June, 2015 Citizen Matters, Blogs

Get into voter list by July 15th, Maths magic and other stories from Whitefield

June 30, 2015 Ritu George

A night on the street What is the power of the common man? A collaborative and inspiring set of people helped fix the potholed road that had been dug up for 6 months. Till then,

Malleshwaram Parisara sees more footfalls this time

June 30, 2015 Rekha Chari

It was any other quite Sunday morning in Malleshwaram. However, for us it was a big day that had dawned. Malleshwaram Parisara, our annual ecofair by Malleshwaram Swabhimanaa Initiative (MSI) was to take place at

The Malleshwaram streetlight problem that BBMP couldn’t solve

June 29, 2015 Ramesh Sreekantan

A few days ago I noticed that the streetlights and new LED streetlamps on 15th Cross, Malleshwaram, were not working properly. I thought I should complain and I did so on several fronts. 1. I

Lakes in the limelight

June 23, 2015 Arathi Manay Yajaman

A summary of some key “Bangalore lake” news Encroachments – eviction and regularisation Encroachments on government land, including lakes, shot into front page news with the demolition drive at Sarakki Lake in JP Nagar 7th

Raising a nation of superbrats

June 23, 2015 Divya Sreedharan

Anamika * has six cellphones, all the latest smartphone models. Bharat * has a refrigerator and a television set in his bedroom. So what, you wonder. Many of us already do. Anamika is barely six.

Rise for little Deepan

June 23, 2015 Whitefield Rising

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm: Henrik Ibsen Here’s proof that the good folks of Whitefield are ever ready to take the helm. There are several children

Music Awards

June 23, 2015 Chitra Srikrishna

When a musician receives an award, it’s a recognition for his or her contribution to the art form. Cultural organizations across the world institute awards to recognize outstanding talents in the field. I’ve listed a

27th June 2015: My Well, Our Water : An interactive workshop to share progress, learnings and challenges

June 23, 2015 Arathi Manay Yajaman

This write up has been compiled from emails received from Shubha Ramachandran of BIOME Over the past one year, ACWADAM, BIOME, WIPRO and MAPUNITY have been working on a project to map the AQUIFERS in the area around Sarjapura Road (8 MicroWatersheds spread

Bellandur Buzz – Garbage packaged as compost; Yoga day; zero plastic run

June 18, 2015 Shilpi Sahu

Bellandur Buzz… Issue # 38 Date: 18th June 2015 This newsletter is brought to you by the citizen group bellandur-forum@googlegroups.com Local SWM champions feature in News 9 Mass illegal burning of garbage near Prakriya and

An ode to our global roads

June 16, 2015 Sheeja Cassius

Pic: Sheeja Cassius Potholes – I got you under my skin!! When you are tired of sobbing, you sing! The worst pothole on varthur gunjur stretch had me and my pillion in. Ironically we

Birds captured after the rains

June 14, 2015 Arathi Manay Yajaman

Thanks to the rain and the treated water, the level has gone up at the lake. Unfortunately though, the notoriously difficult to control alligator weed is also growing lushly. We hope when the level increases

PNLIT turns five today

June 11, 2015 Arathi Manay Yajaman

PNLIT turns five today. Thanks to our donors, volunteers, staff, vendors, media, government authorities and everyone else who extended support to us in various capacities, the journey has been very fulfilling. Puttenahalli Lake continues to

Notes from Jakarta

June 10, 2015 Ashwin Mahesh

June 8th 30 million people. It boggles the mind to think that so many could live in a single metropolitan area. But the Jakarta city region is just that – the second largest concentration of

Lakeside events this weekend

June 9, 2015 Arathi Manay Yajaman

Plant a tree on Friday, help clean up on Saturday and cycle on Sunday – all by the side of Bangalore lakes! The SayTrees Environmental Trust,in association with TESCO, is planting 350 saplings at Sheelavanthakere Lake,

Stage Acts – From Madurai Somu to Anup Jalota

June 9, 2015 Chitra Srikrishna

One of the definitions of an entertainer is someone who holds the attention of the audience by doing something amusing or diverting. Lets look at some popular musicians whose unique stage acts entertained their audiences