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She is sitting on a pavement outside a temple to sell flowers to devotees, while she sits there almost a day long under her umbrella protecting her from scorching sun, life is indeed been more demanding..... Labels: Bangalore, City, Living, Occupations, People, StreetShots

I've got plenty of Nutting for you today. I was looking through the superb digital collections of the Brooklyn Public Library - specifically their collection of Victorian trade cards - ancestors of the little business cards that you can pick up at many stores and businesses today.

Which is the most unpopular occupation in your eyes at this present time? Some have said that, until recently, lawyers led this list but now politicians have overtaken them. Care to vote on this? Only one vote per ip address per day:pollcode.com free pollsWhich is the most unpopular occupation in

Early in 1884, a Brooklyn saloon keeper named Michael Murphy hired detective Elizabeth Bingham to find out if his bartender Fitzharris was stealing money from him. Bingham decided to send the bartender a decoy letter, addressed to his boss, to ascertain whether Fitzharris was opening Murphy's mail.

Night is gone, a dawn comes up in birds and sounds of the city. There will be light to live by, things to see: my eyes will lift to where the sun in vermilion sits, and I will love thee and have pity. (Michael Hartnett) I’m sitting on the small fenced stone wall that surrounds the central bank on Dame

As soon as a boy or a girl passes his or her SSC examination, he or she is faced with the problem : ‘What should I do now?” In the past, professions were determined by castes and were mostly hereditary. Young men (woman’s place was in the home) had to take up the hereditary occupations at a very early age.

I played hooky and went to the movies with hubby tonight. We don’t go to the movies very often. In fact I can’t remember the last movie we saw. I blogged about it over at the Danger Zone. While you’re there check out Linda Wisdom’s Hex Appeal contest in the post below.

Financial crisis or not, weird jobs are out in full force this week. The first job ad, for a mortgage loan processor, is actually quite normal. However, its timing makes it too big a target to overlook. #2 on this week’s list is a trade; check out the storyline to see why it deserves a good verbal whipping.

Accountant - Someone who knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing. Auditor - Someone who arrives after the battle and bayonets all the wounded. Banker - The fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

Work is progress, the constructions an renovations are a common sight, the beautiful old houses are giving way to the modern apartments and commercial establishments. The labors camp on the worksites itself to start the work early and reduce commuting time...