Karunya Keshav | Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

An engineer shifts to running, lifts up underprivileged kids

March 4, 2010 Karunya Keshav

Santhosh Padmanabhan wants to integrate running as an activity into schools for underprivileged children in Bengaluru. But he didn’t start off his career with this goal.

And now, protests against widening Dr Rajkumar road

March 1, 2010 Karunya Keshav

Citizens are protesting that road widening for the signal free corridor along Rajkumar Road is unnecessary and illegal.

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Bouquets, brickbats for BBMP’s wall paintings

February 23, 2010 Karunya Keshav

BBMP’s project to paint the city walls has both supporters and critics. But it has given employment albeit temporarily to more than 60 work banner artists.

Mahakavi Kuvempu Road – then and now

February 17, 2010 Karunya Keshav

Once the site of protests against the metro, MKK Road in North Bangalore is now witness to a change of face and attitude. This article includes a special audio feature.

Tannery Road businesses strike out at TDR

January 28, 2010 Karunya Keshav

Yet another road-widening project in Bengaluru has hit a roadblock as residents and shop owners raise the flag against BBMP’s TDR scheme.