December, 2016 Citizen Matters, Blogs

How do we treat our trees?

December 29, 2016 Deepa Mohan

We often nail signs to our trees, loop cables over them, and of course, think nothing of choping them off for the flimisiest of reasons, for example if one obstructs a hoarding. But even when

Mist-ery, and creating the look….

December 28, 2016 Deepa Mohan

On Christmas Day, I went to the 4th Sunday outing of BngBirds, which I had organized this month at Hoskote Lake. It was foggy, and I got some mist-erious shots: Amongst other things, I noticed

Wrestling the Box Office

December 27, 2016 Ritvik Mandyam

On Friday evening, I went with my parents to watch Dangal, the new Aamir Khan movie. There have been a lot of videos floating around Facebook lately of Aamir Khan’s “transformation” for the movie –

‘Open Streets’ event not in line with Indiranagar residents’ agenda

December 22, 2016 Aruna Newton

An evening scene from Indiranagar. Bengaluru city has been mushrooming over the years with little regard for any form of Town Planning and Governance. The fallout of this rapid growth is witnessed most acutely in

Are such bags really totally biodegradable?

December 19, 2016 Deepa Mohan

I bought some gulab jamuns at Shanti Sagar in Jayangar 4th T Block today, and I got a bag that says this: Truegreen ‘biodegradable’ plastic. Pic: Deepa Mohan Are such bags truly not made of

A visit to Veena Stores, Malleshwaram, Bangalore

December 17, 2016 Deepa Mohan

There are some eateries in Bangalore which have become quite renowned. Veena Stores is one such eatery…and I’d never visited in all the years that I have lived in this city I call home. So

Visitors being harassed in public parks

December 16, 2016 Deepa Mohan

Last week, my group of nature-lovers and I visited both Lalbagh and Madivala kere. At both places, which are also public parks, entrance is clearly marked as free; up to 8.30am at Lalbagh, and 9.30am

The colours of devotion: Sai Baba Temple, 4th T Block, Jayanagar

December 16, 2016 Deepa Mohan

It’s always very enjoyable to watch the colours and festivities at a temple, whether or not one is reliigiously inclined. Standing across the road from the Sai Baba temple in Jayanagar 4th T Block, I

#ChukuBukuBeku: Citizens of Bengaluru to go on a Rail Yatra

December 16, 2016 Srinivas Alavilli

Citizens for Bengaluru, the collective that led the #SteelFlyoverBeda requests all Bengalureans to join the rail yatra from Cantonment to Whitefield on Saturday at 9AM to create awareness about local trains and demand Government to

Compassion on your plate: A guide to going vegan in Bengaluru

December 15, 2016 Sowmya Reddy

Going vegan is easy in Bengaluru, with multiple options available. Pic: Sowmya Reddy/ Paradigm Shift Across Bengaluru, people are wilfully modifying their palates in a bid to push cruelty off their plate. Veganism or the

Lake Census set to begin for the second year in succession

December 12, 2016 Deepa Mohan

On Sunday, the 10th December, 2016, the Lake Census effort across the lakes(kere) of Bangalore got under way with an orientation program for those who had registered to take part as volunteers in this month-long

How a playschool integrates recycling and upcycling

December 12, 2016 Deepa Mohan

All schools have festive occasions when the parents and children celebrate with the school. But at Magic Puddles, a playschool in J P Nagar in Bangalore, the annual mela this year, on the 5th of

My Place of Pride: An initiative to recognize eco-friendly communities

December 9, 2016 Sushma Mahabala

Rotary Palmville in association with B.PAC launched ‘My Place of Pride’, an initiative to recognise eco-friendly communities on 26th of November 2016 at Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan, Race course road. The unprecedented growth of Bengaluru city has led to complex urban problems. Our City has a vibrant civic society

An Artifact of History

December 5, 2016 Ritvik Mandyam

Here’s an interesting story: in 1849, under the treaty of Lahore, a certain diamond was taken from India and moved to England. The diamond, originally known as the ‘Samantik Mani’, is still quite legendary. It