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January 5, 2018 Sharath SR

Vote, because that’s what makes a difference, to get better administration.

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

Of festivals, price rise and farmers…

October 3, 2017 Revathi Siva Kumar

The prices had been high in the past three years due to lack of rains, and now they are high because of excessive rains. Both ways, it’s the farmers and vendors that are hit.

Theatre Review: I*:An Immersive Affair With Yourself. Untitled Space, JP Nagar 3rd Phase, 3 Sept.’17

September 4, 2017 Deepa Mohan

As a theatregoer, one is used to several constructs as part of an evening of theatre. For example: Theatre is either fiction, or fictionalized fact (the very word ‘dramatic” has come to mean, something that

Our token love for our country

August 21, 2017 Deepa Mohan

On the 17th of August, 2017, I was walking along, musing on the fact that we are now in the eighth decade of our existence of an independent nation. Everywhere there had been an outburst

Dear active citizens of Bengaluru, here’s a golden chance!

June 12, 2017 Srinivas Alavilli

Nominate yourself to ward committee, because the city needs active people to take part.

Two years over. Whither Swachh Bellanduru?

May 13, 2017 Anantha Parkala

On 2nd October 2014, Prime Minister Modi launched Swachh Bharat Mission in India as a national movement. Bengaluru that was buzzing with waste management activities joined the bandwagon. But three years down the line, the

Join hands to stop commercialising of residential areas in Bengaluru

February 22, 2017 S R Tejas

Pic: Praful Residents of Bengaluru might have noticed in the media, that recently the BBMP has commenced issuing notices to many commercial/non-residential establishments in residential areas to shut shop. Whilst this may come across to

Secret behind dysfunctional decentralisation

November 22, 2016 Ashwin Mahesh

The BMRDA Act was passed in the mid-1980s, to set up the Bangalore Metropolitan Regional Development Authority, and to empower it to direct the planned development of the state capital region. Since its founding, however,

Why right processes matter in city planning

October 5, 2016 Ashwin Mahesh

In well-planned cities, the government makes the plans and the builders respond to that with project proposals – to build residential communities, commercial facilities, and so on. In our cities, the builders and individual plot

Why do minority institutions need exemptions from RTE quota?

September 7, 2016 Ashwin Mahesh

The CBSE action against NPS schools is a classic study of everything that is wrong in the way we manage education. Without going into the specifics of NPS itself, we should be able to see

BBMP, please don’t make a mockery of RTI!

July 3, 2016 Akshatha M

How many legal and illegal hoardings are there in Bengaluru and how to identify them? Looking for a complete location-specific data? Chances are that you will never ever get it. In the month of April,

Reviving a dead lake in Akshayanagar Layout

June 6, 2016 Sapna Prabhu

This is the Akshayanagara Lake. Less than three years ago, it was a nothing but a patch of land with overgrown weeds and sewage as seen below. The transformation is the work of a group

Anti-plastic drive in Whitefield – 600 kg plastic seized

May 22, 2016 Whitefield Rising

BBMP health inspectors conducted a major drive against use of plastic on Whitefield Main Road (Hagadur ward) on Saturday 21-May-2016. Plastic material was seized from several shops in Forum Value Mall. The drive was led

How to get occupancy certificate within BBMP limits

May 16, 2016 Whitefield Rising

What is an Occupancy Certificate? A certificate of occupancy is a document issued by a local government agency or building department certifying a building’s compliance with applicable building codes and other laws, and indicating it to be in a