November, 2018 Citizen Matters, Blogs

An event to feature waste management innovations and solutions

November 30, 2018 Admin

Bengaluru division of Social Venture Partnerships is organising a focused one-day event to leverage the learnings of some civic innovators, RWA’s, associations, federations, large campuses and other stakeholders in the field of waste management. Experts

We’re paying the price for digging holes around the ground we stand on

November 30, 2018 Ashwin Mahesh

For years together, people talked about the ‘demographic dividend’. Thanks to high fertility ratios in the past, a large number of young people would be entering the workforce, and we as yet don’t have a

Mayor and Commissioner steal the show in Bengaluru’s Ward Committee Round Table

November 29, 2018 Srinivas Alavilli

There is a huge difference between perception and reality. There is a certain image built about politicians and IAS officers that gets amplified by social media posts – usually a reaction to some headline, a

The Kidoor Bird Fest: Birding on the Border

November 29, 2018 Deepa Mohan

Birds know no borders; the ones that we go to see in Karnataka fly off and can be seen once we cross over into Kerala! So when the birders of Kasargod announced the second Kidoor

Let’s know more about the ray of hope called ward committee

November 26, 2018 Srinivas Alavilli

We are all frustrated about lack of urban governance – garbage, pot holes, flooding, dengue, traffic, we bear the brunt of it all, day in and day out. Almost every week there is a protest

Shadow puppetry: Michael and Wendy Dacre, for Kathalaya

November 25, 2018 Deepa Mohan

Sometimes the shadow is just as interesting as the substance. I was privileged to peep in on a shadow puppet workshop that Michael and Wendy Dacre conducted at Kathalaya, BTM Layout, Bangalore, on 23rd November

Butterfly Festival, Doresanipalya Forest Research Station

November 21, 2018 Deepa Mohan

I was about to write something about this event for my blog, and realized my official report for the Karnataka Forest Dept would do just as well! The founder-members of Bangalore Butterfly Club (BBC), from

Silver chariot of the sun, on our roads

November 19, 2018 Deepa Mohan

It says a lot for the wondrous variety of vehicles on our roads, that a silver chariot of the sun, drawn by seven horses (and, presumably a little more horsepower), with regulation headlights, does not

Early morning musings….

November 9, 2018 Deepa Mohan

While walking home from my daughter’s, I caught the sunlight, slanting in beams in the dusty morning air: Ironic that it’s the pollution in our air which shows up the shafts of sunlight! The scene

While celebrating….

November 2, 2018 Deepa Mohan

We like to celebrate Kannada Rajyotsava Day with many symbols, including the flag of the state… But when we do, it would be good to remember those for whom such symbols are not merely a

Puttenahalli Lake Stories

November 1, 2018 Usha Rajagopalan

Once in a while our best laid plans go awry at the lake. For instance, from the time the lake was getting rejuvenated in early 2010, we had reserved a prime space for a Red-Silk

Mayor asks ward committees to meet every month; here’s what went on backstage

November 1, 2018 Tara Krishnaswamy

Nothing will change in India, what is the point in protesting? WRONG. Let me tell you a success story from today. Around August of last year, #CitizensForBengaluru, my favourite (and my own 🙂) citizens movement