November, 2017 Citizen Matters, Blogs

Obfuscated number plates on commercial vehicles

November 27, 2017 Deepa Mohan

On 25 Nov ’17, at about 4.30pm, on Kengal Hanumanthiah (Double) Road, I found this van, based in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, with a number plate where the “TN” (denoting the state) was painted over. This

A protest in Bengaluru against violence on women

November 24, 2017 Revathi Siva Kumar

On a sunny-cool afternoon, joining more than a 100 “orange” rallyists to protest violence on women sounds a bit violent. However, it really can’t get more peaceful when you are standing in silence. At the

‘The dawn of a new Zimbabwe’

November 24, 2017 Keane Matenga

I couldn’t sleep. I followed most news channels and am part of several WhatsApp groups, none of which has anything to do with politics; yet all were a flurry of news — real or fake.

Time to nominate your place of pride for this award

November 13, 2017 Sharath SR

Bangalore Political Action Committee (B.PAC) in association with Rotary Bangalore, Palmville and Gleneagles Global Hospitals today launched the second edition of the My, Place of Pride. My Place of Pride (MYPOP) is a contest to

Nrityotsav at Puttenahalli Lake

November 8, 2017 Usha Rajagopalan

We’ve had and will continue to have, diverse events at the lake to bring the neighbourhood together. The Nrityotsav on 5th November, held in collaboration with Nritya Darpan and IPAAC, was unique for more than one reason. This was

Space Farms: Community Farming at ISRO Layout

November 7, 2017 Deepa Mohan

How often have we seen empty sites in a residential layout, not just going waste, but also being a source of worry for the residents? The worry arises from two main factors: dumping of waste,