A treasure of waste
Ganesh, an eco-hero
Meet Ganesh, a rapicker. I met him when we went around Malleswaram with our Corporator. We were trying to create solutions for the road-side garbage »
Month: March 2011
Deepa's Jottings
Ranga Ugadi at Ranga Shankara
This year’s Ranga Ugadi at Ranga Shankara celebrates the seven Jnanapeetha Award Winners of Kannada, in a daylong festival on Sun, Apr 3. While Karnad »
Editors' Blog
The greatest decentralised scam of all time
BBMP’s 2011 garbage tender draft is a scam. Complaining about garbage is easy. Collecting it and transporting it is tough. Citizen Matters expose of one »
Nature corner
The preying praying insect
The Poinsettia bush at Hosur Road cemetery had a surprise in store. My prayers however were for the prey rather than the praying mantis, for I am sure they needed them more.
Deepa's Jottings
Inserts in newspapers…
Every morning when we open our newspapers, they scatter in a leaf-fall cataract…the little pamphlets that advertise all sorts of products and »
Deepa's Jottings
Shooting of a movie…
Yesterday, at the mall near my home, I watched the dance sequences of a movie being shot…all through the day. You can see some of »
Deepa's Jottings
Free Archery Camp for beginners
The Government of Karnataka in association with Karnataka StateArchery Association is organizing "Archery Camp" on 19th & 20th March,2011 inthe premises of »
Volunteer Diary
Buy, sell or contribute collectibles to support a film
Two years ago, Ekta Mittal, co-founder, Maraa and Yashaswini Raghunandan, a film maker and artist started working on their film Behind the Tin Sheets. The »
Forward Bellandur
So when are you starting to travel regularly by BMTC bus?
After starting to use BMTC buses, one of our federation members, Jayvant Anantpur, wrote a nice article why we should still use BMTC instead of »
Deepa's Jottings
Some of the flowering trees in our city now….
As you go around the city, don’t forget to see the flowers of spring and summer, in all their glory…..here they are: Tabebuia »