Ebony & Shrine
Wednesday early evening in Bangalore and my colleague (Paul) and I are about to head back to Hong Kong on the red-eye through Singapore. We leave Bangalore at 11:15 PM, arriving into Hong Kong early afternoon on Thursday. Bangalore is the usual hive of activity this week – signs of tech companies expanding everywhere. Traffic and noise worse than ever as consumers enjoy the fruits of their labour with new cars and motorcycles.
At lunch we took the India HR team (about 12 of us in total) out to lunch at a restaurant called "Ebony" that has a terrific view. The restaurant is on the 13th floor of one of the tallest buildings in the city. As I got in the elevator it occurred to me that I came to this restaurant for the first time in 1998. Since then I have been back a number of times, including on my last visit to Bangalore in December 2006. I had a little melancholy moment but don’t worry, it passed. The above picture is of (from left) Paul, Sarita, me and Neela. That’s Bangalore behind us.
After lunch the four of us visited a very famous Bangalore church called the "Infant Jesus Church." This is a new structure that recently replaced an older, ad hoc church. More importantly, next to this church is the Infant Jesus Shrine, known far and wide for the miracles emanating in the lives of people who pray there. This is where Uday lit the candles for the triplets when they were only a few days old and had many struggles ahead of them. Paul and I lit candles, I took some time to pray and left a donation in the offering. Then it was back to the office for more afternoon meetings. In another hour we will head to the airport. The other pictures here are from the Infant Jesus Shrine. See you back in Hong Kong!
