Most of the houses in my neighborhood have chalk drawings of various designs fresh on the doorstep each morning. It seems to be some sort of Hindu blessing.
Ladies set up tables on the street with freshly plucked, unbloomed flowers in heaps in front of them. They weave them together into strings, which women put in their hair. The jasmine strands smell amazing!
The many uses of a bicycle frame – bike powered goods cart, hand pedaled bikes for people without use of their legs, regular transportation (way too dangerous and daring for me!) for a few people, soda carts and so on.
Rush hour is absurdly hectic. After taking a bus to work that was more crowded than this one, I think I'll probably be taking the more comfortable but less economical autos from now on.
School girls in uniform in the foreground
Tons of varieties of mangoes and bananas, limes both sweet and sour, plums smaller than a ping pong ball, pomegranates, and football-esque watermelons. What is a soppatta? Or muskmelon?
Face creams and beauty products of many varieties for men and women that claim to lighten your skin. Does anyone really think that commercials and ads selling “white beauty” is ok? Some of the countries biggest movies stars, like Shah Rukh Khan, are selling this stuff!
The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu State is apparently a former movie star - hence the sunglasses in all photos?
Weird safety advisories using Mr. Potato head to convince you to not drink and drive (I have yet to figure out where I can get a drink in this town!), not to speed so that you "live to 100", make sure your home has a fire escape, etc.
I've had decent coffee here, but the cups are far too small! These (from my office) are about the size of a Dixie cup!
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