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Home2016April

Month: April 2016

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Forward Bellandur

Yet another construction threatens to dry up Kaikondrahalli lake

April 29, 2016 Shilpi Sahu

Kaikondrahalli and Kasavanahalli lakes have been in the news for disturbing reasons lately – the rampant real estate developments in the valley zone that may lead to drying up of the downstream lakes and massive

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Everyday City

What is the ‘Everyday City’?

April 26, 2016 Kiran Keswani

The idea of the ‘Everyday city’ is based on the concept of Everyday Urbanism that was proposed in 1999 by Margaret Crawford & others, wherein the city is seen above all as a social product

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Environment

Spotted: 27 species of trees

April 25, 2016 Poornima Kannan

Spurred by the recent tree cutting incident in the vicinity of the neighbourhood, a tree walk was organised on the morning of April 23rd by the BM Residents Welfare Association in Indira Nagar 1st Stage,

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Environment

From Green to Clean: Puttenahalli Lake

April 23, 2016 Usha Rajagopalan

We are delighted to tell you that finally our Puttenahalli lake, (near MLR Convention Hall, J.P. Nagar) is showing, almost, its true glory! The alligator weed which had covered most of the entire expanse of

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Environment

Minstrels Through The Ages

April 22, 2016 Chitra Srikrishna

Minstrels and troubadours were travelling musicians of the medieval age. Their songs and ballads reflected themes of love and chivalry. The performance was usually a single voice with a single instrument like the harp or

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Deepa's Jottings

Butterflies in Bannerghatta: under threat

April 21, 2016 Deepa Mohan

When we talk of conservation, we often think of trees, water, mammals and birds. However, Rohit Girotra, who, in the past few years, has popularized  butterfly walks, and indeed, has discovered several species of butterflies

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Environment

Walk among the trees of Indiranagar

April 19, 2016 Praveen S

If you love nature, like walking among trees and flowers, and want to know more about our green heritage, this is the walk for you. If you know absolutely nothing about trees or nature, you

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Editors' Blog

Launching OpenCity.in – a data portal for Indian cities

April 13, 2016 News Desk

Oorvani Foundation and Datameet are happy to announce the launch of OpenCity.in – an urban public data portal. In cities across India, there is a lack of accessible and robust public data. Citizens often do

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In Lighter Whine

Tales from the South Side

April 12, 2016 Ritvik Mandyam

Hello, all. I apologize for my long absence (I vanish way too regularly, don’t I?). I’ve been a bit busy with things like my board exams. However, I am now back, although my skills (as

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Ideas at Work

How to overcome Hale-kallu-Hosa-billu syndrome and Rs 4.99 lakh magic!

April 12, 2016 Ashwin Mahesh

In government, there has been a historical fear that private contractors will take public funds for a ride. And among the public, there is a historical fear that governments will award contracts to their preferred

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Civic

List of things to follow if you want to solve problems in your area

April 12, 2016 Ashwin Mahesh

So far, I have received expressions of interest from people in about 25 wards to work on local solutions for civic improvement and better governance. I’ll reach out to each of you individually and see

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Environment

The epic India-Pak cricket match that can make a foreigner feel at home!

April 7, 2016 Noah Pilliongardnern

How do the cricketers keep a track of their team mates at the Malleshwaram ground? Pic: Rajesh Kallaje Sports encompass every aspect of life in the United States. From the time we can walk we

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Connected Lives

The Politeness Project

April 7, 2016 Divya Sreedharan

One evening, my son and I were at our local library. The place has one of those stubbornly heavy glass doors that basically require you to pull (or push, or vice versa, and yes, I

Environment

When a tree falls, a community bands together

April 6, 2016 News Desk

On 31st March 2016, a 40-year-old African Tuilip tree in Indiranagar 1st stage, home to hundreds of parakteets and scores of nests nurturing young ones, was brutally felled by the BBMP. The reason: it was

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Environment

Game of cards that fell apart!

April 5, 2016 Noah Pilliongardnern

Having been living in India, and more specifically Bangalore, for almost three months now, I have grown increasingly more comfortable with the social norms and practices here. For the first month or so these norms

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