Brief observation

Our hotel room in Mysore overlooks a school parade ground. We were just relaxing after breakfast (before a leisurely 2:15 departure by train to Bangalore) when an explosion of drums and wind instruments erupted from outside our third-floor window. Thinking it was some kind of major parade or other cultural activity I rushed to the window to see a small band playing to call students back to class. All the students merged into single file for each class and walked into their tiny rooms in time to the music. The band was made up entirely of students as well; as the last of the students entered their classrooms, the music hit a crescendo and the band, in seconds, packed away their instruments and rushed to class as well.

It was a bit more interesting than the mono-tonal 5-chime bell I was accustomed to...