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| That’s what you do when you don’t have snow wheels… tie chains around regular wheels so they don’t slip on snowy slopes. Pic credit: The Sister. |
Thursday Challenge
: WHEELS (Bicycle, Car, Wagon, Ferris, Steering,…)
Jugadu wheels
Blog-a-prompt – Day 3 – Disaster
| Jallianwala Bagh
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| Jallianwla Bagh, Picture credit: The sister |
The narrow entrance to the Jallianwala Bagh where the massacre happened. Each time I try to imagine the scene that day many many decades away I get goosebumps – 1000 dead and 1500 injured in a space of 6 minutes, just 6 minutes.
Blog-Prompt Day 2 – Thirst
I blogged about Lucknow’s Bara Mangal last year . One year later.. it’s same place same time and the blog prompt for the day is Thirst. That’s just so appropriate.
For the record the festival is in honour of Lord Hanuman and was started off my a muslim ruler of Awadh, Nawab Shuja Ud Daulah. It’s one of my favourite ‘Lucknow’ stories and of course a favourite Lucknow festival too. The roads are dotted with cheery pandals, some huge ones and some just as large as a table holding a pot of water and glasses. Bhajans blare out at crossings and the roads wear a festive look. Water and sherbet are the most popular fare on offer, a blessing in the Lucknow heat. That’s not all though. Some stalls have the yummiest ever aaoloo, puri, chhole, halwa and boondi. Our surly but rather enterprising man Friday also claimed to have treated himself to some free kadhi-chawal. The menu’s getting more eclectic by the year. The bottomline is that no one in Lucknow goes thirsty or hungry on Bara Mangal.
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| That’s the huge Sahara India stall |
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| Could do without the littering! |
The heat this year (We were at 43.9 degrees yesterday) seemed to have dampened the fervour a bit. There were fewer stalls and the mela seemed a bit thanda. That’s not to say I didn’t manage my bit of puri aaloo and it was as delicious as it is every year, a flavour I just cannot replicate in my kitchen much as I try.
Colours
This is the first time ever that I’m attempting to post every day. Since I’m not home it’s going to be even more of a challenge to come up with pictures or to make time for a post. But it’s just for a week so I’m jumping right in.
Here’s my entry for Blog-A-Prompt Day 1
Colours
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| BANGLES, Picture Credit: The Sister |
If ever there was a person for bright colours it’s me. The pastels, the browns, the greys quite literally pale in comparison with the scarlets, the royal blues, the turquoise’s, the fuchsias, the emeralds and the oranges. That’s one reason I can never come up with a favourite colour. I so love them all… together – quite like these bangles here.
Under the tree
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Rest and recreation… under the tree.
Thursday Challenge : TREES (Leaves, Branches, Bark, Roots, Birds, Squirrels,…)