On my afternoon walk though Bangalore today, I found two definitely worthwhile “T.I.I.s” (=this is India). This one is a very common view everywhere in terms of the state of a sidewalk. In broader terms that’s one example of the “infrastructure problem” everybody is talking about. In India therefore you always, always watch you step. I did not fall in such a hole yet, but twice I bent my ankle badly by not looking where I walk.
And this one is a T.I.I. big time. For our parents in Europe during their childhood Sunday was most often “bathing day” where you would get your once a week proper washing. Today in Bangalore on the main Residency Road it seemed to be “Garbage Burning Day”.
The vibes of the pictures tend to inspire me with R. Kelly’s song “Burn it up!“:
Burn it up
Girl make it hot like the roof is on fire
Burn it up
Girl the way you dance you are my one desire
Come on
So hot you’re on fire (come on!)
Have a good start into the new week.
Feeds
Hi Rene,
Thanks for the recommendation of the book
Games Indians play.
“why we are the way we are”
From V. Raghunathan.
What should have been a quick read has opened up a Pandora’s box
for me, regularly reflecting on the examples I have within my own family.
A must for anyone who wishes to understand the psych of us Indians.
I love his sarcasm, humour yet found it also provokingly sad.
One of the analogies he uses to describe us (Indians) is “squealers” I found this funny, btw Rene is it true the dance-bars in Bangalore (where women for a small fee dance or slap men) had to close down, rumour has it they didn’t slap hard enough for you’re liking :-)
no, no indians don’t like squealing on their mates :-)