
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 dumping. Ganesh was retrieving recyclables from a dump near the »
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 dumping. Ganesh was retrieving recyclables from a dump near the »
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 and Anantamurthy read from their works ("Hoovu" and "Suryana Kudure" »
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.
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 contractor who handles a part of Bellandur ward has shown »
Every morning when we open our newspapers, they scatter in a leaf-fall cataract…the little pamphlets that advertise all sorts of products and services. It is much cheaper for the advertisers to pay »
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 production documents the lives of the workers who are involved »
The Government of Karnataka in association with Karnataka StateArchery Association is organizing "Archery Camp" on 19th & 20th March,2011 inthe premises of Sree Kanteerava Stadium, B’lore. This is to encourageArcheryand create awareness »
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 the artistes in costume in the centre of the crowd: »
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 argentea (or Tacoma argentea), the Golden Bell or Trumpet: Couroupita »
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 our personal vehicles in Bangalore. Read on… I agree that »