Bangalore rising, inspired by The Ugly Indian

Join a local group. Participate in bettering your neighbourhood. This is the future!

The Ugly Indian (TUI) is an inspired community in its truest sense. One of the forerunners of large-scale citizen movement to clean up the streets of Bangalore, they have inspired large groups of people to take ownership of their locality and do their bit. It was only a matter of time before it picked up.

Now the movement seems to have touched most of the educated elite in Bangalore. Several TUI-inspired spotfixing groups are getting formed across various localities of Bangalore.

The groups that are currently in operation are:

  • Whitefield Rising: All areas from Kundalahalli to ITPL
  • Banaswadi Rising: Kammanahalla-Kasturi Nagar-Lingarajapuram-Banaswadi
  • Koramangala Rising: Koramangala-Ejipura
  • Indiranagar Rising: Indiranagar-Domlur-Thippasandra
  • Jayanagar Rising: Jayanagar and vicinity

Banaswadi Rising reclaims a footpath near the Old Nilgiri’s Store in Kammanahalli. Pic courtesy: The Ugly Indian

A mail from The Ugly Indian stated, ‘You may have noticed that several TUI-Inspired Local Spotfixing Groups (called Risings) are forming across Bangalore. This is the future. TUI will do fewer spotfixes – unless they are large fixes that matter to the city’s image – and future fixes will be done by local groups.’

They have also asked interested citizens to join the local group or Rising that is most convenient to them. If you are interested in joining any of the groups above, you can fill this form, and you will receive spotfix invitations from the group.

The first such Rising group to be formed, Whitefield Rising, though started for a different reason, is now involved in helping solve various problems of the community, including waste segregation, planting trees etc. It is also involved in helping the underprivileged people, such as housemaids, garbage collectors etc.

The first spot fix undertaken by the community saw the participation from The Ugly Indian. Now the community is undertaking spot fixes on its own.

They are also positive that ‘more Risings will form in the weeks to come. If you’d like to start a ‘Rising’ in your area, you can write a mail to tuiinspired@gmail.com.

This is not a trend that is picking up in Bangalore alone. Citizen groups across the country have been inspired by The Ugly Indian. Youth Towards Socialism, a Bhopal based NGO, took to the streets to clean MP Nagar, a locality where many corporate organizations are situated. The Assocham Ladies League along with school children, fixed a glaring black spot opposite Mai Nand Kaur Gurudwaras.

If this is the future, it does seem very bright indeed!

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Similar Story

City Buzz: Diwali-led pollution spike in Delhi | Municipal green bonds issue… and more

Other news: AQI round-up in cities; Lancet report highlights risks to India from extreme heat; office rents surge to pre-pandemic levels.

Delhi world's 'most polluted' city post Diwali: Study Delhi's Diwali night blazed with colours and high-decibel firecrackers. The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) department received a record number of 318 distress or emergency calls of fire accidents, out of which 280 were alerts. According to Swiss firm IQ Air, the air quality index stood at over 345 shortly after dawn, in the "hazardous" category, with New Delhi at the top of a real-time global list as the world's most-polluted city. However, on November 1st, Environment Minister Gopal Rai expressed gratitude to Delhiites for "largely refraining from bursting firecrackers" on Deepavali, which helped…

Similar Story

How to save a neighbourhood park — Mumbaikars show the way with Patwardhan Park

A detailed account of how citizens got city authorities to reverse their decision to build an underground parking lot under a park in Bandra.

On September 22nd, the playground on the Raosaheb Patwardhan Park resembled a happy space where people gathered to enjoy and chat, children played football, a few played badminton or even hula hoops. A group jived over Zumba dance moves, while others danced to the live percussion music. The crowd had gathered to celebrate the playground being saved from the clutches of cemented development. A cake was cut to celebrate the occasion. Elected representatives from all the major political parties, Varsha Gaikwad, Mumbai head of the Congress, Priyanka Chaturvedi from the Shiv Sena and even Ashish Shelar, the local Bharatiya Janata…