March, 2013 Citizen Matters, Blogs

Seminar on Wildlife Conservation

March 31, 2013 Deepa Mohan

The Sloth Bear Foundation presents: Wildlife Conservation and You at S Hotel 60, 13th Cross, 2nd Main, Phase III, J P Nagar Bangalore 560078 +91 80 4245 6060 and at Aloft Hotel 17C, Sadaramangala Road

Volunteer Diary

Creativity from the coast

March 30, 2013 Pushpa Achanta

Godson Samuel, a pastor from coastal Tamil Nadu, now working in Pune was a student of a lady professor in Bangalore’s United Theological College some years ago. Hearteningly, the woman’s courage and ability to break

Environment

Hope and Colours at Puttenahalli Lake

March 26, 2013 Usha Rajagopalan

In this season of colours, our lake bed may seem drab, devoid of water but for us at PNLIT, it is a sign of hope. The brown piles of drying Salvinia is the final leg

rafiki’s “Sign Out” performances

March 26, 2013 Deepa Mohan

For two years now the oldest film studio in town has been home to our work… It is time to leave…but before we go… Sign-out rafiki presents a series of performances as a tribute to

Environment

Winning the Namma Bengaluru Award

March 20, 2013 Usha Rajagopalan

In its fourth edition, with a record 61,000 nominations for nine categories in the prestigious Namma Bengaluru Award, 2012 (NBA) which recognizes the “unsung heroes; ordinary people who do extraordinary things so that the city can

Eat right

How to plan balanced meals

March 17, 2013 Sweta Uchil-Purohit

How many rotis, how much palya and what else? Eating healthy is great but how do you strike the right balance of essential nutrients in your meals? A few simple steps…

Ideas at Work

Many of those who serve the city do so quietly

March 14, 2013 Ashwin Mahesh

Each year, for the past few years the Namma Bengaluru Foundation has been honouring those who serve the city in different ways, by recognising them thorugh its annual awards. I’ve been a jury member all

The weekend is here again!

March 14, 2013 Usha Rajagopalan

Volunteers who attended last weekend’s deweeding sessions at Puttenahalli Lake admit it was hard, but satisfying work. Though we had dissuaded children from “working”, there were several who accompanied their parents and finally joined in. Here is

Environment

Report on the volunteering weekend at Puttenahalli Lake

March 11, 2013 Usha Rajagopalan

Saturday, 9th March 2013 With some 20 volunteers responding to our call to remove the drying aquatic weed from the lake bed, it was a most satisfying morning today! Their enthusiasm was infectious and several

Environment

Flamingo Festival 2013

March 8, 2013 Arathi Manay Yajaman

The enchanting sight of infinite pink spots on the marshy Sewri mudflats is enough justification for a ride into this dusty, smoky industrial part of south Mumbai. Located along the Arabian Sea, on the eastern

Eat right

Month: March 2013

Seminar on Wildlife Conservation

Creativity from the coast

Hope and Colours at Puttenahalli Lake

rafiki’s “Sign Out” performances

Winning the Namma Bengaluru Award

How to plan balanced meals

Many of those who serve the city do so quietly

The weekend is here again!

Report on the volunteering weekend at Puttenahalli Lake

Flamingo Festival 2013

This Women’s Day, celebrate your health!

Woman’s ingenuity at Puttenahalli Lake

Banking Ombudsman at the Reserve Bank of India

Volunteers needed this weekend at Puttenahalli Lake

A good helpline for stray dog problems