Fortune Select Trinity Bangalore

... br>Udaipur is a very small city in comparison to the average. It is set on the side of a lake which, although still beautiful, seemed to be suffering the effects of climate change. Its banks had obviously lowered considerably over the past few years. On a hill quite close to the banks is a massive palace, now converted into a museum with the usual weaponry, semi precious artefacts, weaponry issued supposedly to royals, and an impressive collection of old artwork and ornately decorated ...

... It was only a 15 minute drive to the airport. We cleared security, and boarded our 1 hour and 20 minute flight to Bangalore, India's IT capital. I settled in with a newspaper to relax and read a bit.

To my surprise, I found a small article several pages into the paper that told of a recent incident on a Jet Airways flight. It seems that there was a check Pilot on board a flight with full flight crew and 100 passengers bound from Delhi to ...

... that this was not an appropriate photo op, and had left the Nikon in my bag. But I was compelled to get a picture, and out of the four frames I managed to shoot (before attractive unwanted attention) I got a decent picture that I called “Sunlight on a Dying Bull.”

In the picture the bull is near death, surrounded on either side by men whose legs show beneath the shutter door. There’s blood on the floor and the bull’s destroyed neck is just visible ...

... a promise to meet in Hunsor for Lunch. The biker had their privacy and the drivers had theirs. Totally blown roads blow ours ***** too. Gerry had the bike by now and I was the route guide in my home town. Ponnenpet, Gonikkoppa, through the beautiful landscape of Coorg and nagarahole we reached Hunsor where Guys in the Cars were waiting in a restaurant. Long stop by 4 in the evening we ate like lightly. Some wanted to ...

... to give him 20,000 she received from her former husband in a divorce settlement. In her last words Meena accused Naresh of her murder, and instead of a conviction for dowry death, the court found Naresh guilty and sentenced him to life in prison under harsher penal provisions dealing with murder. "No one at the point of death is presumed to lie," said Judge Arun Kumar Arya. "A person will not meet his maker with a lie in his mouth."

WTF?

Srinagar, Nov 18: Five ...

... all so colorful and I love the styles. Both what the men and women ware are now attractive to me but I'm still not sure I can ware the traditional Indian clothes yet!

Ian & Joyce Correa have been with us everywhere we go. They have been such a big help to us and have been so enjoyable to talk to and learn from. They both work for the HOPE Foundation. I am so ...

... a cotton mat, moaning. The mat is covered in dozens of 10 and 20 Rupee notes and scores of coins. I add some change to the pile. Bangalore is a rich city, and this is the first polio victim beggar I have seen. Locals also give as they pass him, and I wonder what this man uses his donations for. He has almost zero mobility and is very old. This is a scene I will witness again and again in Indian cities, but I never get used to it. It evokes a sadness in me ...

... in Bangalore as we wandered in in our sweaty clothes (and luke was wearing shorts)! Got served anyway, reckon it's cos we're white, so there are some perks. Paid a visit to DHL the next day and we're now bankrupt oops (or luke's credit card is maxed out anyway). Becky's now taken to writing down what we spend a day for the week to see how well we're budgeting, how sad. Had a luxury ac coach to Mysore practically to ourselves, yum. C'est tout xxx

... in the mall. They were so low compared to the malls at home and then how narrow the aisles between displays and kiosks were. At first I was thinking 'Aw man... all these people in this little tiny space-there's no way' but by the time we left I was comfortable. It's just like the traffic on the street. Everyone seems to have a common understanding that the space is to shared and you take your opportunity when you have it. We saw a ...

... and so the hotels can ask pretty much any price they want. And they sure do so, a night in Bangalore at that time was almost three times as expensive as a night in Hilton in San Francisco. Of course these are prices for foreigners, there always is a large variance in prices for foreigners compared to Indians. Bangalore offers a big variety of different local food. These Indian dishes are in the majority, and if being in India they're sure worth a try. Many of them ...