January | 2016 | | Citizen Matters, Blogs

The economics of roads – Part 1

January 28, 2016 Ashwin Mahesh

Vittal Mallya Road was built about five years ago. When it was built, it was proposed as a higher order of design than the roads that BBMP usually builds. The difference consists of three key

Yamini: All-night classical music festival at IIM-B

January 25, 2016 Deepa Mohan

It was very pleasant to sit on the lawns of Bangalore’s premier management institution. In the gathering dusk, people drifted in and took their seats. The stage was well-lit. Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia started the evening

The system does work (at least it did for us)

January 22, 2016 Arvind Keerthi

Only one week after re-laying the road that leads to Ryan International School at Brookefields, the asphalt started pitting. Aggregate (jelly) started peeling, and undulations on road surface appeared. The road looked as though it

LED Bulb concessional sale at Allalasandra Lake

January 22, 2016 Arathi Manay Yajaman

Yelahanka United Environment Association (YUVA), along with BESCOM, is organising LED bulbs distribution at highly concessional rates at Allalasandra Lake in Yelahanka New Town, on Saturday 23rd Jan and Sunday 24th Jan 2016 from 7

A valuable campaign…

January 18, 2016 Deepa Mohan

At South End Circle, on Sunday, the 17th of January, 2016, it was heartening to see several volunteers holding placards asking road users not to use their mobiles while driving. The trouble with our country

1K:) (And why I’ve been AWOL for two weeks)

January 18, 2016 Ritvik Mandyam

Hello all! After a two-week hiatus, I’m finally back at the old stand and churning out blogs again. I’ve had my pre-board exams for the past two weeks, so between studying for them and wishing

Madiwala Kere Habba, 23rd Jan 2016

January 18, 2016 Arathi Manay Yajaman

Madiwala Lake will host the second Kere Habba of 2016 on 23rd Jan. The first Kere Habba was held earlier in January at Kaikondrahalli Lake and can be read about here. The schedule for the

Something to cheer about

January 11, 2016 Arathi Manay Yajaman

We regularly moan about the lost lakes of Bangalore and reminisce about how the city used to be, even as “official” agencies have been identified as major encroachers in the recently released Legislative Assembly Committee

Unique venu-violin-veena team

January 11, 2016 Chitra Srikrishna

When three women – a flautist, a violinist and a vainika – got together to give a Carnatic concert a couple of years ago it was the beginning of a new journey. The venu-violin-veena concert

Heartwarming gestures by our children

January 7, 2016 Arathi Manay Yajaman

Over the past few years, we’ve done many things to raise funds for PNLIT, and we’ve realised that fund-raising is quite a challenge. To a social-cause fund-raiser who may knock on your door, the most disheartening

Musical competitions – Boon or Bane?

January 6, 2016 Chitra Srikrishna

In the recent Marathi film Katyar Kaljat Ghusali the song “Ghei Chand Makarand” is sung by two singers in distinctive styles.The song which originally featured in a Marathi musical play or Natyageet was popularized by

Everybody has a story to tell: The Uber Driver

January 6, 2016 Thejaswi Udupa

Given the premise of this series—stories of city people you run into, neither friends nor strangers—a tale garnered from an Uber ride (usually going back home for the night, for no normal person will be

Finding loopholes to escape the legal net

January 6, 2016 Ashwin Mahesh

Some interesting twists in law come up in corruption cases, revealing technicalities that need to be addressed to clean up the system. This morning’s news about Lokayukta-filed cases against former CM BSY is one such

When Varthur and Kadugodi elected their ward committee members

January 5, 2016 Arvind Keerthi

The Karnataka Municipal Act 1976, amended as per the requirements of the famous 74th Constitutional Amendment in 1994, stipulates that there “…be a ward committee for each ward … (that) shall consist of … the