July, 2012 Citizen Matters, Blogs

Environment

Cutting a friend to size

July 31, 2012 Usha Rajagopalan

Whether a human being or a tree, how little we value the aged never realizing the good in them. Just outside our Puttenahalli Lake is a tall tree which had leaves growing on branches too high up

Environment

Water issues: Catching the rain where it drops

July 30, 2012 Arathi Manay Yajaman

During the early days of PNLIT, an anonymous comment was left in our online Guestbook: “unless until lake is filled with water 365 days, i do not think we are achieved everything. yes, i appreciate all

BFK!

July 30, 2012 Deepa Mohan

Piping hot BFK…Baitu Filter Kaapi. Baitu is a Bangalore institution…it’s actually, "divide the coffee by two". This gives a lovely thimble-shot of piping hot coffee where one doesn’t have to worry about

New BMTC bus from Bannerghata Road to airport

July 29, 2012 News Desk

The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corportation today launched BIAS- 5 A , the much awaited Vayu Vajra bus service to the Bangalore International Airport for the benefit of residents on Bannerghatta Main Road. Starting from Gottigere

A little activism, a little politics

July 29, 2012 Padmalatha Ravi

The High Court has ruled in favour of the citizens in the Agara-sirisi corridor project. The order essentially says ‘hear them out,’ to the State and BDA. For the moment, the order comes as relief

Check outs

A slice of coastal cuisine

July 29, 2012 Padmalatha Ravi

Restaurant at the end of the ORR was how Kanua was described to me. And unlike the Douglas Adams’ restaurant, food is the protagonist here. Inspired by coastal and Konkani cuisine, the place serves some

Another way for Indane to harass consumers

July 26, 2012 Deepa Mohan

If you are a customer of Indane gas cylinders, and you do not book the cylinder at least once in 90 days, your customer number gets blocked and you have to make the trip to

Check outs

Looking for that ‘one-of-a-kind’ outfit?

July 24, 2012 Anisha Nair

The wedding and festival season is about to kick off. Be it a wedding reception or Ganesh Chaturthi, people want to show off their personal styles. Uniqueness is the key here. Copycat designs aren’t popular.

Check outs

MTR oota

July 23, 2012 Anisha Nair

So this time, it’s Karnataka cuisine. While interviewing Sakuntala Narasimhan, a senior journalist, she said there is dearth of restaurants that serve authentic Karnataka food in the city. So Citizen Matters did some digging. Mavalli

Chlorophyll Conversations

Pick friends for your garden

July 23, 2012 Vinita

Companion planting is a core element of organic gardening. This has proven to have improved the yield of surrounding plants and even improve the flavour of neighbouring plants.

Cycle lane

July 19, 2012 Deepa Mohan

It was great to see this image: But we hope something like this will not happen: Or something like this…! Thanks to Chidambaram Subrmanian for the photos and the

Check outs

Light on your pocket, heavy in your tummy

July 18, 2012 Anisha Nair

This time, we pick two restaurants, run by women, that don’t cost a bomb to eat in and serve some great food. Bored of going to cafes very often? How about trying a ‘teafe’? Chaipatty

BGS NPS students’ visit to the lake

July 17, 2012 Arathi Manay Yajaman

The morning started early for some students of BGS NPS, Hulimavu on Saturday, 14th July 2012. Twenty seven children of Std VIII, accompanied by three teachers, attended a nature walk at Puttenahalli Lake. Bird watcher Jaishree

Society

See the finer print?

July 16, 2012 Pushpa Achanta

Still from the film (Courtesy: Jobin Andrews) What do places like Electronic City (Bangalore), Cyberabad (Hyderabad) and TIDEL Park (Chennai) have in common? Well, they are parts of large southern Indian metropolises where many information

Gender equality begins at home

July 12, 2012 Meera K

Fifty percent of us are women. And there is a Women’s Day, yes. Yet, there are scores of stories about the struggles, achievements, journeys, and worries of women in our cities. We cannot cram all