Articles by Shravya Sharath

A passionate environmentalist and cyclist who has earned the nickname ‘Go Green Rao’ for his years of activism, another deeply inspired by the French culture of cycling and its implications for urban health, a sustainable mobility activist working with NGOs on various public transport campaigns, a corporate executive who quit his job to embark on a solo cycling tour across India, a cyclist inspired by the tales of his grandfather, and a 15-year-old student planning to use his love for cycling to generate greater awareness for social causes -- these six people are vying for a title that is a…

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is contesting in a few seats in Bengaluru, in which K R Puram is one. Lingaraj Urs has been campaigning hard to gain ground to take on the incumbent Basavaraj Byrathi. Here are the excerpts of an interview with him. You are a first time candidate in the Assembly elections and the people of K R Puram don't know much about you. Tell us a bit about your experience in public service and administration. I think I'll go back a little in time, to the roots of my career. I spent 30 years in IT and…

On 29th April 2018, less than two weeks before the Assembly elections, Million Voter Rising, a citizen group of changemakers from Mahadevapura constituency in Bengaluru, organised an interaction with some key candidates set to contest in the elections in their constituency. This included: Aravinda Limbavali - Incumbent MLA (BJP) Bhaskar Prasad (AAP) Ramesh Chander (Swarajya Party) K Sathish (JDS) A C Srinivas (INC) The opening session saw a brief presentation on the status of Mahadevapura and candidate introductions - with a general background of all the candidates, comparative statistics of their assets and the criminal cases against them. The organisers…

BTM Layout has a new candidate this year, who is out to make a dent in the vote share of major parties. Two budding journalists, Shravya Sharath and Gauri Mullerpatten, spoke to him on behalf of Citizen Matters, to understand his pitch and views on various issues. Excerpts: You are a first time candidate in the Assembly elections. People of BTM don’t really know much about you. So could you give us a brief about your background? Absolutely! It’s not that people of BTM don’t know me. I’ve been here all my life - I live this area. I’ve been…