I remember the mind blowing advertisement for Maruti cars in which they quote “For a country obsessed with mileage.. Maruti makes the most fuel efficient cars”. Its a cute ad, you can watch it here. but think of it, in 30 seconds they managed to define a Typical Indian. Being Indians, we want value for every penny that we spend, we want the
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Kadlekai Parishe (The groundnut festival) is the annual ground nut festival held outside the Bull Temple in Bangalore. This festival is held on the last Monday and Tuesday of the Hindu Karthika month which is the same time as the groundnut harvest. I had only heard about it and this year I got a chance to witness it, thanks to
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This is the first of the five part series on the Bangalore Palace. There are so many picture I want to share that its going to be impossible to share them all in one post. I have pushed the water mark to the corners so that it doesn’t affect the beauty of the images. Please email me if you would like to
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This word called “HandMade” has been doing the rounds for quite some time now. What actually is “HandMade”. When we buy HandMade, do we actually try and look behind the scenes and see how it is made?? Well I am the curious kind and I snoop around with my camera all the time. I was thrilled when I got a
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A pleasant change from the usual cafe coffee days and Barista’s of Bangalore, Cafe Mondo is like a fresh breath of air. Located in South Bangalore, it has a very minimalistic yet interesting decor. The walls are Ivory which gives a sense of space and is a wide canvas to experiment with the art work. Press release cutouts assembled into
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Making all the Christmas goodies is quite a chore. Some of you start a month in advance and even then fall short of goodies. I have never baked, so I dont really know the pleasure of making your own cake or cookies. All my yum yum comes from retail outlets. I luckily stumbled upon this cute little store a few
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The journey from the train station to home takes a good forty five minutes, generally spent wishing i could get home faster after spending the night travelling. Well, not any more. The roads of Bangalore have turned into one big art gallery. BBMP (Bangalore’s municipal corp.) has transformed the ugly walls of Bangalore in to huge canvas’s for painters to paint. There’s flora, fauna,
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This is a store that i have been wanting to write about for quite sometime. Tarang has an enchanting collection of Indian arts and crafts that can leave you mesmerized for days after your visit. They have a wide range of Tanjavoor Paintings, wooden handicrafts, marble paintings, gold leaf paintings, crystal statues and a lot more. What really took my
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The temperature in Bangalore is rising and so is the temper of Bangaloreans. Blame it on the weather Well, in an attempt to keep myself cool, i have been weighing the options of chopping my hair to a manageable length or keeping it tied in a pony all the time. Who won? Keeping it tied Mom is visiting me next
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I have been sitting on this post for over a month now without any good reason. I was held up at work and was busy with my family is just a lame excuse. Well the truth is, i’ve been plain lazy, period. Whatever, let get going. A month ago, i told you where you could find the most expensive antique furniture in
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