A friend of mine expressed a wish that she could be young again…

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We went for the Bangalore Walk yesterday. I was very impressed with the research that Arun Pai has put into the walk; I learnt several facts about my home city. I was also impressed with the way the business model has been put together.

I am ranting against a phenomenon found everywhere, which I call the Bata fiddle. Everyone prices their tickets/services at just one rupee or five rupees below a certain round-figure total. For example, Ranga Shankara tickets cost Rs.49. Yesterday, we went for the Victorian Bangalore Walk, which is priced at Rs. 495.

My friend has some owls perching in the woody creepers surrounding her front door in MICO Arikere Layout…told and and Sanath about it, and went along to see them all photograph them. Kalyan identified them as scop owls, which normally use only tree trunks, and do not normally perch like this on creepers and plants. Three flew away on our approach, but the fourth posed very, very patiently...but the light was not bright enough and the photographers decided they would need to come back another day for even better results....though I, personally, liked some of the shots they got. But then, these guys are perfectionists.