August, 2008 Citizen Matters, Blogs

Campus Diem

Day Tripping (Trois)

August 31, 2008 Siri Srinivas

We chatted up some nice folk from NITT who seemed to love every minute of being there. But, but, but, what about staying away from home, cruel weather, homesickness etc, We pried. To this I

Interview: Sunil Maheshwari, CEO and Co-founder, Mango Technologies

August 29, 2008 Anjana Vivek

Mango Technologies Private Limited is a software solution provider for the bottom 50% of the mobile handset consumers market. CEO and Co-founder, Sunil, answers a few questions for Entrepreneur’s Corner: Question: How did you select

Dashing through the streets

In First Gear

August 28, 2008 Poornima Kannan

When can we truly ‘fly over’? I hate the word flyover. After crawling for half an hour to cross a few yards near the Yestwantpur junction – where a ‘flyover’ construction is underway – the

I swear

August 27, 2008 Siri Srinivas

"The problem", remarked a friend wistfully as we stood up amidst stifled murmurs and blasé one-liners, "is that they think we’re really stupid and we think just the same about them." I looked at her

Deepa's Jottings

To preserve a tree….

August 26, 2008 Deepa Mohan

Surely BBMP, which seems, sometimes, to go out of its way to cut down full-grown trees, can take a leaf out of the book of these people, who own a shop in Vyalikaval. Messrs. P

Civic

“Tower pots” lie as waste

August 25, 2008 Deepa Mohan

Last week, some "columns" made of plastic (of terracotta look, complete with fake "burnt" patches, with rectangular frames on top for advertisements, suddenly made their appearance on M G Road. All the newspapers picked up

Sell ’em early, Ranga Shankara!

August 24, 2008 Deepa Mohan

Ranga Shankara has a very laudable project called "Other Voices" where smaller, more intimate plays are sought to be staged to a much smaller audience. One example of this was "1, Madhav Baug", enacted by

Deepa's Jottings

On sale….

August 19, 2008 Deepa Mohan

The BBMP is intent, it appears, on cutting down pavements wherever it can widen the roads for the ever-increasing motorized vehicle traffic of this city…but our pavements are areas where a lot of vibrant life

Deepa's Jottings

Tips Pleas!

August 17, 2008 Deepa Mohan

Using a car on Bangalore roads? Then,when you fill up petrol (at the petrol pumps in the city, you are generally given the "perk" of "Free Air"…that is, the car tyre pressure is checked and

Caselet: Possible People Issues in a Founding Team?

August 13, 2008 Anjana Vivek

Gyan, the business advisor, was talking to Kiran, John and Chetan, who were planning to start a new business. One of the points they spoke about was the money each one would bring into the

Test your Green knowledge

August 12, 2008 Poornima Kannan

Most of you would have planned a holiday this long weekend. But are you leaving lesser carbon footprints? Here’s an interesting quiz to test your green knowledge – Save the Earth I took the quiz and

Deepa's Jottings

A Morning in Lalbagh

August 12, 2008 Deepa Mohan

I spent a very pleasant morning at Lalbagh today….I started at the Glass House, where the floral exhibits for Independence Day are taking shape, and this Anthurium exhibit was stunning…. As I walked around, both

Backyard for art enthusiasts

August 11, 2008 Praveen Karoshi

I came aross a couple of interesting places for hanging out and recreation – active canvas and Doodleden. I have happily added these to my list of interesting places in Bangalore. Both are similar in

Deepa's Jottings

Custard apple season…..

August 10, 2008 Deepa Mohan

At the outskirts of Bangalore, many small-scale vendors try to beat the middlemen by selling direct-to-consumer…. First one sees one basket of custard apples… Then a few.. Then a few more… And if one takes

PPP and incapacity in government

August 10, 2008 Ashwin Mahesh

Last week, IIM held a conference on the twin themes of Urban Government and Public Private Partnerships. A lot of different papers from around the world were submitted, and many speakers provided insights on how