Predawn motorcycle ride to Soundarya's function
Although I was still terribly jet-lagged as a result of the 41 hour trip to Bangalore from Alaska and did not go to bed until nearly 1:00 AM, on the morning of May 10 - Soundarya's wedding day - I arose at 3:00 AM.
There was going to be a "function" at the home of her parents and the auspicious time to do it was before dawn. It would take about an hour to get there by taxi, so Murthy had called the day before and had made an appointment for a cab to pick us up at 4:00 AM.
That cab did not show.
I did not want to miss the function, so, after about 45 minutes of waiting, Murthy fired up his motorcycle, I climbed on behind him and off we went.
We zipped past a man driving a bike with three children as passengers...
...and soon scooted past a man standing in front of a bus with his arms folded...
...we continued on past signs boasting of the Metro that is now under construction, but which one day should make a big impact for the good on Bangalore traffic...
...we shot swiftly through a tunnel...
...and passed a man walking a dog in the early hours...
...and then, just in time, before the dawn, we were in the home where Sandy had been living with her parents. She showed me the temporary wedding henna tattoos that had been painted on to her the night before.
She also wore her bangles. This function would be about bangles.
Soundarya with her dad, Ravi (left) and her Uncle Murthy, just before the function began.
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