Twice a year, I enjoy this “free gift”…, who is very interested in fragrance, would probably enjoy this very much, too.

Here’s a picture that is quite familiar to Indians, but would be something rather intriguing to non-Indians:

Some things are born Just to be, and to be beautiful They do not stay too long; Permanence is not their trait. And they do not make a show Or drag our eyes to them. But when we happen to see Our eyes remain riveted. Their beauty gently awakens something deep in our hearts Which has no voice, but is very strong. Tomorrow, this object may not be: But today, its beauty can move you to tears.

I got a call sometime ago from the Bangalore Mirror , a tabloid which the Times of India launched ( One rupee a paper!) asking me if they could use one of my Metroblogs posts…I said yes and said I would also send them articles which were Bangalore-specific. They seem to have taken the yes for a single post as a blanket permission, and apparently, more of my metblogs posts have been used in the paper…oh well, since it’s on the public domain, I guess it’s OK, but…for a paper to use a not very widely-read blogpost…

http://bangalore.metblogs.com/archives/2007/09/traffic_in_bengaluru.phtml