I was at the airport not too long ago and saw a Coke Machine (I know it's a Pepsi Machine, but me, every soft drink is a "Coke" - not "pop" or "soda" :)). This is actually one of the first Coke Machines I've seen here. Anyway, I wanted a water, so I went up to the machine expecting to put money in it, but the guy next to the machine took my money and got out his key. He opened the coke machine, pulled out my drink and then put the money inside the machine... It made me laugh :)
This year, our neighborhood was quite active for Dusshera. At one end of our street, one of the major political parties here, set up a Dusshera celebration. Here are some guys putting the effigies together and filling it full of fireworks! They had quite the political statement for their celebration. (Basically that expensive water, fuel, electricity, diesel, gas, etc and FDI (bringing in foreign companies like Wal-Mart) are like Raverna (the demon god)... and are the evils of today....) Here's their set-up at the end of our street.... you can't see it very well, but they had all three effigies there that they burned.... They burned VERY quickly at this one... So quickly that by the time I pulled out my camera, it was already on the ground!! Our street looked like those CNN videos of rioting cities :) haha!! There was burning stuff all over the street :) Many people will get a piece of the leftover wood/bamboo to keep in their house for the comi
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