Akshatha M, Author at Citizen Matters, Blogs

Getting lost in Auroville and a chance meeting with two incredible Aussie travelers

July 31, 2017 Akshatha M

The way life throws surprises at you! It was on July 29th evening I was standing all alone in some corner of Auroville, located at a distance of around 12 kilometres from the main town

RTI lessons: how to chase officials hiding the data

September 29, 2016 Akshatha M

The documents/ replies that I have received from various offices of BBMP in the last five months, to my RTI query on illegal hoardings, are piled up before me. Yet, they have no data that

BBMP, please don’t make a mockery of RTI!

July 3, 2016 Akshatha M

How many legal and illegal hoardings are there in Bengaluru and how to identify them? Looking for a complete location-specific data? Chances are that you will never ever get it. In the month of April,

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GPS mandatory for school vehicles; grants for Kannada books

July 27, 2015 Akshatha M

The BBMP Election office has issued a public notice on model code of conduct to be followed by candidates and political parties during the BBMP Election-2015 scheduled for August 22nd. The model code of conduct

No increment for principals if school doesn’t pass 50%

July 14, 2015 Akshatha M

A brief summary of some news you might have missed out in the last few days. Applications for jobs, awards and other important stuff that happened in the capital city! Clear 50% or no salary