Photo Blog - Morning pickings

Parijatha flower believed to be brought to earth by Lord Krishna from heavenly abode. We use them extensively to perform poojas and consider holy. In childhood days or whenever we stay at native, picking fallen flowers early morning or late evening is a daily routine. They are woven to form a nice garland which then ornate the deity with natural fragrance.

It is difficult to get such flowers in Bengaluru flooded with fake vegetation and concrete structures. On my jog towards corner of layout, I found couple of trees shedding fresh flowers over the main road. There were no pickers. It was easy for me to grab plenty and use for today's pooja. There were many more but I did not have a proper container to fill them. Looks like nobody uses them extensively here but question arises why is it grown in that case. Hopefully my pickings are not considered as stolen since they were spread on public road.

I found the Parijata tree almost every corner of nearby street. Till now count stands at 3. Its good to see people plant such divine trees when city is spread with weeds

Photo Blog - Unprecedented August

Bangalore had this unique trait in recent times from weather perspective. Whenever humidity escalates, clouds gather in sky culminating in quirky downpours. Even newspaper reported mostly negative parts of it, they had inherent unparalleled positive traits. They helped in calming down heat, reduced power consumption and increased ground water table.

This year August portrays stark contrast. No rains and High humidity. That unique trait is lost I feel. It's been high humid days but without rains. There are thick clouds all around but rains are tantalizing. It feels as if monsoon playing prank on the city!

Dampened Monsoon, Damp rest!

Thanks to debilitating monsoon, Bengaluru is witnessing scorching August. The street dogs resting over damp surface is perhaps testament to sweltering weather

Our apartment too is sourcing water from tankers. There is also news that tanker provider's water table also depleting. So not sure what is the future of Bangalore water supply in coming days. Its scary to visualize the summer water needs of city!

A colorful sunset to ward-off the negativities. But that does not reduce problem. It is high time that city thinks of its own solution for water scarcity than depending on external sources. Rejuvenation of lakes, rain water harvesting to new a few!