GENRE: Voices Archives

Not by BIAL alone

May 1, 2008 News Desk

Devesh Agarwal of the Bangalore Chamber of Commerce and Industry disagrees with Albert Brunner, the CEO of Bangalore International Airport Limited on the latter’s recent interview to Citizen Matters on the airport controversy.

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.

Time to get off the covers

April 22, 2008 News Desk

Original compositions take some time to seep into the audience, but end up creating space for the band and winning real fans on the long term. Bengaluru may be at the tipping point.

When can the cops catch you?

April 20, 2008 Praveen Kumar A

Did I have to pay the fine? Could the police have seized my bike?

Savdhan – a pedestrian safety programme

April 16, 2008 Malini Misra Bhattacharya

Pedestrians face the most challenges in our roads. We are trying to tackle the issue rather than just complain. Our first programme will be on 20th April in Sanjaynagar.

Governance

Policing the police

April 9, 2008 Muralidhar Rao

Generally, it’s people of my age group who bother with civic issues. But that’s beginning to change, because of the likes of Sarfy. Here’s how.

Commute

Bangalore traffic woes!

April 3, 2008 Srinivas

Imagine the near future where people have to travel 5 to 10 kms in search of parking and walk to reach their destinations from there.

Delay, backlog and deny

March 25, 2008 Sunil Tinani

Prominent Bangalore-based RTI activists list evidence to show that bureaucrats are systematically trying to push the sunshine law back into the bottle. Here’s how.

Still lying on the footpath

March 4, 2008 Srijaya N Char

One lady with a wheelbarrow. Another with a helper in a three wheeler to collect. Even other people to clean the drain. Yet
at 10 AM, the streets…

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.

Sharp claws, but no teeth

February 22, 2008 Sunil Tinani

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.

Civic

What’s TDR to you?

February 4, 2008 Zainab Bawa

How do you go about widening roads when there are private properties, trees, and urban clusters in the areas proposed for widening? Can these be demolished for the sake of ease of everyday travel? Enter TDR. Zainab Bawa walks you through.

Society

A festival of a different kind

January 27, 2008 Pulkit Parikh

Namma Jatre, an exhibition cum fair organised by NGOs and other non-profit groups, is a good attempt to introduce development topics to the general public, finds Pulkit Parikh

Society

Musicians sans frontiers

January 23, 2008 Hari Shenoy

Hari Shenoy writes about a New Year-eve performance on the outskirts of Bangalore where David Moszkowicz from France and K Raja from our very own Bull Temple Road came together.