mundane ramblings!!

Have been in and out of Bangalore in the past few months. Places like Haveri, Shimoga, Davangere, Hassan, Arsikere, Mangalore & Chitradurga were revisited. Travelling mostly by the state buses on interior mud roads and state highways the vastness of the places hits you. Simple folk tending their cattle and goats with a mobile phone close to the ear or a tractor driver juggling with two mobile phones while being overtaken by a honking and impatient bus driver trying to edge him off the narrow road are sights which make you sit up and realize that technology has finally arrived in the hinterland. Yet, there is a vast bridge between Bangalore city and the towns in the state. "Xeroxing done in all Langages" "Hair Cating saloon" "Chineez manchuri nudles" are common enough signages though even in Bangalore you can see some hilarious ones. Office work also took me to Mysore and the city was all poised with preparations for the Dasara Festival. What an extravaganza the finale was!!! The gaiety and splendour of the celebrations was a sight to behold.
I stayed just for a day or two in all the places except in Mysore where it was a little longer. The early morning walks were a pleasurable experience. Now back in Bangalore and getting ready to face the office routine..................more in the next . bye