Tag: traffic

A relief from Bangalore… ?

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I expect it is a relief to escape the traffic.

Ashish came on one of his timely (they always are) visits. He’s a best example of how friends introduce us to new friends, originally brought to us by Anna, this time he kindly introduces to another new friend — Nesan

It’s one of the great benefits of sharing our home.

As usual laden with gifts and treating us all. He stocks us up with an incredible range of goodies.

Luka was overcome with excitement,

After our visit to the Nursery for garden additions.

We joke about getting away from Bangalore but we all value the change, so perhaps it’s time for a holiday once the court thing is resolved.

Fact is the traffic is getting too much in Mysore!

How can cycling grow in India?

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Cycling is still seen by many in India as poor people’s activity. We are however seeing a slow but dramatic increase in cycling, particularly amongst young people. If this follows the trend seen elsewhere cycling will hopefully grow with more and more people from all sectors of society joining in. This will bring tremendous benefits for our personal health, the environment and the community in general. Yet as we see from this article the conditions for city cycling are getting worse and this disproportionately affects the poorer people in society. So what can we as keen cyclists do about it?

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/terra-india/2013/oct/24/indian-cyclists-squeezed-out-of-cities