I like going to the top of the Charminar.  You can go and sit there, relax, see the city, see the people, take pictures.


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Around the Charminar area in Hyderabad are several itr or perfume vendors.  I don't know how authentic the itr is but each of them claim that they are pure and made at homes around the area.  However right at the gate of the Mecca Masjid, the chacha (uncle) who sells itr and kohl doesn't speak much.


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Pigeons are present at most historic monument locations in India.  In New Delhi, they are present not only around all the major monuments, but also at Connaught Place.  I used to sit on a block or a stair and watch them fly to and from the pavements.  The Karnataka High Court, Bangalore has many pigeons.  There is a distinct glare in their flight ( Read more... )

I keep thinking who do people wait for, where do they go, where do they come from.


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