July, 2018 Citizen Matters, Blogs

Let’s pitch in to keep our communities clean, safe and strong

July 27, 2018 Raghukumar Choodamani

A citizen journalist chronicles the transformation of his neighbourhood from a quiet place to a bustling one in 40 years, bringing in its wake several civic issues. He describes how collective action has helped him and his neighbours in keeping their community clean, safe and strong! Are you going to pitch in for your neighbourhood?

Did the Monsoons lose the vote to Elections?

July 26, 2018 Revathi Siva Kumar

Last year was a lot about the rains, but this year they haven’t come around too much – yet. Still, we did work very hard to argue about whether or not we had fixed broken

Of plumbers, slumber and economic development

July 16, 2018 Ashwin Mahesh

If there’s a leak in the water line in your building, you’ll call the plumber. You won’t call the carpenter and hope that by a combination of luck, brute force, learning-on-the-job, prayer, etc. he’ll somehow

Killer Potholes on the Roads of Chennai

July 13, 2018 Raghukumar Choodamani

Driving on Chennai’s roads is fraught with danger, thanks to a plethora of potholes, of different shapes and sizes. Watch out!

High Court admits Public Interest Litigation on Pattandur Agrahara Lake

July 6, 2018 Whitefield Rising

The PIL filed by Pattandur Agrahara RWA Federation, praying that the Government be directed to protect and revive the historic Pattandur Agrahara Lake, and not change the nature of the lake at any cost, came

Why we need to dedicate Budget to projects based on value they create

July 5, 2018 Ashwin Mahesh

When a Budget is presented in July, and when a significant new commitment of expenditure is made for a single purpose (as in the case of agricultural loan waivers this year), there is not much

Sustainable Bengaluru is a pipe dream until rest of Karnataka develops

July 3, 2018 Ashwin Mahesh

Bangalore’s struggles are not due to lack of expertise or new ideas. We’ve tried those, with only limited success. What is needed instead is faith in the right institutions and processes, and realising that until