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HomeAuthorsKrupa Rajangam

Articles by Krupa Rajangam

About Krupa Rajangam
Krupa Rajangam is a Bengaluru-based heritage practitioner-scholar. She is founder-director of the socially engaged heritage collaborative 'Saythu...linking people and heritage' that is led by heritage conservation-management professionals. The team undertakes a mix of consultancy, teaching, and research towards ensuring that conservation in India is seen as an inclusive, integrated social process.
Society

What Don Anderson’s biography can tell you about Bengaluru

May 26, 2020 Krupa Rajangam

The biography of Donald Anderson, a Scot who grew up in colonial Bengaluru, gives insights into the city’s history and transformation over time.

Governance

Entry fee at Bengaluru’s NGMA: Are national galleries not public spaces?

August 28, 2019 Krupa Rajangam

Around six months back, the NGMA (National Gallery of Modern Art) started charging a fee for entry to its premises. The gallery, under the centre’s Ministry of Culture, is supposed to be a public space. Instead, it is being turned into an exclusive space for the select few

Section of satellite imagery showing North West Bangalore in 1965 (Corona image dated 10/10/1965), Source: USGS (United States Geological Survey) website, courtesy Kuili Suganya. Colour overlay by Krupa Rajangam
Society

Yashmanjipoor to Yeshwanthpur: Bengaluru suburban history through maps

November 28, 2017 Krupa Rajangam

Maps from different time periods for Yeshwanthpur together give an interesting account of what the area was once, and points to the changed topography and infrastructure.

Society

Bangalore’s hidden architectural gem, in style

July 4, 2017 Krupa Rajangam

A stone facade punctured by large windows, flat chajjas above, glass panels… this unique De Stijl house is a signature work of its talented creator, Amir Jairazbhoy.

Society

Bengaluru’s top architects open their studios to the public

December 7, 2016 Krupa Rajangam

Open Day by Bangalore Architects, River Hope’s fourth annual event, makes the city’s best known architecture firms and projects open to the public.

Society

Mootoocherry and St Marks: These are districts, the English built

June 27, 2013 Krupa Rajangam

A series of unconnected incidents helped establish some of the key areas in the centre of Bangalore – north and south of today’s MG Road.

Society

Where food becomes heritage

June 22, 2011 Krupa Rajangam

A trip to the landmark food joints in South Bangalore reminds one of the rich culture it is connected to. Food is heritage too. How do we save it?

Society

Once an Anglo-Indian village, now an upmarket suburb

March 3, 2010 Krupa Rajangam

Whitefield’s history dates back to 1882 when David Emmanuel Starkenburgh White decided to set up ‘a self sufficient Anglo-Indian village’.

Society

Vallabharaya’s abode Vasantapura

August 30, 2009 Krupa Rajangam

From a population of 112 to being a part of the sprawling city today, Vasantapura has come a long way.

Society

Old wine in a new bottle or … ?

June 14, 2009 Krupa Rajangam

The ABIDe recommendations on heritage tries to present a cohesive policy for the protection of the Bengaluru’s cultural riches. But will it be a participative exercise?


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