September, 2008 Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

Dealing with encroachments

September 21, 2008 S G Narayanamurthy

What can we do about footpath encroachments? Part 2 of the series with an approach to solving the problem.

Education

Although the CSR activities of Infosys and AOL might vary in terms of the magnitude of initiatives and the amount of funds raised, there are few common threads that connect all the perspectives of CSR with each other; the dedication to serve society being the most important of them.

Anupama Jayaraman Memorial Award

September 21, 2008 News Desk

Calling for nominations for The Anupama Jayaraman Memorial Award 2009, for young women journalists.

Festival internships at Ranga Shankara

September 19, 2008 News Desk

Ranga Shankara announces its first internship programme during its upcoming Theatre Festival 2008. Applications are invited from interested candidates before 24 September 2008.

How to start a CSR initiative

September 19, 2008 Sattva Ezine

No CSR initiatives in your company? Here’s how you can get something started!

Week’s news in brief: Sep 12-Sep 18

September 18, 2008 News Desk

This week’s scan of Bangalore’s Kannada dailies includes reports from the government announcing a ‘probe’ into Bangalore International Airport’s capacity issues and more delays in long-pending flyover projects.

Society

City theatre: Taking a bow or bowing out?

September 18, 2008 Deepa Mohan

A cursory glance at the theatre scene in Bangalore shows that Kannada, English and the occasional translated play are being staged…but the vibrancy seems to be missing.

Beggars can be choosers

September 17, 2008 Narasimha Vedala

Security worries are only increasing and in the meantime, it isn’t clear what the Karnataka government is doing about expanding capacities of the anti-terror force.