I was just going to write about the impressive bamboo structure going up in Powai in readiness for the next festival however I've also seen two other note worthy things so I'll add them too.
So the bamboo structure. It started off as something as big as a very large three
story house which has now been clad to resemble a grand stone building. Then over the last few days another longer lower structure has been erected, must be about 300 foot long all made from long bamboo poles bound together with string. This is the same method they use for making scaffolding to reach up 40 floors!
So the bamboo structure. It started off as something as big as a very large three
story house which has now been clad to resemble a grand stone building. Then over the last few days another longer lower structure has been erected, must be about 300 foot long all made from long bamboo poles bound together with string. This is the same method they use for making scaffolding to reach up 40 floors!
On the drive to work we passed a child, approx age 10, hanging onto the tail gate of a truck. Assume he may have missed his bus, looked like fun, horribly dangerous, wonder if his father knew what he was doing.....unless he was driving the truck and this is just a normal day!
Waiting for the Supreme Court to reach a verdict on a land squabble which has been ongoing for 60 years. It is between Hindus and Muslims over whether a mosque or temple should stand on the disputed land. Last time a verdict like this was given there were month long riots which left 2,500 people dead! In readiness for the potential trouble the Best bus company has installed cages to the outside of the drivers windows to protect him. Fine in theory but for 2 things. 1) the cage looks like a chopped up shopping trolley tied on with baler twine to the outside of the bus so not clear what protection it would actually give and 2) the buses move so slowly that any potential attackers could simply untie the 'cage' and then attack the driver!
Waiting for the Supreme Court to reach a verdict on a land squabble which has been ongoing for 60 years. It is between Hindus and Muslims over whether a mosque or temple should stand on the disputed land. Last time a verdict like this was given there were month long riots which left 2,500 people dead! In readiness for the potential trouble the Best bus company has installed cages to the outside of the drivers windows to protect him. Fine in theory but for 2 things. 1) the cage looks like a chopped up shopping trolley tied on with baler twine to the outside of the bus so not clear what protection it would actually give and 2) the buses move so slowly that any potential attackers could simply untie the 'cage' and then attack the driver!
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