Economy

I was walking along in Jayanagar 4th T Block, when I noticed these young men selling “fresh honey from the hive, madam, do you want?” I looked down; the broken pieces of the honeycomb were

I thought about how we house our pets when we have to travel or cannot take  care of them for short periods for any other reason. Enquiring for one friend, I found that two others

One usually associates art, and artistic aesthetics, only with people who have the money and the leisure to spare for it (I’m not talking about those who by art as an investment here). But if

Today, on the bus, my purse, along with all my documents…credit card, debit card, driving licence, senior citizen card, and so on…were stolen. One thing that helped me immensely is that I had made a

We often see vendors like this girl I spotted at the Kanakapura Road/ORR junction, selling large balloons. It could be a variety of (usually Chinese) products: windshield shades, mobile phone charger cords, earbuds, dusters.  

I’ve written earlier, in this post about artisans who make a living by repairing jewellery. On Sunday, two friends and I went to Commercial Street, a shopping area in Bangalore. Off this street is another

Of late where there are parked cars (for example, in front of restaurants) I’ve been noticing a lot of young men with various implements, and I realised that they offer to carry out repairs/ rectify

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A blind adherence to regulations today made a bank manager give a suggestion that was, at the very least, inappropriate. Let me recount how this came about. My maid, before she came to work for

Christmas is over…spare a thought for those who sell knick-knacks like these cheap Santa caps, have so many of them left over…unsold, not putting even the meagre money in their pockets that they were hoping

Tipu Pasha of Book Bonanza. Pic: Amith Kumar A few days ago, Amith Kumar introduced me to a rather unusual bookshop in Jayanagar—Book Bonanza.  I have always been a lover of second-hand books, Somehow, these,

A surge of promotions by e-retailers brought out the brick and mortal merchants in full force. They are demanding that the government should do something to make sure that the deep discounts from e-commerce companies