The Ugly Indian | Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

Vijayanagara Vaibhava to be recreated on streets of Bengaluru

February 24, 2017 The Ugly Indian

250 Metro viaducts will be painted like the pillars in Hampi, and Metro boulevards will be adorned with replicas of stone monuments, in Bengaluru.

This railway underbridge space has a story to tell

October 12, 2016 The Ugly Indian

From a dark and dreary under-bridge area to a bright and lively public space, the story of a transformation.

Infrastructure

All it took was Rs 850/- to fix the ugly spot in Church Street

July 4, 2014 The Ugly Indian

It had been nine years since Nandan and Co had tried and met with limited success. What else can one do? Go to the press? File an RTI application? Or is there something else they can do?

Infrastructure

Bengaluru Palike’s grand scheme: Food and play free for rats

June 26, 2014 The Ugly Indian

The Ugly Indian gives a brief of the other world that lies beneath Bangalore’s roads and footpaths.

The best weapon in the war against litter and public filth – the Gotcha! picture

June 16, 2014 The Ugly Indian

Read how The Ugly Indian quashed denials of public littering with photographic evidence. The last and final part of Chapter 11, ‘Steal Proofing’, from The Ugly Indian book.

Civic

Installing garbage bins can be a design challenge for city planners!

June 5, 2014 The Ugly Indian

If you thought The Ugly Indian is a random cleaning group, read this up. You will find out how brainy they are, and how they arrive at scientific solutions to city’s public space problems.

Steal-Proofing

May 28, 2014 The Ugly Indian

Anything and everything on the Indian street can be stolen – especially if it offers a resale value, or is reusable. The crucial thing, is to make your design steal-proof. Part 1 (of 3) of Chapter 11 of The Ugly Indian book.

Kaam Chalu Mooh Bandh

May 19, 2014 The Ugly Indian

Veliyamma has dumped garbage in that very corner every morning, for the past 8 years. But today she had not done so. We asked her to come back later to help in the clean-up, and here she was! – Chapter 10 of The Ugly Indian book

Environment

Of broken windows and orphan spots

May 12, 2014 The Ugly Indian

Analyse a dump! Diagnose what was wrong? What was wrong with these guys – seems like they were the ones who needed their heads analysed and diagnosed! Chapter 9 from The Ugly Indian story.

Infrastructure

Inspiration from the man who cleaned Surat!

April 21, 2014 The Ugly Indian

Until we respect our sanitation workers and give them a better quality of life, we cannot expect them to clean our streets to the level we demand… Read the Ugly Indian Story!

Civic

Why doesn’t Bengaluru have garbage bins?

April 3, 2014 The Ugly Indian

Though the bins were removed in the year 2000, people still think of the area as a place to dump garbage. The look and feel of the area just adds to this assumption.

Civic

Articles by The Ugly Indian

Vijayanagara Vaibhava to be recreated on streets of Bengaluru

This railway underbridge space has a story to tell

All it took was Rs 850/- to fix the ugly spot in Church Street

Bengaluru Palike’s grand scheme: Food and play free for rats

The best weapon in the war against litter and public filth – the Gotcha! picture

Installing garbage bins can be a design challenge for city planners!

Steal-Proofing

Kaam Chalu Mooh Bandh

Of broken windows and orphan spots

Inspiration from the man who cleaned Surat!

Why doesn’t Bengaluru have garbage bins?

Influencing behaviour by changing the surrounding

Identifying the dumper through garbage fingerprinting

And the action begins!

A peaceful night out near the Church Street!