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Volunteer Traffic Police?

May 1, 2019 Deepa Mohan

On the 24th of April, 2019, as I passed the IIM-B/HSBC junction in a bus, I found this elderly gentleman working very hard to direct traffic. He was working with a smile, which is not

How the police helped in an incident of abuse by BMTC personnel

December 11, 2015 Deepa Mohan

Reshmi Nagendra writes: Last evening when I was returning with 2 of my friends in my car, I had one of the worst encounters with a BMTC bus driver and the conductor of that bus(K

A happy, positive experience with the Bengaluru Police!

October 19, 2015 Deepa Mohan

Sneha Jain writes: My ideal India experience I lost my DL recently and had to go file an FIR to get a duplicate DL from the RTO. I was thinking of getting it done from

The state of policing in India’s most ‘liveable city’

February 20, 2015 Deepa Mohan

Ameen Ahmed writes from his home near Hebbal : I get a frantic call during a critically important meeting with a client in south Bengaluru, by my wife taking care of our child suffering from

Ajit Lakshmiratan writes: “Long long ago…precisely in 1977..when 27, I had parked my bike (Jawa MYM 2877) in front of Prince Hotel in Brigade Rd extn.Bangalore for a short time (No Parking zone).When I returned,

You did not pay for your chaat!

August 28, 2014 Ganga Madappa

Since the beginning of May, my life has taken a turn. Late evenings which would have been typically spent as a sloth, are now reserved for exercising at Namma Crossfit. To call it addictive is

On Two!

May 4, 2014 Deepa Mohan

Everywhere, as people park wrongly, we find the police towing away the parked cars, but I find a refreshing interlude when I spotted this van outside IIM, Bangalore: Perhaps they tow two cars at a

Copped!

February 19, 2014 Deepa Mohan

The familiar face of wrongdoing…two scooterists who are caught breaking a one-way rule are being nabbed by the policeman. I could not wait to see what the outcome of this encounter would be. Would the

Basavangudi Auto Incident: Citizen Activist’s folow up

February 14, 2014 Deepa Mohan

I had posted about an unpleasant incident here. I am very happy to say that a concerned citizen activist, Mr S R Venkatram, followed this up, and just now, he sent in this report: “This

Unpleasant experience near the Gavi Gangdeshwara Temple, Basavanagudi, 02 Feb 2014

February 2, 2014 Deepa Mohan

After getting her car stuck in dug-up areas of Bangalore roads, my friend KV yielded the wheel of her car to me. We were going to visit the Gavi Gangadeshwara Temple in Basavanagudi. What happened

What to do if your cycle is stolen

January 31, 2014 Deepa Mohan

Rohini Kini of Bums On The Saddle has created this procedural guidance in case your cycle has been stolen. You need to do some preparatory work, so get the details of your cycle now and keep

The police can act if we are proactive, too

December 27, 2013 Deepa Mohan

Harish Bhat writes: I travel to Silk Board almost every other day via Bus and then take an auto to Koramangala. There are at least 4-5 autos parked below the flyover almost all the time.

A touch of imagination!

November 19, 2013 Deepa Mohan

A touch of imagination, to match the hat! I saw this traffic police shelter at the island near Windsor Manor, and was tickled to find that the roof was a “folded hat” to match

Shoddy practices at MICO Layout Police Station

October 21, 2013 Deepa Mohan

Sumeet Moghe writes: Bangalore City Police needs to answer – How long is the lunch break at a police station? I’m just back from a thoroughly unprofessional experience at MICO layout police. This is with regard

Bribe required to file FIR

June 16, 2013 Deepa Mohan

My friend Nitin Vyas has this experience to relate: “At9.00am on 22nd May on Kanakpura road, close to Thalgatpura Police station. KSRTC bus no. KA 42F 040 ran in to my car from behind. The