BENGALURU BUZZ

Bangaloreans got the delightful opportunity to watch Kalaripayattu at Cubbon Park last weekend.

Linear narration and less than nuanced performances lets ‘7 Khoon Maaf’ down. Music is the only highlight.

Akshay Kumar’s first release this year, isn’t exactly setting the box-office on fire.

Chitra Santhe is Bengaluru’s art fest hosted by the city’s reputed art school, the Chitra Kala Parishath (CKP) based at Kumarakrupa road. Vignettes from this year January’s edition.

This year’s finalists for the Namma Bengaluru Awards have thrown up a whole new set of Bangaloreans worth knowing about.

After Saaku, Bangaloreans are rallying once again against corruption on Sunday, Jan 30th, at MG Road. Time: 10.30am. This time Bengaluru joins a national campaign in over a dozen cities.

Dalai Lama is scheduled to visit St. Joseph college of Arts and Science, Bangalore this coming Sunday.

This year’s Namma Bengaluru awards, to honour Bangaloreans and organisations for exemplary service to the city, are going to see winners picked from a field of over 10000 nominations.

Cycling is set to receive a boost with a competition being announced this week. Officials in the meantime are working on making Jayanagar friendly for cyclists through a special pilot project.

The families of Rifleman K S Ravindra who was killed in J&K and BSF Constable Bheema Shankar Hadapad, who lost his life to naxals in Chattisgarh were among those honoured at a Vijay Diwas ceremony on December 16th.

T P Kalaisam’s play explores the problems of self-esteem in a performance oriented society.

There are 300 book stalls with over a million titles at the 8th annual book fair at Palace Grounds. Don’t miss the part on the special offers and discounts at the fair.