Deepa's Jottings
Month: July 2016
Deepa's Jottings
Deepa's Jottings
Deepa's Jottings
Peacocks, Palaces and Pavements
Thank you Bengaluru, and my apologies to Kannadigas…
I am here to apologize to all the Indians, the Kannadigas I’ve met in the last three weeks. Immediately upon meeting you, you either spoke to me in English, with the assumption that of course »
Deepa's Jottings
Excellent Carnatic violin concert at IIM-B
Once in a while, one is privileged to attend a concert that not many people seem to know about, Indian Institute of Managerment, Bangalore (IIMB) and The Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music And »
Like a Lake
Day-Long Cleaning Drive and Tree Planting at Horamavu Agara Kere
On Saturday, 16-July-2016, Horamavu Parisara Abhivruddhi Samiti (HPAS) organised an intensive day-long lake cleaning and beautification event at the Horamavu Agara Kere. More than 100 people participated in the event. In addition to local residents, students from Mount »
I Change Indira Nagar
Why Indiranagar residents don’t want an indoor stadium
In November 2015, Indirangar residents had taken to streets against the plans to convert a playground into a cricket pitch. Now there’s a plan for the same ground to be converted into an indoor stadium. »
Groundwater Stories
How much does a groundwater recharge well cost?
Pic: Shubha Ramachandran Often times we (BIOME) are asked to compare the prices of recharge wells quoted by various well diggers. After speaking with the clients, we realise that they maybe comparing apples to oranges. »
Deepa's Jottings
Art is everywhere
One usually associates art, and artistic aesthetics, only with people who have the money and the leisure to spare for it (I’m not talking about those who by art as an investment here). But if »