January | 2009 | | Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

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January 30, 2009 Editors

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A bird race that isn’t one

January 29, 2009 Deepa Mohan

City birders find the annual HSBC Bangalore Bird Race an exciting and rewarding experience.

When the journey itself is so much fun

January 29, 2009 Manish Gurnani

Yezdi bikers drive to Big Banyan tree on Mysore road. And didn’t even see the tree.

Week’s news in brief: 23-29 Jan

January 29, 2009 Amrith Jogi

Our weekly scan of Bangalore’s Kannada dailies includes reports on government considering two city corporations to how Parappana Agrahara central jail in Bangalore is turning into a safe place to hatch plans for criminal activities.

Meet a proactive politician

January 28, 2009 Supriya Khandekar

Meet B.N.Vijaykumar, the BJP MLA from Jayanagar constituency who has taken up many initiatives in his constituency.

Sprucing up ORR with another flyover

January 27, 2009 Vaishnavi Vittal

The BDA has planned flyovers at Agara and Iblur junctions to ease traffic on the Outer Ring Road/Sarjapur Road junctions; cutting trees for road widening and drilling are already underway.

Pelican-speak

January 27, 2009 Narasimha Vedala

Pelican population sees a recent increase.

Society

Artful event draws major crowd

January 26, 2009 Sandeep R

A snapshot of the recent Chitra Santhe, organised by the Chitrakala Parishad.

Society

From a sleepy neighbourhood to a bustling suburb

January 26, 2009 Gopal M S

Using signboards and wall art, Citizen Matters photo-documents change in Yeshwantpur, one of Bangalore’s emerging hubs.

Greens vs. Government in Bangalore

January 26, 2009 S Nityananda

Some pointers to reach middle ground between the government and citizens to maintain Bangalore’s green avenues while BBMP plans widening of roads.

Week’s news in brief: 16-22 Jan

January 23, 2009 News Desk

Our weekly scan of Bangalore’s Kannada dailies includes reports on BDA planning to develop 12 lakes to BBMP plans for flyovers and underpasses.

Commute

Firms vie to give directions in Bengaluru

January 21, 2009 Vaishnavi Vittal

Lost in Bengaluru? No problem, web tools and sms based services are here to help the directionally-challenged among us find our way about town.

Environment

Pelicans seen in plenty

January 20, 2009 Saurabh Mittal

Not long ago, they were an endangered species; now, they throng the water bodies around the city. Hail the revival of the pelican!

Education

A journey of rediscovery

January 20, 2009 Pushpa Achanta

Experiences and questions from a volunteer at the Government Kannada Model Primary School, Pottery Town.

Water heaters or silent killers?

January 19, 2009 Divya Sharma

The ubiquitous gas geysers can prove dangerous if kept in an unventilated place. Better safe than sorry – read on.

Ushering better times with Frazer Times

January 18, 2009 Vaishnavi Vittal

Corporate professional-turned-homemaker-turned-journalist, Jyothi Ganesh has come a long way with her dreams for a better Bangalore. And has a lot more in store for her neighbourhood.

Week’s news in brief: Jan 09 – 15

January 15, 2009 News Desk

This week’s scan of Bangalore’s Kannada dailies includes a number of reports from Chief minister feeling the heat of Bangalore’s traffic jam to an IGP officer fined for traffic violation and so on.

Environment

Move over Central Jail, enter Freedom Park

January 14, 2009 Supriya Khandekar

The Central Jail in Bengaluru has become ‘Freedom Park’, on the lines of the famous Hyde Park in London. Read about the facilities the BBMP is promising.

Ashy Prinia at Madiwala lake

January 12, 2009 Saurabh Mittal

Bangalore has many species of birds, fast depleting because of the city’s exponential growth. We start a new series to get you started with bird watching in the city.

Infrastructure

“Let there be light…”

January 11, 2009 Arun Patre

…said the Maharajas of Mysore, and there was light! The story of how the city saw light in the early 20th century makes for fascinating reading.