INTERVIEWS Archives

Society

Putting up a great show

September 9, 2008 Deepa Mohan

Bangalore’s popular and pro-active theatre personality Arundhati Nag shares vignettes of her life and dreams with Deepa Mohan for Citizen Matters.

Governance

Of lights and cameras, smoke and soot

August 18, 2008 Supriya Khandekar

Commissioner Praveen Sood heads Bangalore’s heavily stressed traffic police force. In this interview to Citizen Matters, he gives his view of the rapidly worsening mess he has come to oversee.

Commute

We can handle all the traffic : BIAL’s Brunner

April 29, 2008 Samuel Jacob

Why cannot the HAL airport coexist with the new BIAL airport? What about the steep user fees BIAL is charging? BIAL CEO Albert Brunner in an interview to Citizen Matters.

Civic

Taking issues head-on

February 25, 2008 Charumathi Supraja

He’s the head of the Citizen Action Forum (CAF), an organisation of citizens and citizens associations who believe in offering solutions, not just pointing out the problem. Meet N S Mukunda.

The corrupt have everywhere to run, but what does the Karnataka Lokayukta need to ensure that they have no place to hide? See what Justice Santosh Hegde has to say in this interview to Citizen Matters.

Society

Daughter of tradition, woman of substance

February 12, 2008 Charumathi Supraja

Widowed in 1913, Amba Bai started teaching at Bangalore from 1942 and retired as head mistress of Vani Vilas High School. Vimala Murthy, her grand-daughter recently published a book on her. She
spoke to Charumathi Supraja on Ambi.

Why a rate hike?

January 19, 2008 Samuel Jacob

Autorickshaws in the city recently went on strike to press their case for a hike in the minimum fare from Rs.12 to Rs.20. Srinivas Murthy, head of Autorickshaw Drivers’ Union cites rising costs of living as one reason. He spoke to Samuel Jacob.