Government Silk House Ultimate Collection Paradise. Sapna Book House Live-In Jeans Peter England Fancy Apparels. Mahesh (21) from Allalsandra near Yelahanka in Bangalore. Monsoon Express Travel Bombay Dyeing Om Shiv Recreation Association. Priya (15), daughter of a daily wage labourer in Laxmipur near Gandhinagar. Hotel Himalaya, Hotel Hindustan, Master Tailoring. Vinay Kumar (13) of Chikkanahalli village in Mulbagal taluk of Kolar district. Old Monk XXX Rum Pearl Times My Dream Pub-Bar. Forever Yours Orient Fans Perfect General Stores Liberty Collections. The patients are: Nasruddin (6) of Shantinagar in Tumkur. Olympus: Focus on Life (Mysore Photo Emporium). Tragically four of the victims sustained injuries when crackers lighted by others hit them accidentally. Pick any Gents Shoes / Pick any Ladies Chapal. In the case of three victims an eye each has been surgically removed ( Deccan Herald, November 6, 2002). The Festival of Light - Deepavali - is likely to turn into a festival of darkness for seven people including five children, most of whom face the possibility of losing their vision. A rouge-tiled ceiling slopes from fifteen feet at the restaurant’s interior to the top of air conditioning units abutting its windows. Over the windows rattan screens have been drawn down, the wicker-shaded lights hanging above individual tables left unlit. Onset of monsoon season coincides with Deepavali, the Festival of Light. The Karnataka skies are scumbled in dark grey cloud. A young waiter in black hair and moustache, dark brown skin, folds rust-colored napkins by holding them up to chest-level against his white, rouge-bordered sherwanee. Now the “butter chicken” arrives in a rust-rouge sauce with side plate of tan chopped onions. Author’s luxurious two cups of sweetened coffee arrive in a thermos, his lassi (curd drink) in a glass, his mineral water in a plastic bottle. In keeping with South Indian practice the plates are metallic and shaped for finger usage, though silverware has also been provided. The decorous dining hall is decorated with earth colors: rust/rouge/black/tan tablecloth, matching rust napkins. His thirsty indulgence consists of ordering coffee and water and lassi to go with butter chicken and roti. Upmarket Bangalore, Hotel Broadway: author’s first meal in moderately priced restaurant since registration at Rs.300-a-night Gupta’s Boarding and Lodge.
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