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Why we published the student piece on the Rahul Gandhi event

November 30, 2015 Editors

A reader wrote to us: “This article clearly violates the principle of Oorvani foundation (of non-partisan reporting)… this article from Mount Carmel event is clearly to support Rahul Gandhi as a politician.” No. First, the

Questions for Nandan Nilekani: Chairman of UIDAI

July 7, 2009 Editors

Dear Nandan, The central government recently appointed you, a Bangalorean, as the head of the ambitious Universal Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), and you accepted. Congratulations. Please address one key question to set the right

How problems never get solved

May 24, 2009 Editors

Very often, complicated social problems are left to activists and NGOs to battle governments for resolution. But our politics being where it is, these issues never get settled with the clarity and force that they

Our writers are book authors!

May 14, 2009 Editors

Manjushree Abhinav, one of our writers has written a book, A Grasshopper’s Pilgrimage. The book is being released in Bangalore by well known actor Tom Alter at the Crosswords bookstore tomorrow on 16th of May,

Different citizens, different energies

May 8, 2009 Editors

As stewards of this local publication, we are often at the intersection of a variety of public voices, energies and attitudes. This fortnight, we’ll present to you three different sides to one larger emerging story.

Introductory class on Citizen Journalism on 9th May

April 29, 2009 Editors

Citizen Matters, Bangalore’s own interactive newsmagazine is happy to announce the first of a series of Citizen Journalism classes, on Saturday, 9th of May. Classes are open for all Bangaloreans. Please note the details in

Post election notes

April 23, 2009 Editors

Citizen Matters Magazine – Vol 1 Issue 7 Dear Readers, Covering the elections anywhere in the world gives journalists a good, close look at the candidates and their campaigns. Here are some slices of our

When candidates come a knocking…

April 9, 2009 Editors

Citizen Matters Magazine – Vol 1 Issue 6 Dear Readers, Let’s cut to the chase. Election campaigning has started in Bangalore. On April 23, voters from the city’s four parliamentary constituencies will elect their MPs.

What’s different this elections?

March 26, 2009 Editors

Citizen Matters Magazine – Vol 1 Issue 5 Dear Readers, Happy Ugadi to you all! Elections are around. Well they’ve always been around you might say. After all our democracy is over 60-years-old now. What’s

Our special Citizen Journalists

March 12, 2009 Editors

Dear Readers, As the fourth issue goes to press, we’d like bring to your attention some good tidings and some worrisome ones. At Citizen Matters, we have always believed in the power of editorial work

How’s the downturn affecting Bengaluru?

February 26, 2009 Editors

Citizen Matters Magazine – Vol 1 Issue 3 Dear Readers, As you know by now, the global downturn has impacted Bengaluru. In our conversations with citizens and businesses around the city, we noted some obvious

Citizen concerns – from intolerence to property tax

February 12, 2009 Editors

Dear Readers, This second issue of the Citizen Matters print fortnightly will hit your homes at a time of change, worry and resurgence in Bengaluru. First, intolerant sections of society are taking the law into

Citizen Matters Magazine launched!

January 29, 2009 Editors

On 31 January 2009, nine months after Oorvani Media launched citizenmatters.in, Bangalore’s first online community e-newsmagazine, we are committing the Citizen Matters print fortnightly magazine to you. This free, sleek, 16-page magazine is being launched

Pain of plagiarism

October 27, 2008 Editors

Earlier this year, we found an article on ST bed layout copied almost completely, (with some names changed) in an edition of City Plus, Dainik Jagran’s local freesheeter. The article byline was Joel Deepak. Our

In the know

RTI not for assets, liabilities of officials

September 29, 2008 Editors

Recently, on 1st July 2008, the High Court of Karnataka declared that personal information of the public authorities cannot be made available through the Right To Inforamtion Act, 2005. The order was a result of