September, 2011 Citizen Matters, Blogs

Rs. 700 crore HUDCO Loan Assistance to Bangalore Metro

September 30, 2011 News Desk

Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri.D.V.Sadananda Gowda had a detailed discussion with Shri.V.P.Baligar, CMD, Hudco today (01.10.2011) at New Delhi, about various Hudco assisted Schemes in Karnataka. Sri.Suresh Kumar, Hon’ble Minister for Urban Development, Sri.Govinda Karjola, Hon’ble

Bangalore South Local

Come October, it’s time for Khadi

September 29, 2011 News Desk

Sales of khadi dresses surge during the month of October. Khadi stores offer discounts of up to 40% on clothes. One such shop is the Khadi Sadan in Jaynagar 3rd Block, opposite Bata showroom. The

Kolu at Crystal, 290911

September 29, 2011 Deepa Mohan

I decided to visit my friends Ganu and Hema, and their daughter, Janani, who’s recently come home for good, after having done her Masters’ degree at Pittsburgh. They always put up a lovely display for

It’s the season for garba, gombe and pujo!

September 27, 2011 Uma Swamy

It’s a busy time for Bengali Associations across Bangalore as they are in the midst of organising Durga Pujo. This is the time of Puja, new clothes and getting together with the community to share

Reliance Communications fined Rs 30 lakhs

September 26, 2011 News Desk

On 18 September 2011, BBMP staff noticed illegal road cutting near Raju Colony in Marathalli and took into custody a vehicle with No KA 18 T 3522. Reliance Communication was carrying out the work to

All India Radio, Radio Sangeet Sammelan, 25 September 2011

September 26, 2011 Deepa Mohan

On Sunday, 25th September 2011, discerning lovers of music flocked to Ravindra Kalakshetra, to attend the Radio Sangeet Sammelan. The Carnatic music program by Smts. Ranjani and Gayathri was followed by a flute recital by

The grave of a raconteur

September 25, 2011 Deepa Mohan

Anyone who has developed an interest in forests and wildlife would have heard of the author, Kenneth Anderson. His stories of the forests are legion, and are still selling briskly everywhere. (Fresh stocks have just

Bruhat Buzz

BBMP beats drums in front of property tax defaulters’ homes

September 25, 2011 News Desk

BBMP has issued notices to defaulters to pay their overdue property tax along with fine and wherever required, property confiscation warrants are also to be issued. Today, "Drum beating" was done in front of “UMIYA

Captured

The Coconut Guy

September 24, 2011 City Shutterbug

Some shops in Bangalore markets seem to specialise in a particular type of vegetable or fruit. Some chose Mangoes in the summers, others Sugarcane during festivals. This particular shop seemed to have chosen Coconuts.

Check outs

Traditional Mangalore savouries

September 22, 2011 Uma Swamy

Shenoy Stores is a landmark that has stood its ground since it began forty years ago (1971) Shobha Shenoy and Vittal Shenoy started the shop as a general store in 1986. Initially, their objective was

Bangalore South Local

He makes the kids see stars

September 22, 2011 News Desk

For two years now, Nagaraj Ananth, 43, a scientist at Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has being going to schools and colleges on Saturdays and introducing children to the fascinating world of satellites and space

Wildlife Documentary: Lion-tailed Macaques

September 21, 2011 Deepa Mohan

‘*A Call in the Rainforest*’ This film documents and examines the impact of human induced changes on one Lion-tailed Macaque sub-population, in the Valparai Range of Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary. The *Lion-tailed Macaque* (Macaca silenus)

Environment

Immersion sans pollution

September 21, 2011 Arathi Manay Yajaman

Puttenahalli Lake in JP Nagar 7th Phase celebrated Ganesha Chaturthi this year sans the problems faced by most of the other lakes in Bangalore. Ganesha Chaturthi = colourful Ganeshas + flowers + immersion in water

Brightening up the doorsteps…

September 21, 2011 Deepa Mohan

Where does "kolam" or "rangoli" fit in? Art? Tradition? Culture? Hospitality? …All of the above it seems to me! Here’s a lovely rangoli in front of my friend Alamelu Ramaswamy’s home:

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Tomato Sales

September 19, 2011 City Shutterbug

A vegetable seller spreads out his juicy red tomatoes for sale at Malleshwaram. The Market is a wonderful microcosm of salesman, customers and suppliers from all over India. A melting pot. Pic by Ravi Kaushik.