safety Citizen Matters, Blogs

BEMBALA: Being there for a survivor

April 8, 2019 Ritu George

Does your maid experience any violence at home? Maybe it is not violence but just abuse? Or alcoholism ? Is your co-worker struggling to make sense of her spiraling marriage? Is your neighbor feeling unwanted,

Bembala – Act Against Violence

April 8, 2019 Ritu George

Community Awareness and Outreach March was the month of many firsts for Bembala. Bembala’s community outreach initiative “Bol Sakhi” organized its first event with nearly 30 Pournakarmikas (street sweepers) and an awareness talk with the parents

Metro work goes on….

December 15, 2018 Deepa Mohan

Bannerghatta Road is already a mess, as one-third of the road is blocked for the work on the Metro. There is no transparency on how long the work will take, and no timeline for completion,

Critically endangered species….

January 29, 2018 Deepa Mohan

We have thousands of runners but no place to just walk from A to B. I can no longer walk the less-than-a-kilometre stretch from my home to that of a friend on Bannerghatta Road. The

Reality check on the new helmet rule

February 1, 2016 Deepa Mohan

Recently, the Bangalore Traffic Police made it mandatory for pillion riders to wear helmets. It’s been a law, for some years now, for two-wheeler drivers to wear them. Here’s a family I snapped… This

Safety in numbers?

December 15, 2015 Deepa Mohan

The adage says, “there’s safety in numbers”. But our Bangalore citizens seem to apply this out of context. Here’s a photo I snapped on Sunday. I wonder how many more people can ride on that

Of illumination and safety

December 24, 2014 Deepa Mohan

I took this photo on the 23rd of December, 2014, at the Banashankari temple. With no safety gear, with no precautions, these two men are putting up lights that will illuminate the temple of

Under the mango tree

July 22, 2014 Divya Sreedharan

I grew up in a house by National Highway 17 in Kozhikode (Kerala) city. My days and nights were filled with sound–a maddening cacophony of cars, trucks, buses and auto rickshaws, people cursing, cussing, swerving.

Snakes, safety, and rehabilitation

April 16, 2014 Deepa Mohan

My response to someone who asked about how to capture a snake and “rehabilitate” it: 1. In my experience, even common non-venomous snakes are identified as cobras by security guards and, indeed, many panic-stricken people,

Inhibiting dog bites

November 27, 2013 Sindhoor

As part of my “bite series”, I want to focus on the beginning – where it all starts. So, are dogs born biters or do they become biters? Do they learn to bite as they

Let’s talk dog bites

November 18, 2013 Sindhoor

My post for this month is late. As expected, it was bound to happen sooner or later. I have been hit by writers block. But that’s not the only thing that was bound to happen