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Rediscovering the lost passion through Malleshwaram Book Club

January 2, 2017 Radhika Prasad

So what do you get when you have an eager reader with a ticking mind and time on her hands! – A Book Club! Reading has always been a pleasant diversion for me. In the

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When BBMP said the streetlight problem is ‘resolved’

December 28, 2015 Ramesh Sreekantan

Several months ago I wrote about my attempts to get a streetlight fixed on the `model street’ of 15th Cross Malleshwaram. First some `jugaad’ work had been done by BBMP. When I complained – nothing

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A broken lamp post, MLA’s office and other issues!

September 9, 2015 Ramesh Sreekantan

A couple of months ago I wrote a couple of articles on my struggle to get a lamppost repaired on the street where I live. The issue was not that the light was faulty—but 15th

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The saga of the Malleshwaram street light continues…

July 7, 2015 Ramesh Sreekantan

A week has gone by since I last wrote and about six days have gone by since I last heard from BBMP. BBMP called me several times last Friday asking me if the work was

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Malleshwaram Parisara sees more footfalls this time

June 30, 2015 Rekha Chari

It was any other quite Sunday morning in Malleshwaram. However, for us it was a big day that had dawned. Malleshwaram Parisara, our annual ecofair by Malleshwaram Swabhimanaa Initiative (MSI) was to take place at

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The Malleshwaram streetlight problem that BBMP couldn’t solve

June 29, 2015 Ramesh Sreekantan

A few days ago I noticed that the streetlights and new LED streetlamps on 15th Cross, Malleshwaram, were not working properly. I thought I should complain and I did so on several fronts. 1. I

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Molehill or mountain?

March 17, 2015 Suchitra Deep

As I walk to work, I pass by one of the intersections on 17th Cross every day. This is a one way road and therefore attracts a good amount of traffic. Luckily the road has

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Malleshwaram, the grand old lady of Bangalore!

February 5, 2015 Suchitra Deep

I feel rather insulted when people say Indira Nagar or Koramangala is ‘…such a happening place!!!’ or some such silly thing. I mean, Malleshwaram is as happening a place as either of them. What could

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How about a food street for Malleshwaram?

September 10, 2014 Ramesh Sreekantan

The road between C V Raman House and MES College is near-empty and traffic-free. This makes it an ideal location for a food street. Pic: Ramesh Sreekantan Which Malleshwaram resident is not familiar with the

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Welcome to Malleshwaram that you haven’t seen!

April 23, 2014 Shree D N

Broken commodes decorated along the compound wall that separates Railway land from BBMP land and footpath… coconut fronds thrown casually everywhere… the parked vehicles meant for carrying the dead, a garbage pickup point which never

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