September, 2010 Citizen Matters, Blogs

The fruit of the Mahogany Tree

September 30, 2010 Deepa Mohan

It’s now the time of the year, when the Mahogany trees in the city put out their lovely "chocolate ice-cream" fruit-pods…. here’s what they look like: If you find these pods upon the ground, pick

“Tharabethi vahana”

September 30, 2010 Deepa Mohan

I was glad to see a training bus, with many drivers sitting in it, going past with one learner driver at the wheel: However, I was not sure if this was a training vehicle, and

Look out for that ‘cute’ rodent

September 29, 2010 Vikram Nanjappa

Confused? We aren’t talking about mice or rats. The ‘cute’ rodent in question is what we commonly refer to as the squirrel, with its unmistakable three stripes. Vikram Nanjappa tells you more.

Commute

ORR flyover work by BDA chokes traffic

September 29, 2010 Meera K

S Viswanath, from Outer Ring Roads Association shares the following information on the state of Ring Road at Bellandur junction. The U-turn at Intel junction after Bellandur is now completely blocked, so please drive carefully

One and a Half on Meter; Wisdom comes free

September 29, 2010 Siri Srinivas

"Love is Slow Poison" said an auto that nearly killed me yesterday; I would have normally belted some un-pleasantries to nobody in particular and forgotten the close-shave. But how can one not stop and mull

Another example of our political parties’ concern for our trees

September 28, 2010 Deepa Mohan

Everywhere in J P Nagar, I am coming across trees carved with the symbol of a political party, and then coloured: Is there no better way for the political party to flaunt their symbol? Carving

Mr K. Subramaniam….and his trade

September 27, 2010 Deepa Mohan

Several people ease the difficulties of our daily lives, and provide fairly inexpensive services. Mr K Subramaniam is one such person, plying his trade of cobbler, at a stall on Bannerghatta Road, near the BTM

Illegal Signs by Corporation Bank, JP Nagar 3rd Phase

September 27, 2010 Deepa Mohan

The J P Nagar branch of Corporation Bank recently shifted to the 3rd Phase, in the Mini-forest area, and I was happy to photograph their gesture in having a ramp for wheelchairs. However, yeaterday, I

Parking Cafe at BIAL

September 26, 2010 Deepa Mohan

Having got the info from Amit Chaudhary about the affordable food at BIAL (Bangalore International Airport Ltd.), I decided to find it and check it out, too. Where is it? When you come out of

Captured

Am going home…

September 24, 2010 City Shutterbug

Office workers head home late on a working day. Taken at the Sarjapur Flyover Junction. Pic by Ravi Kaushik. ⊕

The olden eye

Introduction to Bangalore’s tanks

September 23, 2010 Meera Iyer

INTACH’s Parichay at Kudlu earlier this week started off most unusually – with a sacrifice. As one group of people assembled near the Muneshwara temple in Kudlu, waiting for the Parichay (heritage walk) to begin,

Wheelchair access

September 20, 2010 Deepa Mohan

I was walking past the new Corporation Bank building in JP Nagar, and found that wheelchair access was provided: This got me thinking, and I started looking at other public buildings…and private ones too…and was

The call of the Indian Bull Frog

September 20, 2010 Vikram Nanjappa

Their voice marks the arrival of life-giving rain. The Indian Bull Frog, the largest of the species, is facing an unprecedented danger to its survival. Vikram Nanjappa tells you more about this amphibian.

Environment

Volunteers help in Ambalipura Lake weeding operation

September 20, 2010 Satheesh A

Shramdan on Ambalipura (lower) lake bed started at around 9:45 am on Sunday, September 19th. Residents from our Bellandur ward started coming to the lake bund from 9 am. First to arrive at lake was

Using the Free Shuttle……

September 19, 2010 Deepa Mohan

Writing about something is better when one tries it out too. I wrote about the Free Shuttle offered by BMTC between the City Railway Station and the BMTC (Majestic) Bus Station, here so, when I