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HomeOorjana

Oorjana

Poignant stories on people and the city that throw light on unseen angles of life in the megacity Bengaluru.
Thejaswi Udupa’s day job involves attempting to break cartels in the construction industry using a few lines of code. He holds strong opinions on science fiction, heavy music, and the boundaries of Bengaluru.

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Everybody has a story to tell: The Uber Driver

January 6, 2016 Thejaswi Udupa

Given the premise of this series—stories of city people you run into, neither friends nor strangers—a tale garnered from an Uber ride (usually going back home for the night, for no normal person will be

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Everybody’s got a story to tell. Part 1: the actor

November 14, 2015 Thejaswi Udupa

If you are willing to listen, people always have stories to tell. Especially in a city. And despite the best efforts of civic authorities to make us think otherwise, Bangalore is still a city. And

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