On Feb 11, 2008 12:24 AM, Kiran Jonnalagadda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 10-Feb-08, at 10:32 PM, shiv sastry wrote: > > The pavement along your road is indeed one of the finest Bangalore has > on offer. I've long been envious of it. > > The thing that bugs me no end is that despite whatever illusions of > usability a Bangalore pavement may have, it doesn't actually work when > one is actually a pedestrian. Either the pavement sits on top of a > gutter and stinks to high heaven, or the gutter is dry but the slabs > so uneven one risks twisting an ankle unless always looking down, or > the pavement is an obstacle course, with trees and bus stops and power > transformers forcing you back onto the road, or it's all fine but the > pavement sits a foot above road level to keep out those pesky two > wheelers, and therefore is interrupted at every gate, turning into a > major pain in the knees. > Hang on a minute. Are you talking about Madras here? For that's my pet peeve right now. C -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravages http://www.linkedin.com/in/ravages http://www.selectiveamnesia.org/ +91-9884467463
