India, Jan. 14 -- Bangalore locals' favourite floral fiesta returns this January for its 219th edition. The Lalbagh flower show 2026 turns the spotlight on Kannada writer, thinker, and environmentalist K.P. Poornachandra Tejaswi from 14-26 January. On display? A 12-foot vertical garden, daily theatre performances and literary discussions, a photo gallery of birds, moving animal tableaux, and even a dinosaur installation sculpted entirely from vegetables. Here's why you should grab a front-row seat to this cerebral and colourful celebration.

Besides old-school breakfasts (benne dosa-filter coffee supremacy!), perennially pleasant weather, and bustling breweries, if there's one thing Bangalore residents can't stop raving about, it's the ci...