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HomeGENRE: Features

GENRE: Features

Anecdotal, illustrative narratives to interpret news and current trends creatively

an auto driver
Commute

Bengaluru’s auto drivers have a love-hate relationship with ride-hailing apps

August 1, 2022 Navya P K

Many Bengaluru auto drivers use ride hailing apps only part-time as they say they are able to find customers without the apps most of the time.

Tej Prasad Giri from Assam is a security guard
Health

Migrant workers — unaware and unable to access state healthcare schemes

July 15, 2022 Majid Sohaib

Migrant workers have little access to public healthcare. Plus they get little help from employers or contractors for medical expenses.

Economy

Migrant workers deal with unhygienic living conditions, poor nutrition

July 4, 2022 Majid Sohaib

Migrant workers, especially those who moved to Bengaluru recently, are poorly paid, and live in informal settlements or in the construction site.

bmtc bus
Commute

BMTC plans to replace its current digital passes with wallets and smart cards by year end

June 27, 2022 Navya P K

For the future, BMTC is envisioning doing away with digital passes, and transitioning to wallets and smart cards, like Metro cards, that can be recharged

Anil Kashya, Bangalore, Zed Earth community
Water Supply

A residential layout achieves freedom from water tankers and saves lakhs

June 6, 2022 Supriya Khandekar

A gated society with 60 villas that was dependent on tanker water supply, especially in the summer months, has managed to go tanker-free this year.

Bengaluru gol gappa vendor Ajay
Economy

Pani puri vendor Ajay makes tidy profit for boss, but gets little for himself

June 3, 2022 Majid Sohaib

Ajay moved to Bengaluru for a job as a pani puri vendor. He saves up to send money home, and to open his own stall in the future!

Water Supply

Costly and scarce: Water access a daily struggle for Bengaluru slum dwellers

May 18, 2022 Navya P K

A majority of slum residents depend on public borewells for water, which they use for cooking and drinking without filtering, at great risk to health.

E-auto driver Nagesh
Commute

E-autos gaining traction as last mile option: What will it take to make them viable?

May 2, 2022 Vaidya R

E-autos are pollution free, cheaper to maintain and provide a better riding experience. What needs to be done to make them ubiquitous?

Passengers boarding a BMTC bus
Commute

Free bus travel is not an option for BMTC, targeted subsidies to the poor is

April 21, 2022 Navya P K

Targeted free travel for select groups–those who cannot afford but are dependent on buses for access to livelihood—is the way to go for BMTC

bbmp council
Governance

Effective participative governance requires corporators at the helm of ward committees

April 11, 2022 Navya P K

Residents are disenchanted with nodal officers and believe corporators are likely to be more effective and democratic and at least resolve minor issues.

Initiative by The Indian Music Experience museum in Bengaluru in creating a more inclusive design of museum spaces
Infrastructure

A few small steps can make public spaces inclusive for neurodivergent people too

March 28, 2022 Bhoomika Bhagwat

Community outreach programs are rethinking artistic and cultural spaces to enable inclusivity of not just the physically challenged but also the neurodivergent

Migrant pregnant workers Nasreen and Nisara
Society

Costly private health care more a necessity than a choice for poor, pregnant migrant women

March 21, 2022 Nihira

A recent study revealed that 64% of surveyed pregnant migrant women had not been visited by a health worker either during their pregnancy or after delivery

Latha, a street vendor, sits outside RT Nagar square.
Economy

Street vending in RT Nagar: Migrant vendors excluded from prime spots

March 9, 2022 Pragathi Ravi

While street vendors are marginalised in general, migrant vendors have it tougher. They are often excluded from economic hubs and face discrimination.

Vegetables grown in containers on the terrace
Environment

How this Bellandur apartment set up a kitchen garden on the terrace

January 12, 2022 Aditya Rao

What began as one family’s passion has evolved into a community garden managed by residents of this Bellandur apartment.

housekeeping staff picking up waste
Civic

How the 2Bin1Bag initiative helped Bengaluru score high in waste segregation

December 23, 2021 Navya P K

A decade ago, some Bengalureans wanted to solve the city’s waste problem. It was the 2Bin1Bag initiative that made waste segregation easy.

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