February, 2016 Citizen Matters, Blogs

Visibility makes a difference at Horamavu Agara Kere

February 28, 2016 Arathi Manay Yajaman

Ted K. Dass, Managing Trustee of Horamavu Parisara Abhivruddhi Samiti (HPAS) reports on the walkathon and the clean-up efforts at Horamavu Agara Kere. On Saturday, 27-Feb-2016, HPAS organised a Lake Awareness Walkathon at Horamavu Agara Kere, located in north-east Bangalore.

You, too, can visit a nuclear power plant!

February 26, 2016 Deepa Mohan

Most of us tend to think of nuclear power plants as extremely high-security areas where the general public is not allowed. But in a striking example of friendliness and transparency, the Nuclear Power Corporation of

UFO(Under the FlyOver):Claiming Public Spaces

February 25, 2016 Deepa Mohan

One of the results of building flyovers to ease traffic in our city is that the spaces underneath them are often a kind of wasteland. In an effort to address this, Jaaga DNA the design

10 things that social entrepreneurs and NGOs should keep in mind

February 25, 2016 Ashwin Mahesh

1) Think like it’s 1947 A very large part of the deficits that we live with are because we do not have properly structured governance and accountability. We need to be reimagining these constantly, and

Where Knowledge Is Free

February 24, 2016 Ritvik Mandyam

I don’t know how many of you have ever had to switch schools in tenth grade and/or have kids who switched schools in tenth grade. If you have, I think you’ll agree with me when

Difficulty in Aadhar card procedure

February 24, 2016 Deepa Mohan

I do not want to apply for an Aadhar card, and the website and the Supreme Court ruling clearly state that it is not mandatory. However, to claim my discount on cooking gas (I am

How Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) invites public participation

February 20, 2016 Deepa Mohan

Here’s a message that I received at 8.45 pm on Feb 20th 2016. Public meeting has been organised on 21st Feb at BMRCL office Shanthinagarat 11 am in connection with Constructn of Metro station in LaxmanRao park area.Pl attend.Srinivas, Chief

Indane once again forces the Aadhar card on some consumers

February 18, 2016 Deepa Mohan

Some time ago, the Government tried to make the Aadhar card mandatory to have a LPG connection. But due to protests from consumers, the requirement was withdrawn. Now, Indane (I do not know about other

The Me, My gadget, My video generation

February 17, 2016 Shree D N

On a highway leading to a cold, cold city, a two-wheeler rider was mowed down by a speeding lorry on a hot morning. He pleaded for help, without even realising that his body was torn

RWAs say no to commercialisation on residential streets

February 17, 2016 Praveen S

Residents Welfare Associations across Indira Nagar have been working towards getting rid of the commercial enterprises in the residential streets of their neighbourhood. Members of the RWAs in Indira Nagar 1st Stage and 2nd Stage

Quick response to eco-feedback by IIM-Bangalore

February 17, 2016 Deepa Mohan

I conducted the Campus Bird Count at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, on two days, Saturday, 13th Feb, and Sunday, 14th Feb 2016. I had already mentioned that as birders and naturalists, our team

Yet another Cauvery for the city, to quench its thirst

February 15, 2016 Ashwin Mahesh

There isn’t any water left in river Cauvery to draw, for the use of ever-expanding city of Bengaluru. How do we, then, get water to drink? Here is a plan – creating another Cauvery for

Rs 50,000 to clear garbage from an empty plot?

February 15, 2016 Praveen S

The empty plot became a garbage dump over the years. Pic: Praveen S During the end of November 2015, when the corporator and the ward engineer began cleaning up an vacant plot (plot number 60) located

Thani Avarthanam or Restroom Break?

February 14, 2016 Chitra Srikrishna

It’s almost like a switch is turned on and two things happen. People get up from their seats and head towards the doors in two different directions. Most of them make a beeline towards the

The Story of Everyday Practices

February 12, 2016 Kiran Keswani

The story I’m about to tell here is about the discoveries at the Everyday City workshop at the School of Architecture & Planning, CEPT University. This workshop was held as part of CEPT’s Summer Winter