Antara Echoes

Flowers were strewn everywhere, the holy fire still smoldering in the havan a little away and amidst the small gathered crowd, they sat. She sat tugging at the coconut with both her hands while he trying to withhold the fruit escaping from his grasp...It was the nelangu function or the wedding games between the newly weds. More so a kind of amusement for the guests who are waiting for the lunch to be served. "Whatever was I thinking at that moment?" wondered Sharanya. "I was supposed to be this demure shy bride and instead I seem to be wringing the coconut as though my life depended on it! Thank god for small mercies, at least my valiant efforts are not showing in my face." "Sharanya Manni, I had bet Rajeev that you would win at the nelangu function. I lost Rs.100 on your account" Sanjiv was grinning sheepishly. They were sitting watching their marriage DVD on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Quickly coming out of here reverie she caught Kishore looking at her qui...

New Kind of Road Rage Beams at Bangalore Bangalore is a city that grew too fast for its own good. Traffic has always been a burning issue here for some time with newspapers and celebrities crying themselves hoarse at the BMC to get the infrastructure in place. Bad roads, rainwater filled potholes and bumper-to-bumper traffic has made driving around as hell as it can get. And the adverse side affect of heavy traffic jam has been road rage. Road rage refers to all criminally violent behavior by a driver of an automobile, which thus causes accidents or incidents on roadways. May not be accidents every time but even rude gestures & verbal abuse surely has its own deterimental effects. Signs of Road rage - · Speeding and Aggressive acceleration · Honking unnecessarily · Tailgating · Cutting others off · Mandering in and out of traffic · Forming a "convoy" to block access to a traffic lane · Sounding the vehicle's horn or flashing lights excessively · Rude gestures (such ...