April | 2015 | Citizen Matters, Blogs

Dear Chief Minister, take the first step in doing what is right for Bengaluru

April 30, 2015 Ashwin Mahesh

Dear Chief Minister, I am writing to you about the public consultation held yesterday to discuss the Master Plan being prepared by the BDA. Frankly, the whole event was a disaster. The BDA was entirely

Bengaluru traffic police’s traffic plan in Madiwala: Will it work?

April 27, 2015 Ashwin Mahesh

Traffic rearrangement at Adugodi and Madiwala. Pic: BTP Facebook page The new one-way system around Madiwala market introduced by the traffic police in response to the growing challenges of mobility in the area shows how,

“Load-shedding” and voltage variations by BESCOM prove a disaster for consumers

April 25, 2015 Deepa Mohan

Purnimaa Ranganath writes: “Thanks to BESCOM and its erratic power shut downs already this month my fridge’s compressor packed up and had to get it replaced ….and yesterday the power supply went on and off

Toilets elli?

April 24, 2015 Eden Ezsak

Public urination is common in Bengaluru. However, some people have no qualms about open defecation too. Pic: Ganga Madappa “What happens in the bathroom stays in the bathroom” was the general consensus at my childhood

Bellandur Buzz – Anti-plastic campaign; Lake encroachment; The booted warbler

April 23, 2015 Shilpi Sahu

Bellandur Buzz… Issue #34 Date: 24rd April 2015 This newsletter is published fortnightly by the citizen group bellandur-forum@googlegroups.com. Anti-Plastic awareness campaign in SJR Verity Anti-plastic campaign lauched by kids of SJR Verity Over the last

Efforts on to stop a sudden sewage inflow into the lake

April 23, 2015 Arathi Manay Yajaman

On 13th April, a sunny Monday, we (PNLIT trustees) saw water entering Puttenahalli Lake from the rainwater diversion channel at the lake entrance near the Brigade Millennium arch. It was so little that we thought

Theft at Hebbal Lake in the morning

April 20, 2015 Deepa Mohan

Krishna Murthy, whose email id is flutekick@gmail.com writes: This incident happened today at Hebbal lake. We went birding today to Hebbal lake in the morning at 7 30 am. I had parked my car just outside on

“Bogola Charit Manas”: Theatre Review

April 18, 2015 Deepa Mohan

Bengali plays are not very common at Ranga Shankara, so I was quite keen to watch this Badal Sircar play, produced by Centre for Film and Drama (CFD), and directed by Nilanjan P Choudhry.

BMTC Bus Stops and Essential Information

April 17, 2015 Deepa Mohan

I recently read that Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) may soon be taking over the bus stops from Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). When bus stops and shelters seem to have so much of

“The Other Side of History”: Theatre Review

April 17, 2015 Deepa Mohan

I thought it was difficult to write a review of a play I liked very much; I did not want to sound as if the theatre group had sponsored my review! But alas, the difficulty

“Copenhagen”: Theatre Review

April 15, 2015 Deepa Mohan

Occasionally, instead of a light-hearted evening of theatre, one gets a powerful, thought-provoking play to watch. My friend Shangon and I braved the rain to go and watch Michael Freyn’s play, “Copenhagen” which was being

“Dragon”: Theatre Review

April 13, 2015 Deepa Mohan

Theatre Professionals, a part of the Drama School, Mumbai, staged “The Dragon”, translated from the Soviet author and playwright, <a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeny_Shvarts”> Evgeny Shvarts </a> This is a play written in 1944.. The excellent translation, bringing

Month: April 2015