Kate Clark | Citizen Matters, Blogs

Goodbye Bengaluru, thanks for reading!

September 20, 2016 Kate Clark

Ten weeks have flown by and my internship with Citizen Matters has come to a quick end. Tomorrow, I will board a flight, but I will not be leaving India just yet. I am looking

Bengaluru, the multiple city!

September 7, 2016 Kate Clark

Today marks my 12th day in Bengaluru and I am proud to say my desire to take pictures of every single passing cow has subsided. Since arriving the weekend before last, I filled my phone’s

Response of a foreign woman traveling in India to minister’s ‘no-skirt’ comment

September 2, 2016 Kate Clark

“Mahesh Sharma’s advisory for tourists: No short skirts, no travelling alone at night.” This headline has probably already made its way to your Facebook and Twitter feed and back again in the last 48 hours.

In Bengaluru and still talking about Donald Trump

August 31, 2016 Kate Clark

Initially, this piece had nothing to do with Donald Trump. It had nothing to with American politics whatsoever. I set out to write about my experience visiting an office and a local university in Bengaluru.

Bengaluru, for me, a lesson in garbology

August 7, 2016 Kate Clark

I’ve been thinking a lot about garbage. Every day I find myself pondering about Bengaluru’s garbage plight. If you don’t live here, here’s a quick summary: there is a lot of garbage on the streets,

Thank you Bengaluru, and my apologies to Kannadigas…

July 24, 2016 Kate Clark

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

Bengaluru and Seattle: two cities experiencing ‘Amageddon’

July 4, 2016 Kate Clark

A night view of M G Road. Pic: Shree D N After finding out I would be coming to Bengaluru, an Indian city I knew just as the “Silicon Valley of India,” having grown up