The Bengaluru Santhe is this lovely initiative by the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation. An innovative use of the space beneath the metro line to provide market space for rural artisans and craftsmen. And occasionally there are other similar traditional exhibitions too, and one such that we went to was a women's entrepreneurship weekend.
They have two such locations in the city. One at MG Road and one at Old Madras Road.
Totally alongside the metro line. That's vijji aunty who very sweetly posed for me
That's her with Usha, and that's Usha's stall... Divya Angara. She's the reason we even went, she rented a stall there and she has some exclusive hand picked traditional sarees. Yes, I ended up buying too...hard to resist the ethnic ones :)
Congratulations on the stall Usha..and I really hope you continue to keep it.
A small quadrangle in between
That's Manasa, she was so cute, and so full of life...and had pretty bandini sarees too. She'd come all the way from kutch for this event, and by herself too. Quite gutsy I thought..... I was totally impressed. To the question of how it all adds up, as we didn't see much of a crowd and she'd come all the way just for these two days, she said she'd started on her own just an year back, and she's still figuring her way around. Wishing her luck...and I very generously invited her to Hyderabad for Shilparamam :)
Loved the old domed masjid in the backdrop
Ended the evening with some nice coffee and (not so nice) artikai bhajjis. It was a nice evening out...thanks Usha and Vijji :)
So quaint!
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