October, 2015 Citizen Matters, Blogs

Maid in India–Better Terms mean Better Times?

October 31, 2015 Divya Sreedharan

Our peripatetic Prime Minister recently choked up on one of his visits abroad. He was talking about his mother and her years of working as a domestic help. Following that emotional outpouring, reams were written,

Cisco volunteers at Puttenahalli Lake

October 28, 2015 Arathi Manay Yajaman

On 8th October 2015, a group of 34 volunteers from Cisco livened up Puttenahalli Lake with their good humored banter, comments and most of all, with their swift and efficient planting of saplings to form a protective

Puttenahalli Lake and Navaratri

October 28, 2015 Arathi Manay Yajaman

We are wary of festivals because of the toll they take on water bodies in general and our lake in particular. Navaratri, however, became special for us since 2013 when a South City resident Raji

They survive…

October 26, 2015 Deepa Mohan

The resilience of birds never ceases to amaze me. All around us, in the face of “development”, I see so many birds which manage to adapt to urban life, and live amongst us. The crow,

Scents of nature…

October 26, 2015 Deepa Mohan

One of the trees that flowers profusely right now is “akasha mallige” or the Indian Cork Tree. I collect a few flowers each morning while on my morning walk, and put them in a small

Burgers… and…

October 26, 2015 Deepa Mohan

It’s fun spotting the various signs that surround me as I walk around my city, and tryto understand what they might mean! Here’s one on a pushcart that was passing my front gate. Can you

Shortcomings in Bus Stop design

October 22, 2015 Deepa Mohan

I clicked this bus stop being constructed, and it seems like a good time to ask some pertinent questions. When there is so much space for advertising, why cannot BMTC (or BBMP if the bus

Why can’t our trees be wireless too?

October 22, 2015 Deepa Mohan

There seem to be no rules governing how we use our valuable resources… our avenue trees. When the city is becoming increasingly wireless, why don’t we follow suit with our trees, too, instead of subjecting

A happy, positive experience with the Bengaluru Police!

October 19, 2015 Deepa Mohan

Sneha Jain writes: My ideal India experience I lost my DL recently and had to go file an FIR to get a duplicate DL from the RTO. I was thinking of getting it done from

The race for superiority

October 19, 2015 Ritvik Mandyam

What will it take to accept people for who they are? Image Courtesy: www.facebook.com/TRRAIN Have you ever noticed how we Indians tend to accuse everyone else of being racist while conveniently ignoring our very own

Volunteers needed for Horamavu cleanup

October 19, 2015 Arathi Manay Yajaman

Horamavu Parisara Abhivruddhi Samiti (HPAS), formerly called Save Horamavu Lakes, is joining hands with Janaagraha and BBMP to clean Horamavu! The Cleaning drive will be rolled out in several locations. VOLUNTEERS are needed this Saturday,

Open Wells in the Yamalur Watershed: An Internship Project

October 15, 2015 Shubha Ramachandran

Sushant Potdar, an intern with BIOME Trust did a study on the Open Wells in the Yamalur Watershed. The complete report can be seen below and is also available here. The study seems very relevant,

Renuka School: Using the water from shallow Open Wells

October 14, 2015 Shubha Ramachandran

Renuka School is right next to Kaikondrahalli Lake (Off Sarjapura Road). Their deep borewells stopped yielding water quite some time back and they relied on tankers for water. About 2 years back they dug an

Why Indira Nagar 2nd stage has become dangerous for pedestrians

October 13, 2015 Praveen S

Pavements in Indira Nagar 2nd stage are no place for pedestrians, only for construction material. Pic: Praveen S The 10th main or Water Tank road (Ward 89) and the 10th A main (Ward 80) road

Meeting to save Bellandur Lake 11th October 2015

October 6, 2015 Arathi Manay Yajaman

Bellandur Lake has been frothing again, and in a big way. Read a report here. This time, several people are trying to find a long term solution. An online petition has got more that 15,000