February, 2013 Citizen Matters, Blogs

Society

A unique craft store

February 27, 2013 Pushpa Achanta

At first glance, the store called "Himalayan Dowry An Anti-Dowry Store" seems like any other place dealing in Kashmiri handicrafts, except for its name. Only on enquiring, would one realize that there is more to

Governance

CAG’s latest bag of exposes for Karnataka

February 19, 2013 Navya P K

The nation’s top auditor has an industrious staff at Bengaluru for sure. Last week, CAG’s Karnataka office relased their latest audit reports (read:scams), and it took a large carry bag to fit all their volumes. The picture says all.

Raindrops Geneva Award 2013 – RWH poster

February 19, 2013 Arathi Manay Yajaman

At Puttenahalli Lake, we know the value of rainwater and its harvesting. After all, the only water that the lake receives is from rain. Now here’s a good opportunity for artists to help in

Now, state govt nod needed for local elections!

February 12, 2013 Ashwin Mahesh

In a democracy, the minimum that we should be able to expect is HOLDING ELECTIONS ON TIME. But it seems now that even this basic threshold is not guaranteed in Karnataka. Yesterday, the legislature passed

Hesarghatta: Negative impact of the craze for wildlife photography

February 11, 2013 Deepa Mohan

A group of ecologists and experts including Dr M B Krishna, have come up with a report called"Ruining the ecology of Hesaraghatta Lake – the role of bird photographers. From the report’s introduction: "The Hesaraghatta

The Great Backyard Bird Count

February 11, 2013 Deepa Mohan

Dear birding friends, A quick note to ask whether you might be interested in joining us in a funbirding event on 14-18 Feb. On those dates, birders across the world willbe taking part in the

Environment

Human Chain for Arekere Lake, 16th Feb ’13

February 10, 2013 Arathi Manay Yajaman

Arekere Neighbourhood Lake Improvement Trust (ANIT) is doing everything it can, to properly save Arekere Lake. The lake is located not far from Puttenahalli Lake, on the other side of Bannerghatta Rd. Please see the

All in one morning at the lake

February 8, 2013 Usha Rajagopalan

Despite the problems and challenges we have in maintaining our neighbourhood lake, each visit is such a delight and so full of surprises. Today morning even while walking briskly (for a meeting at the Gazebo),

Ideas at Work

A deliberate political action group for Bengaluru

February 3, 2013 Ashwin Mahesh

It’s a very unusual development in the annals of democracy in India – for the first time, a deliberate political action group, with a specific agenda to be pursued through its activities, is being formed