sees these conical piles of color defying gravity in a most stubborn fashion. FYI- Today isn’t the day to wear your finest, pristine white dress shirt.
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DAILY PHOTO: Saint Patrick’s Church in Bangalore
This is Saint Patrick’s Church in Bangalore in honor of St. Paddy’s Day.
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DAILY PHOTO: Peeking BBMP Building
Taken on March 12, 2014 in Bangalore.
Taken from across Mysore Road near the front of Badami House (the Karnataka State Tourism office.)
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DAILY PHOTO: Bangalore Fort: The Tiny Attraction You Probably Missed
The inscription reads: “Through this breach the British assault was delivered March 21, 1791.” I guess that means that the 223rd anniversary of the British attack on Bangalore is right around the corner.
Bangalore Fort is a tiny piece of the 16th century Vijayanagar fortification that remains intact–it’s all that remains. It’s located between city market and Tipu Sultan’s Bangalore Palace. As it takes only about 10 minutes to walk through, a lot of people don’t even realize it’s there.
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