Deepa's Jottings
How do we treat our trees?
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 »
Month: December 2016
Deepa's Jottings
Mist-ery, and creating the look….
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 »
In Lighter Whine
Wrestling the Box Office
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 – »
I Change Indira Nagar
‘Open Streets’ event not in line with Indiranagar residents’ agenda
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 »
Deepa's Jottings
Are such bags really totally biodegradable?
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 »
Deepa's Jottings
A visit to Veena Stores, Malleshwaram, Bangalore
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 »
Deepa's Jottings
Visitors being harassed in public parks
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 »
Deepa's Jottings
The colours of devotion: Sai Baba Temple, 4th T Block, Jayanagar
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 »
Citizens for Bengaluru
#ChukuBukuBeku: Citizens of Bengaluru to go on a Rail Yatra
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 »
Animal Matters
Compassion on your plate: A guide to going vegan in Bengaluru
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 »