Come September and the streets of Bandra reclaimation are clogged with festivities. What festivities you ask ? Every September, the feast of Mount Mary is celebrated on the Sunday following the September 8th which is the birthday of Mary the Mother of Jesus.. This is a week long celebration known as the Bandra Fair.Here is short blurb from my post on the fair last year.Most...

A heavy dry smoke rises up from slowly burning cotton waste. As it catches my eyes it stings and I squint in an attempt to see beyond the screen of smoke. Befoe me an open kiln is layered in mud, soft clay posts and cotton waste has been set on fire. As the soft clay slowly hardens, the narrow by-lanes of Kumbharwada outside are piqued with activity. Inside, the light from...

The multi-faceted Auto-Rickshaw - beyond them being a safety hazard of sorts to I find them quiet cool.As seen in. Ahmednagar, Maharash...

Alas, I've fallen victim to the Silly pic meme which seems to have enraptured the Indian blogosphere - all thanks to Saket and Sakshi.So here goes[Picture courtesy Nick]This was taken at the La Meridian, Pune the time we infilterated (Yes-Men style) a seminar on Indo-French agricultural co-operation. [Yawn !!]. Anyways free food and drinks awaited us. We made full use of all...