A BRISK WALK AT MAHARAJA’S ROAD

Yesterday I had been to Mysore for a private programme with journalist friend Venuvinod. After finishing the work, we were walking through the Krishnaraja Circle and vicinity of the Palace. Jatka (horse-cart) owners were very eager to carry us the near-by area. Though the jatkas were the main mode of transport of yester-years of Maharaja’s Mysore, nowadays they are dwindling very fast. Some of them are kept for hire near the Palace and they are the attraction for the foreign tourists. While capturing the stills of the specialties of the streets, Vinod shot a few of mine also. Since I was at Mysore  for five years, my old memoirs crept-in and drenched me for a few minutes. Keeping the palace at the back-ground he took a still of mine and cherished the memory...