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Ammu Joseph’s blog for Bangalore.
Ammu Joseph is a journalist, author and resident of Koramangala.

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A building blocks approach

June 28, 2008 Ammu Joseph

While high profile, high powered summits on urban infrastructure development are hogging media headlines, a more low-key process taking place on the ground holds out hope for the beleaguered residents of one corner of the

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Going around in circles

May 23, 2008 Ammu Joseph

At the end of a recent article headlined "A right to walk," Gurcharan Das suggested encouragingly that citizens can make a difference to city life if they really try. "The starting point is to extend

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VIPs and citizens

April 1, 2008 Ammu Joseph

VIPs continue to be stumbling blocks in the paths of ordinary citizens. My daughter and I had another brush with a V/VIP at HAL Airport on Friday (28 March) morning. This time it was Rahul

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The VIP Menace

March 24, 2008 Ammu Joseph

  Last Thursday evening there was such an exceptionally grim gridlock at HAL Airport that landing passengers had to cool their heels or wander about between cars and puddles for over half an hour while

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Planning for debate

March 17, 2008 Ammu Joseph

I thought I’d begin my blog on Citizen Matters with the question: does the citizen really matter? Recent experiences in Bangalore suggest that they do not, especially in the context of public policy. The ongoing