It seems there is nowhere in the world I can go to escape the rising cost of gas. Since I arrived in May auto rickshaw fares have almost doubled, and it now costs more than a dollar to get to JSS Hospital.
So thank goodness, Mysore actually has a pretty good public transit system. I never wait more than six or seven minutes for a bus and fare is 4.5 rupees. 
Sometimes the busses get so crowded that people use the yellow poles to hang out the doors. I did this once. It was similar to riding the trolley in San Francisco but faster and more complicated with the long flowey scarves everyone wears. 
Women and children in the front. 
Men in the back. A female passenger explained "we have the men in the back so we don't give them the opportunity to misbehave." You said it, sister. 
This guy goes around and collects fares from passengers. (That's why he's allowed in the front.)
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