GENRE: Features

Stand-up comedians, graphic designers, podcasters, and educators are creatively instilling a love of the Kannada language among people.

Thippagondanahalli Dam, once Bengaluru’s main drinking water source, is now defunct because Arkavathi river is polluted, and running dry.

In a 2020 study examining the effects of urbanisation on Rock Agama lizards, researchers found significant changes to their habitats.

Much has been forgotten about Bengaluru’s historic connection with the flower trade that sustains farmers from various parts of southern India.

20 years ago, Karnataka got the KRIA act, before the 2005 RTI Act. Transparency activists have faced successes as well as failures and frustration.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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!

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.