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www.varthurlake.com is a citizen led initiative to safe guard and rejuvenate the Varthur lake. Seen here is a screenshot of the website.

‘varthurlake.com’, a citizen-led initiative to safeguard and rejuvenate Varthur lake

March 4, 2020 Ritu George

Varthur lake is the second-largest water body in Bengaluru. The 440-acre lake is located on the eastern periphery of the city, surrounded by villages and all the big IT companies. Over the last 20 years,

Oorja for Whitefield Rising’s Bembala: Extending support to survivors of violence

February 21, 2020 Ritu George

Support women and children survivors of violence through group art show ‘Oorja’ at the Art Corridor Taj West End, Bengaluru from 23 February – 2 March 2020.

Quiz Contest: INNQUIZZITIVE Aug 24th 2019

August 17, 2019 Ritu George

The inter community quiz contest organised by Inner Wheel Club of Bangalore IT Corridor in association with Forum Neighbourhood Mall and Community Partner Whitefield Rising is just 2 weeks away! Date : August 24th Time:

Kundanahalli Junction- The gateway to chaos

May 5, 2019 Ritu George

The Kundanahalli junction is “the” gateway for lakhs of commuters going in and out of Whitefield. People from across the city come in for work in the area as this is a tech hub while school

Neralu Project, Mahadevpura

May 2, 2019 Ritu George

In mid Feb 2019, we were shocked to observe a very old tree having been cut down on Whitefield Main Road. The construction behind seemed ominously like the reason for the felling. Having seen other

Goonj’s School to School Drive 2019

April 30, 2019 Ritu George

Whitefield Rising BEMBALA Open House

April 18, 2019 Ritu George

Meet your MP candidates – Bangalore Central

April 15, 2019 Ritu George

We have a lot of issues in our neighborhood that can be solved by good governance. We have learnt that the only way to make improvements is by steadily increasing accountability of those in power. Active, engaged, informed,

The Graphite India Air Pollution Campaign

April 8, 2019 Ritu George

The Graphite India #AirPollution campaign – NGT upholds KSPCB CLOSURE order from 2012! Following the Supreme Court order, where Graphite India was recognized as a polluter under the Polluter Pays Principal, the complainants continued their case in

BEMBALA: Being there for a survivor

April 8, 2019 Ritu George

Does your maid experience any violence at home? Maybe it is not violence but just abuse? Or alcoholism ? Is your co-worker struggling to make sense of her spiraling marriage? Is your neighbor feeling unwanted,

Bembala – Act Against Violence

April 8, 2019 Ritu George

Community Awareness and Outreach March was the month of many firsts for Bembala. Bembala’s community outreach initiative “Bol Sakhi” organized its first event with nearly 30 Pournakarmikas (street sweepers) and an awareness talk with the parents

Meet your MP Candidates- Bangalore Central Mahadevapura

April 8, 2019 Ritu George

It is that time of season again when we get to take a Report Card on the performance of our MP candidate and select one from those now standing for election based on who we feel would

Citizens vs Graphite India

April 8, 2019 Ritu George

The Erin Brokovich like story of the common man taking on a Graphite Electrode producing factory that polluted. This is the incredible story of a 40 year old, Rs 9000 crore, private graphite polluting factory in Mahadevpura A

Get into voter list by July 15th, Maths magic and other stories from Whitefield

June 30, 2015 Ritu George

A night on the street What is the power of the common man? A collaborative and inspiring set of people helped fix the potholed road that had been dug up for 6 months. Till then,

Whitefield Rising welcomes 2015

January 8, 2015 Ritu George

Taking Stock So much has been done. Over the coming days, we will share a series of newsletters focused on a topic or two at a time so we don’t overwhelm you in one annual