Morning at Bus stand

A study of Swargate Bus Stand here in Pune.
The number of people traveling in the State Transport Bus is amazing, more over the reach of the State Transport buses is more than amazing.
Started way back in 1948, in 2006 over 7 million citizens were utilizing the service daily. (refer website link attached)
Everytime I see a State Transport bus plying on city roads, on remote roads in coastal Maharashtra or the rugged terrain in eastern parts of the state, I always think about it being as a lifeline for people living in those locations.
Every person might have a story of his own, from the Controller seen walking here to the person reading the morning news. The State Transport buses must be witness to countless such stories.
http://www.msrtc.gov.in

First Sale

One more from The Konkan region. Although the house is in typical Konkan style, with slanting tiled roof, some tin used to stay dry during the heavy monsoon and the bamboo curtains to keep the sun away.... this house also seems to have a business running. The owner probably feels the signboards are not enough so he has a display going on maybe to attract customers??? ;-)