My Five-Point Something if I were Bengaluru’s Mayor
(This was originally written as an entry for a contest conducted by Citizen Matters Bengaluru – a website run by …
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Cities and sustainability – It’s high time we de-urbanize
There are solutions – we should really look at de-urbanization plans and as humans, it’s more important now, than ever in history, to reconnect with Mother Nature and bow to her powers than trying to bind her to control her.
Dear Bengaluru, stop complaining, start acting.
Bengaluru is dying as much because of you and not just because of a failed administration. Save your city from flooding. Wake up!
A walk through Old Bengaluru
We walked close to ten kilometres today, through a variety of localities, from the crowded Chickpete to the well planned Basavanagudi. I realized how I missed those walks. I realized the need to get back to photography, to fill these blogs with frames that capture the essence of this city, it’s energy and colours.
You are your city’s ambassador
I believe every city has its own character. Cities are characterized by a synergy that exists between its peoples, cultures, food, economy, art, music and such things.
All the name game shame blame same!
The people that matter will continue to call Bhagwan Mahaveer Road as Infantry Road. Basaveshwara Circle is Chalukya Circle. And Sankey Road is well, Sankey Road!
Bye bye Aero India. Dear Bengaluru, you’ll never get your due because your own people don’t like you!
So our CM is not interested in Bengaluru’s trees or its lakes, or its architecture, its history, its culture.
Bengaluru Mass-Molestation – A post-mortem analysis – Part I
A number of questions are being asked and statements are being made by different people as a post-mortem of the incident is being carried out. But, how valid are those questions? Are we being reasonable when we ask a few things..? Have we asked all the right questions? Where are we as a society?
A Tale of Two Public Opinions
For the people, by the people, of the people. That’s democracy by the textbook. Very little of that exists today. …
Bengalureans!! This is your chance! Wake UP & SAVE YOUR CITY!!
The city is tired of its inhabitants. It’s puking all over the place. People live here to earn a livelihood …
Is a Bus Rapid Transit System the antidote to Bangalore’s traffic problems?
In the past 5 years, BMTC has time and again suggested that they have plans to implement a Bus Rapid …
Cab Aggregators, Knee-jerk policies, Ever-complaining customers & Political Jerks
“Why is it that we as customers are still unhappy with the cab aggregators? Why are we shaming these companies in the social media? Why are we filing petitions on Change.org asking the governments to take action against these companies? There are two major problems that customers have with these cabs.”
The Other Side of a Cosmopolitan
A Sudanese student hits a local woman when driving his car. He abandons the vehicle and escapes. A Tanzanian student …
Cities, Traffic and Pollution – Where are we going wrong?
Last week Arvind Kejriwal, CM, Delhi, announced the “Odd/Even” rule for cars on Delhi roads.. The rule merely defines what cars …
