Manasi Paresh Kumar – Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

Girish Karnad, the wordsmith who never shied from stating a contrary opinion

June 10, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Karnad has been the voice of a generation that fought against religious dogma. He championed dissent, even when it was against him, teaching us about the quiet dignity of being adversarial without being disrespectful.

“We were told our son wouldn’t get admission in college”

May 27, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Amidst the frenzy about tenth standard exam results and top scorers, what happens to the children who get average marks? In this conversation with Citizens Live, parents of Chiraag Shetty who scored 59 percent, talk about the pressure they face, the struggle to get college admission for Chiraag, and how the system could change

Planting forests in Bengaluru: Bimal Desai tells you how

May 15, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Bimal Desai has fought for years to protect Cubbon Park and other green spaces in Bengaluru. Now he is creating forest patches across the city using the Miyawaki method. In this conversation with Citizens Live, Desai talks about his initiative, and how every Bengalurean can replicate it to make the city green and liveable again

“It’s a fight to preserve our heritage,” says architect restoring 112-year-old Fort High School

May 3, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Fort High School in Chamarajpet, made entirely of brick and limewater, has lain dilapidated for years. Now, the non-profit INTACH is restoring the building. In this edition of Citizens Live, Pankaj Modi of INTACH talks about the restoration works, their struggle to initiate it, and how Bengaluru’s heritage can be conserved

I am a voter and I feel like Lord Shiva

April 17, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

This election, we are faced with the question of whether we are choosing our MP or the future Prime Minister. As parties get away with fielding inexperienced candidates in this scenario, we ourselves have to force them to field better candidates, opines a voter

Bangalore Central Congress candidate Rizwan Arshad: “Representatives should think out of the box”

April 16, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

MLC Rizwan Arshad is the Congress candidate for Bangalore Central constituency. In this interview with Citizen Matters, Rizwan talks about his accomplishments, Congress’s poll promises on GST and police reforms, his allegation against MP P C Mohan, and so on

Bangalore South candidate Vatal Nagaraj: “Duddilla, Jaathiyilla, that’s why I lost earlier”

April 11, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Vatal Nagaraj, known for his hardline pro-Kannada stand, is contesting from Bangalore South parliamentary constituency. In this interview with Citizen Matters, Nagaraj speaks on why he wants to be an MP, and how politics has changed over the decades

Bangalore North Congress candidate Krishna Byre Gowda: “We pushed for suburban rail and metro, not just elevated corridor”

April 11, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Krishna Byre Gowda, Karnataka’s Rural Development Minister, is the Congress candidate from Bangalore North constituency. In this interview with Citizen Matters, Gowda talks about Congress’s poll promises such as NYAY, his plans to deal with water scarcity, and more

Bangalore Central independent candidate Prakash Raj: “We need an MP who will be the voice of citizens”

April 9, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Actor Prakash Raj, contesting as an independent from Bangalore Central, is known to be an outspoken critic of right wing politics. In this interview with Citizen Matters, he discusses how his work as an MP will be different from the norm, and how he will deal with the issues plaguing Bengaluru

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