One-way street in Sadashiv Peth

The name of the street is Krantiveer Vasudev Phadke Path. It has been declared a one-way street and the signs have been put up at both ends of the road. But this is how the road looks:

Can you even guess which way is the right way? As you can see, people are streaming out of the Pune Vidyarthi Gruha, one of Pune's landmarks, taking the wrong way up the road, despite there being myriad lanes just a block away. Saving time and petrol cannot be the reason. The real reason? A total disregard for the law.

Political campaigning in India

Campaigning in elections in India is pretty hectic and these are two photographs of groups of BJP party workers campaigning in Delhi in March 2014.

A group of party workers crammed into an open jeep with a BJP flag.

People busy on their cell phones. Including the driver of the vehicle. I guess that is allowed for political workers!

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Inside the Bombay High Court

These are images from inside the High Court of Bombay. Courtrooms are spacious, air-conditioned and seats are comfortable. The rooms have high ceilings as this is a heritage building built in the British era.
The name of the city of Bombay may have changed to Mumbai, but the High Court is still called the Bombay High Court.

In this first image you can see some lawyers sitting on the chairs. The judge is studying some papers on his desk. Courtroom clerks can be seen in the picture.

Courtrooms in the High Court of Bombay now have large screens which detail which case is being heart by which judge and in which court room. A godsend to the lawyers who have several cases being heard in different court rooms.

A corridor outside the court rooms.

A lawyer walking the corridors of the Bombay High Court.

For more images from Bombay check the label Mumbai. Or if you are looking for people in different trades: Occupations.

Illegal number plates

In India the law is more often on paper. A simple legal requirement of correct number plates for motor vehicles is not followed. And ironically it is the law makers themselves who break the laws most often. It is as if they have a separate legal code for themselves. Clearly India is a democracy only in name. In reality we have a feudal system. Perhaps not as bad as some middle eastern and african countries, but feudal just the same. These number plates are not just to satisfy the egos of politicians but also to ensure that any other violated traffic laws are NOT easily traced back to their vehicle. These types of vehicles are more likely to break other traffic laws.

Written in fancy lettering, this number plate in Devanagari script is illegal. It should be MH04 GM201. As the little red flag reveals, this vehicle belongs to someone in a political party.

This car has brazen added the words MLA to the number plate, clearly to intimidate policemen and the public.

This one is an older photograph, but it is also a politician's car.

These numbers which are supposed to be 4141 look like the word "dada" in devanagari script. Height of stupidity. Dada means don.

You might also like to see images of other politicians making a fool of themselves: Happy Birthday Political Posters

For more humorous signs check out Funny Signs from Thailand or Interesting signs with funny instructions! or Funny English Signs or Thieves beware signs from the UK or Funny Road Signs in India

Stalls selling video films

These are pictures of small stalls in city areas selling video films. These are the type of stalls which sell pirated copies and illegal pornographic films. Often these places are near the railway station. They sell movies at little as Rs 100/- and sometimes even less.

All types of movies are available on video CD's in these street side stalls. This stall has everything - music, movies and also video games.

The small makeshift stall below is near the railway station.

This small stall selling videos is in a crowded area of the city.

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