Tryst.... - 2

Who says you cannot lose way in Indian highways? Yeah, even if there is no "network" of roads, there are no directions too and then on any given 4-way in a city you might lose your way. Thank God for creating paanwaalas and the junta there that one can easily find their way out...

Tech revolution of some kind?
There was this typical small village, and it barely had like 10 shops BUT there was NIIT center!! And then all the villages till I hit Maharashtra border were having TATA Sky type small dish. Probably the DISH TV itself.. What the ..!! India is marching forward, and with progressive governments like AP, the villages speak of themselves.

Market economy
Every village had a main road that I used to touch. And every main road had a bazaar. And every bazaar was laid out in exactly the same way. They all begin with small auto-car-truck repair shops, in vicinity a petrol pump, hardware shops, grocery stores and right in the middle will be garments shops... and the pattern continues in opposite direction as you move out of the town. Vegetable vendors are in front of grocery stores.. Every single town I touched had almost the same bazaar structure.. Sounds to me like another effecient market hypothesis, albeit in MGTO terms.. :-)

Reliance petrol pumps
These pumps sure are worth mentioning. Slowly they are changing the way Indians travel on the road. Food quality being a different issue, at least there were decent wash rooms and TVs (refer to DISH TV context) so that one can chillax on way.. Helpful staff and a big parking area... I was almost transported to Route 90 in US... :-)

More later....