About town

The last few weeks this guy has been set up right across from the entrance to our Layout. I had to capture this for my US readers. I had to think of Obama. My suggestion for him is that we put all the congressmen who don't vote for real healthcare reform on a new congressional health plan. We can park this guy on the lawn outside the capitol building and he can provide for everything that ails them!!


One of my observations about India, is that not everything is so clearly demarcated. Many official items are personalized or done by hand or there is some mix of public and private. For instance one of our nearby police stations has a sign on it that it was provided by some fabric or apparel company. The sign for that is larger than the sign for the police station. If it wasn't for the gun toting policeman guarding the front door, you might not notice right away that it is the local police station. Many of the police now have motorbikes with a special pattern painted on them. They have a leopard print. I assume this was the predecessor to the leopard print. I spotted it on MG road last weekend.


We happened to be going through an intersection we don't normally go through to get to Garuda mall, but because of the construction on MG road, they have made it one way.

On New B.E.L. Road, the main road to our house, on one corner, there is this store. I guess it's a small world after all, but I do wonder what Walt would think of the dolls?


And I won't comment much on this, but those of you who read about it a year ago will recognize the festival. I did really enjoy the Ganesha in the Auto.
And here are people selling the necessaries to go with the Ganesha for the festival.

And an army of Ganeshas, both painted and unpainted, waiting to be blessed and 'drowned' until melted away.