Still around
The days have just slipped past - and it's been 1 1/2 years since I last blogged.
Mysore has really changed. The road we live on - Temple road - has seen a profusion of large stores. Every small lane has 2-3 blocks of flats coming up. The foothills of the pristine Chamundi hills have seen much 'development'. I hate that word in the Indian context. It inevitably means urban chaos. It's also really annoying when people ask: "Why Mysore?" and then, comfortingly "yes, it's getting developed". Yeah, right. Like Bangalore - so 'developed'.
Not that Mysore's lost it's charm, far from it. It's just showing warning signs. We still cycle, the weather's still great, and loads of peaceful, green lanes. This summer - which was a long one, with hardly any monsoon showers- was just like Indian summers should be. It was hot, but when you stepped, sweating, into our cool, dark home at peak afternoon, one didn't even need the fan. The day cooled off, till late evening saw people strolling in the parks, a cool, fragrant breeze, redolent of jasmine. Evoking nostalgia. And ah, the golden, delicious, alphonso ('apus') mangoes perfuming the air!The delicious shock of a glass of chilled orange juice..the clean,clean feeling of a bath after a sweaty jog..and the snuggly, mmmmm feeling of pleasant, cooooool mornings. :)
BTW - we were featured in a Business World article last May - here's the link http://www.businessworld.in/content/view/1777/1838/ .
Mysore has really changed. The road we live on - Temple road - has seen a profusion of large stores. Every small lane has 2-3 blocks of flats coming up. The foothills of the pristine Chamundi hills have seen much 'development'. I hate that word in the Indian context. It inevitably means urban chaos. It's also really annoying when people ask: "Why Mysore?" and then, comfortingly "yes, it's getting developed". Yeah, right. Like Bangalore - so 'developed'.
Not that Mysore's lost it's charm, far from it. It's just showing warning signs. We still cycle, the weather's still great, and loads of peaceful, green lanes. This summer - which was a long one, with hardly any monsoon showers- was just like Indian summers should be. It was hot, but when you stepped, sweating, into our cool, dark home at peak afternoon, one didn't even need the fan. The day cooled off, till late evening saw people strolling in the parks, a cool, fragrant breeze, redolent of jasmine. Evoking nostalgia. And ah, the golden, delicious, alphonso ('apus') mangoes perfuming the air!The delicious shock of a glass of chilled orange juice..the clean,clean feeling of a bath after a sweaty jog..and the snuggly, mmmmm feeling of pleasant, cooooool mornings. :)
BTW - we were featured in a Business World article last May - here's the link http://www.businessworld.in/content/view/1777/1838/ .
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