Collage of pebbles

It is a terrible week in Bangalore. It has started with three day bus strike. The otherwise clogged roads, have turned into immovable mass of vehicles over these three days. However, through these never ending drives I have been looking forward to the weekend when we would start a five day break. Subhalakshmi has planned and arranged for a trip to Coorg. She joins me on Friday. By day end we are spending a wonderful evening with Mahuya, Bubun, and Shome at their place. They are just back from a wild life trip in Tanzania and Kenya. Wonderful photographs, exciting stories and delicious food keep flowing. Our yearn for the road tomorrow increases manifold. But a call from our driver interrupts us. Apparently some non-political organisations have called for a Karnataka strike tomorrow. After so many earth quake and strike infected trips to North Bengal and Sikkim, we have expected this one would be smooth. But obviously we are wrong. Last night our friend assured us that if we can cr