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

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