Bengaluru Matters Radio Show – Episode 20

This week’s Bengaluru Matters radio show will let the listeners know more about what is happening with two important issues. One is the intensified demand for commuter rail in the city and the other is the debate over Goods and Services Tax on sanitary pads and eco-friendly alternatives.

What could be common to garment workers, transgenders, auto drivers, waste pickers and animal activists? They are all radio jockeys in Bengaluru’s one and only community radio! It’s a story of a decade of being a voice to voiceless.

This week we bring to you Dr Sylvia Karpagam a doctor working on public health issues, listen to her speak about the new amendments proposed in health sector by the Karnataka government and Nalini Shekhar, founder of Hasiru Dala, who talks about how the newly introduced Goods and Services Tax (GST) has affected the economy of recycling.