December, 2014 Citizen Matters, Blogs

Bellandur Buzz | Sobha gets Cauvery Water | Potholed Haralur road | Kere Habba

December 31, 2014 Shilpi Sahu

Bellandur Buzz Issue # 26 Date: 1st January 2015. This fortnightly newletter is published by the citizen group bellandur.forum@googlegroups.com Sobha gets Cauvery water after 7 years The Cauvery water is now flowing into the Sobha

Koley Basava

December 29, 2014 Deepa Mohan

It’s called “koley basava” in Karnataka, and in Tamil Nadu, it’s called the “boom-boom mAdu”…boom-boom, probably because of the sound produced by the drum the man carries and rubs with a stick. He also usually

364 days to Christmas….

December 25, 2014 Deepa Mohan

Christmas is over…spare a thought for those who sell knick-knacks like these cheap Santa caps, have so many of them left over…unsold, not putting even the meagre money in their pockets that they were hoping

Of illumination and safety

December 24, 2014 Deepa Mohan

I took this photo on the 23rd of December, 2014, at the Banashankari temple. With no safety gear, with no precautions, these two men are putting up lights that will illuminate the temple of

Namma Bengaluru Foundation’s Lake Day Series

December 19, 2014 Arathi Manay Yajaman

Namma Bengaluru Foundation’s Lake Day aims at raising awareness, increasing community participation and fostering an appreciation of lakes in Bangalore. It is scheduled to be held on the second Saturday of every month, each time at

Bellandur Buzz | Ramalinga Reddy’s visit | Kere Habba | Swacch Kasavanahalli

December 18, 2014 Shilpi Sahu

Bellandur Buzz Issue # 25 Date: 19th December 2014. This fortnightly newletter is published by the citizen group bellandur.forum@googlegroups.com Meeting the minister – updates Residents meet the minister to discuss various local issues Sri

Butterflies and Botany

December 17, 2014 Poornima Kannan

Caterpillars are creepy? Each time I saw a worm or a caterpillar wriggling, I would let out a shriek that would stun people around me. They sniggered when they found the reason. Times change and

Intense-City

Old house and the bull at the Pete

December 17, 2014 Vivek M

Soumya Geetha, a consultant by profession, is extremely passionate about photographing culture and the streets, besides being a rabid traveller. She captured the above bull at the heart of the city – in the Pete.

“Reserving” parking on public roads

December 16, 2014 Deepa Mohan

One of the small, but intensely annoying practices that I am increasingly finding is that of security guards in front of large office/commercial buildings, obviously acting on instructions, to “reserve” the parking space in front

Charging for cameras at public parks and lakes

December 11, 2014 Deepa Mohan

The practice of charging the members of the public for cameras (aftear 8 am or 9 am)at many public spaces is irritating a lot of people. Joiston Pereira writes: “The entry ticket and camera fee….is

Flouting laws under the guise of “love of language”

December 10, 2014 Deepa Mohan

Though it is illegal to have licence number plates only in Kannada (or any regional language), people routinely flout this rule, and cite their love for Kannada as a reason to have number plates

Where is Swacch Bharat? Definitely not on Indian Railways!

December 10, 2014 Deepa Mohan

Litter along the railway tracks I travelled from Bangalore to Delhi and all along the tracks, I found vast quantities of plastic and other litter, thrrown not only by careless passengers, but, to my horror,

Zafar Futehally: Launch of his autobiography, by Ullas Karanth

December 10, 2014 Deepa Mohan

ook release of “The Song of the Magpie Robin. The autobiography of Zafar Futehally” by Dr K Ullas Karanth. Wednesday 10, December 2014. 6.30 BIC Auditorium, TERI complex 4th Main, 2nd Cross Domlur

Introducing Ragas to Children

December 9, 2014 Chitra Srikrishna

The song Chaiyya Chaiyya plays on the lawns of the Mehboob studios in Bandra, Mumbai. After the first few lines of the song, the music is switched off. I ask the kids in the audience

Bellandur Buzz | GGL ORR Road completion | Groundwater survey | Bio-remediation of 15 lakes

December 4, 2014 Shilpi Sahu

Bellandur Buzz Issue # 24 Dec 5th 2014 This fornightly newsletter is published by the citizen group bellandur-forum@googlegroups.com Highlights from the city… – On December 4th BBMP’s Environment engineer Mamtha and Health Inspector Bhargava did a