DIARY

Usha Srinath goes back in time and recalls tales of when her grandmother first came to Bangalore and saw history unfold with the advent of the first motor car and electricity.

The Kabir Festival was held in the last week of February at various venues across Bengaluru. It had promised to be a week of films, music and enjoyment. And so it was…

A student of yoga finds the practice, as well as, her teacher noble and uplifting.

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

A harried housewife just wants her fridge fixed, the fancy MNC has nothing but fine print to show her.

This was written on 30th November 2006. And it’s two years since my mother said her last goodbyes, from a place that became her second home. Ours too, because we shared every moment of the peace, calm and tranquility that she experienced at Karunashraya.

Passengers on a Bengaluru-Chennai bus unite in their demand and get a better bus. A citizen report by Prasanna Venkatesan.

A weekend trip to the Hesarghatta Lake famous for its birds and river rafting confirmed the sad and horrifying truth- our lakes are drying up

Sprightly and upright at 84, with good hearing and eyesight, and just a hint of sugar and BP – Jayalakshmi Paati was a lesson in the art of living.

In an era when women were limited to playing stereotypical roles, Jayalakshamma’s activism stands out. Her hospitable and compassionate personality was symbolic of a bygone era. Palahalli R Vishwanath reflects upon the life of an extraordinary woman who was his mother.

The first lesson of entrepreneurship is integrity – the power to deliver one’s commitments. A team of IT professionals came to this conclusion at the end of making a documentary on entrepreneurs.

Version One dot Oh, an amateur theatre group is all set to stage the Vijay Tendulkar classic ‘Silence! The Court is in Session’ this weekend.