When British entrepreneur William Seighart founded National Poetry Day his intention was to promote poetry and recognize the works of talented poets. In his words,”They (poets) shouldn’t be embarrassed about reading their work out aloud. I »
Water Metering is an often discussed topic, and apartment metering, even more so, due to the complications rising out of multiple inlets. There have been a few and often spoken about apartments that have implemented »
A map of the area under study. Pic: Biome As part of the participatory aquifer management studies in the Yemalur watershed, we conducted a Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES) survey to get a clear geological profile »
In a discussion on ‘The City in the World’ as part of the IIHS City Scripts festival in Bangalore, K.T.Ravindran, Professor & Head of the Urban design department for the last 20 years at the School »
I saw this notice in the Arekere Reserve Forest today. What is “illegal dumping”? Is there any “legal dumping”? And the amount of trash that lies behind the notice gives the lie to the message »
Bengaluru has a lot of flights landing and taking off in the early hours of the morning. But if passengers are looking for Vayu Vajra buses, they will find that at precisely the hours when »
Here is an extract from my proposals to the government on things to include in the State Budget, 2016-17: (a) The Master Plan for Bengaluru and other cities being statutory, the State Budget each year »
For the first time, I feel that the long-sought Commuter Rail System is within reach. The state government appears willing to fund this in the Budget, and an initial round of money should help create »
On Marth 8th, my maid borrowed money to take her alchoholic and hypochondriac husband to the doctor…the fourth time in a week. The lady who sells vegetables in the local market told me how all »
How do you begin to like Bangalore when you have moved here from elsewhere? I remember when we first came here 8 years ago, I yearned for anything that would remind me of »