bangalore journal

This is not the story of someone who fought against an indifferent system and brought it to its knees, rather of someone who made her peace with the system and worked patiently from within, to achieve the best results possible. Pic: Manvel Alur Manvel Alur's connection with the environment seems almost karmic, with her choices in life steering her on the green path quite early on. Even as a child growing up in Bangalore, she was environmentally aware enough to write in to the National Geographic magazine on various issues and it seemed like a natural transition that she went…

Panduranga, an autorickshaw driver has displayed exemplary honesty by handing over an amount of five lakh rupees, which one of his passengers had left behind in his autorickshaw. Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Sonia Narang gave this JP Nagar resident a letter of appreciation and Mayor Sharadamma gave him a cash reward of `25,000. Pic: BBMP Panduranga, 33, says, "I believe in working hard and living a happy life". The only earning member in his poor family, the SSLC educated father of two, says driving autos does not fetch him enough to support his joint family of 10, He is…

Up South at Jayanagar is an exclusive South Indian restaurant which offers combination meals at affordable prices. "We do not have the concept of thalis but we have combo meals", says Vinay Kumar, manager, 23. "There are totally six types of combos, there is lunch combo priced at Rs 85 which has white rice, sambhar, rasam, flavoured rice and a sweet", he explains. There is a wide range of dishes; each dish is accompanied with different types of chutneys and spicy sambhars and also they do not use soda. Up South is easy on the pocket and a fun place…

Power shut down on 11 KV Mathikere MUSS F6 Feeder on 2nd February between 10 am and 4 pm for doing distribution automation system work in the following areas:• Mathikere MUSS F6 Feeder: KM Extn, Yeshwanthpura 1st main road, Gokula, Mathikere, HMT main road.Power shut down on 66/11 KV Mathikere MUSS of F7 and F2 Feeder on 4th February between 10 am and 3 pm for distribution auto mation system work in these areas:• Mathikere MUSS F7 Feeder areas: SBM Colony, M.R.K.Colony, AK Colony, Brundavan nagar.• Mathikere MUSS F2 Feeder areas: RK Garden, Sanjeevappa layout, LG Halli, Gowri apartment and…

Karnataka lost bronze medal to Uttar Pradesh in the 38th Junior National Volleyball Championship for Boys, which ended on January 29th in West Bengal. Karnataka ranked fourth in the Boys Championship.UP beat Karnataka by 79-59 (28-26, 25-09, 26-24). Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh won gold and silver medals respectively.In the Girls Championship, Karnataka ranked fifth. The state team was defeated in the quarter final itself by Uttar Pradesh by 96-81 (21-25, 25-21, 25-19, 25-16). West Bengal, Kerala and Tamil Nadu won gold, silver and bronze respectively.⊕

On Sunday, 29 January, Kumara Krupa road was transformed into Montmartre, art village of Paris. About 5 lakh people visited the 9th annual Chitra Kala Parishath's (CKP) Chitra santhe. Traffic was blocked on the Kumara Krupa road upto Shivananda circle and neighbouring roads from 7am to7pm to make room for art. Pic: Deepti Sarma Chitra Santhe is held on the last Sunday of January, every year. This year over 1600 artists from all over the country displayed their work. The number of visitors this year has gone up by about 50%. This could be because of more publicity feels C…

Politicians irrespective of their party line shared their concerns about looming water scarcity that is fast approaching Bangalore and pledged their commitment in support of the action plan prepared by two city NGOs. The Centre for Policies and Practices (CPP) and Bangalore Environment Trust (BET) presented their plan at a conference on "Bangalore's water famine 2020 A ticking time bomb" held on 29 January at Gandhi Bhavan. Pic: The event organised by the Centre for Policies and Practices and the Bangalore Environment Trust. Pic: Kishore S U. CPP and BET have proposed a detailed action plan to address water scarcity…

In a major ruling, the High Court has ordered that commercial buildings not be allowed in residential zones in Bangalore from now on. The court passed the interim order on January 25th in a case filed by Citizens' Action Forum (CAF), Sadashivnagar RWA and 12 individuals in 2008. Petitioners had challenged BDA's Revised Master Plan (RMP 2005-2015), based on which land use zones are demarcated. A division bench of the court lead by Chief Justice Vikramjit Sen asked the government to go back the city's master plan of 1995-2005 for limits on commercial activity in residential areas. News of this…

With the academic year for schools nearing the end, most parents say it is the time for them to empty their pockets. Private unaided schools are hiking their fees for the coming year and expectedly, parents are worried. "They give us no option but to pay the amount," says a parent of a child studying in St Francis de Sales High School (SFS), Electronic city. Resignation appears to be the state of most parents in the city."The management gave me an option of 3 installments instead of 2 installments," says another parent whose child studies in Deccan International School, Padmanabhanagar.…

Bangalore One Centres will soon be established at all outlets of the hypermarket chain Big Bazaar in the city. There will 18 such new centres, announced Dr D S Ravindran, Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for e-governance, at a workshop organised by state government's Department of e-governance on January 24th. Dr Ravindran said that, of the existing 76 Bangalore One centres in the city, 38 centres  work 24X7, and the rest work from 8 am to 8 pm. ⊕