Citizen Journalism – Page 2 – Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

How can policy and regulation help fix Bengaluru’s environment?

June 27, 2018 Shashank Atreya

There are many laws that relate to greenery in Bengaluru, but they all need to talk the same language in order to actually protect greenery. Ambiguity in laws needs to be eliminated.

Making it a Swacch RBI Layout

June 20, 2018 Paneendra Kumar B L

Residents, fed up of people who throw garbage outside, get down to work and deal with the stink! Now they’re sure those who saw them working won’t throw waste on streets.

It takes a year, but you can get khata transferred without bribe in Bengaluru

May 31, 2018 Rahul Prashant Shukla

Officials kept passing the files between different offices, but the residents didn’t give up. Finally they got their khatas after an effort of 13 months.

Bengaluru’s first Indie Comix Festival showcases independent creators

May 22, 2018 Seema Misra

Over 20 comic book artists participated in the event with close to 15 stalls. Art in Transit launched two anthologies by different artists: one about Bengaluru and the other about Cubbon Park.

The dance of democracy has miles to go

May 16, 2018 Arun Ramarathnam

So we are all finally done with exercising our franchise on Saturday, 12th May, and been through the truly exhilarating ballot counting process and the results. A good to time to pause and reflect on

Excitement, pain on voting day

May 14, 2018 Vijay Kumar Prakash

My alarm goes off at six, and I roll out of bed excited because today is the first time I get to cast my vote. Two weeks ago, I applied for a voter’s id. My

Ramesh Chander: My party may be only 2 years old but we have the process to handle pressure

May 4, 2018 Poll Desk

Volunteers from a citizen activist group, Million Voter Rising interviewed candidates contesting in the Karnataka Assembly elections from Mahadevapura constituency. Below is the transcript of the interview with Swaraj Party candidate Ramesh Chander: Video courtesy:

AC Srinivas: A separate BBMP for Mahadevapura zone, with its own mayor

May 4, 2018 Poll Desk

Volunteers from a citizen activist group, Million Voter Rising interviewed candidates contesting in the Karnataka Assembly elections from Mahadevapura constituency. Below is the transcript of the interview with Indian National Congress candidate A C Srinivas:

Everytime a building collapsed, I wrote to BBMP, says Limbavali

May 3, 2018 Poll Desk

Volunteers from Million Voter Rising, the citizen group from Mahadevapura, interviewed candidates contesting in the Karnataka Assembly elections from Mahadevapura constituency. This is the transcript of the interview with the incumbent MLA from Bharatiya Janata Party,