Yellow and Purple usually are the colours of the arrival of summer in Bangalore….
Here’s the yellow of the Tabebuia:
This is the purple of the Jacaranda:
The African Tulip, by now, has almost finished flowering, and soon we will have carpets of yellow and purple…on the roads where BBMP spares these trees, that is! ⊕
"Will you walk into my parlour?" Said the spider to the fly. "I've spread a carpet of silk and diamonds! Walk in, and don't be shy! Do come along, for I grow thinner... I've LOVE to have you, ahem, for dinner!" Jokes apart, Funnel Web Spiders also called Wolf Spiders, are named because of the funnel-like web they weave...and the second name is given because they are ferocious predators. They build a flat sheet of nonsticky web with a funnel-shaped retreat to one side or occasionally in the middle, depending on the situation and species. The typical hunting mode is…
It was like a rare alignment of the planets: several factors come together to pull me out of my usual Ranga Shankara ambit for watching a play. I had not been to visit Bangalore International Centre, which opened a while ago in Domlur; Bangalore Little Theatre, as part of their "VP 80" festival, was staging "Credit Titles"; the play, written by Vijay Padaki, whose 80th birthday the festival marks, was based on a story by Vinod Vyasulu, an eminent economist whom I've known for a long time, as our daughters share a cose friendship dating from 1988. And last but…
what vibrant colours!
Lovely pictures. These are the few pleasures that we have in this messy city today. Gone are the days when all the roads used to look colourful – red, yellow, violet and pink. May flowers are hard to find these days. The entire stretch of Hebbal road used to be a treat to our eyes. Now, it is like a desert road. Sad that Bangalore has entered the international map – people are only destroying its beauty at break-neck speed.
Sudha Narasimhachar