GENRE: Voices Citizen Matters, Blogs

Where are you from? Thank you for asking, Bengaluru!

July 28, 2017 Kennedy Wirth

A day doesn’t go by that I am not asked at least a few times which country I’m from, for obvious reasons of course. My unnaturally bright blonde hair, translucent skin tone, nasal accent and

How HSR Layout got 300 saplings planted

July 19, 2017 Sruthi Krishnan

Compared to Indiranagar and Koramangla, HSR Layout is a reasonably new layout and hence the tree cover is very sparse. With this in mind, the active citizens of the layout, the volunteers of HSR Citizen Forum

Citizens demand bus bhagya with Chief Minister

March 14, 2017 Srinivas Alavilli

The Bengaluru Bus Prayanikara Vedike and Citizens for Bengaluru met the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday, demanding Bus Bhagya in the upcoming State Budget. He listened to our demands on ‘Halve the Fares and Double the

Take a bus to Shantinagar TTMC, 11 am

March 3, 2017 Srinivas Alavilli

The Bengaluru Bus Prayanikara Vedike has launched a joint campaign with Citizens for Bengaluru called the ‘Bus Bhagya Beku’ campaign, that demands the State Government to provide financial support to BMTC to ‘Halve the Fares,

Bengaluru bus users plan to demand Bus Bhagya on March 4

February 28, 2017 Srinivas Alavilli

Citizens for Bengaluru (CfB) and Bengaluru Bus Prayanikara (BBPV) have initiated a public campaign – #BusBhagyaBeku – seeking ‘Half the Fares and Double the Fleet’. CfB and BBPV met with various organisations and conducted commuter

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

Of poets, governors, gardens and solving city’s problems

February 8, 2017 Pierre Chahine

After living in one of the most livable cities in the world – Melbourne – I became passionate about the cities’ phenomena. I have strived to discover more active ways to live in a the

Let the BDA not plan Bengaluru, say citizens

February 1, 2017 Srinivas Alavilli

Citizens for Bengaluru (CfB) members Prakash Belawadi, Naresh Narasimhan, Srinivas Alavilli, Tara Krishnaswamy, Priya Chetty Rajagopal, Deepti Sudhindra along with Leo Saldanha (ESG) addressed the media on recent developments with respect to the steel flyover

When will we have a real Master Plan for Bengaluru?

January 23, 2017 Ashwin Mahesh

Wherever BDA shows its Master Plan, there are strong objections to it. People point out that it … (a) .. is autocratic, having been developed with no input from the people of the city. It

From British to BDA, city planning was a top down sham – let’s change it!

January 23, 2017 Sandeep Anirudhan

Bengaluru is in the process of preparing yet another master plan. What does the process involve and what does it aim to achieve? To understand this, let us go back to the time when Kempegowda

Park encroachment: Indiranagar residents demand punishment for landgrabbers

January 11, 2017 Akshai Mallappa

Defence Colony Cooperative Housing Society Ltd (DCCHSL) & Defence Colony Residents Association (DECORA) JOINT BRIEFING 1. The Defence Colony Cooperative Housing Society Ltd (DCCHSL) was formed by serving and retired Defence Officers. In July 1964,

‘Subjective’ education

January 3, 2017 Ritvik Mandyam

I’ve been thinking about our education system a lot (again) lately. Mainly, I’ve been trying to figure out what it is, exactly, that I dislike about it. After much introspection (read: “Ten minutes of trying

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

‘Open Streets’ event not in line with Indiranagar residents’ agenda

December 22, 2016 Aruna Newton

An evening scene from Indiranagar. Bengaluru city has been mushrooming over the years with little regard for any form of Town Planning and Governance. The fallout of this rapid growth is witnessed most acutely in

Compassion on your plate: A guide to going vegan in Bengaluru

December 15, 2016 Sowmya Reddy

Going vegan is easy in Bengaluru, with multiple options available. Pic: Sowmya Reddy/ Paradigm Shift Across Bengaluru, people are wilfully modifying their palates in a bid to push cruelty off their plate. Veganism or the