Pictures Speak!

Pictures Speak- by Gopal M.S

[(C) All the pictures are protected under copyrights act 1972, all the rights for the photos can be obtained at http://mainsandcrosses.blogspot.com]

Gopal M S is a copywriter working with an advertising agency in Bangalore. He clicks a picture a day on his way to work with his compact camera and posts it on his blog Which Main? What Cross? (http://mainsandcrosses.blogspot.com). He’s been doing this for over two years and it is his way of photo documenting the changes and things that haven’t changed on Bangalore’s streets.

The Bengaluru Turf Club

The Bengaluru turf club has recently come under lot of pressure with BSY very adamant to shift it to outer parts of the city!! Probably One last look of our own Turn club!

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Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan Road

Blast hole for dynamite charge.

There was a time when granite was very cheap in and around Benglur. Slabs were used as compound walls, fencing, culverts and you can still see some very old abandoned homes and waiting stations for bullock carts outside surrounding villages like Kodigehalli and Jalahalli that have slabs used as walls and roofs. But as Boomtown Benglur exploded in size, so did the price of this stone. It has money written all over it. And money can move mountains.

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Gavipuram Gutthalli (Kempegowdanagar, bangalore)

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The Bangalore city’s railways station, ya from a different angle!

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Tamil HeartLand in Bengaluru

Which Nallah? What Drain? Tamil Heartland

So our Chief Minister makes a gamble that seems to have paid off for now. The Thiruvalluvar statue that faces the green Ulsoor lake and stands close to where the Nallah from Shivajinagar reaches the lake, has finally been unveiled. Today, the day after, the security blanket around the statue is thick and the entire area is a vinyl poster-fest with everyone from Ajith Kumar Fans Association to the Government of Karnataka shouting for attention. Thiruvalluvar, about whom I know very little, sits with marigold garlands around his neck and has an expression that says, ‘Get me out of this mess da dai!’

Around the corner, Benglur’s most famous graffiti – ‘Read The Holy Thirrukural‘ with the addition ‘And then the Da Vinci Code‘ has been untouched.

However, the roadside star-struck small businessmen and women of Rukmini Garden and surrounding areas continue with their business while proclaiming their fan affiliations loud and clear. Like this lady who sells sticker, temporary tattoos and posters out of a shack bordering the Nallah. She is an MGR fan.

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