CITIZEN JOURNALISM Archives | Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

Vrishabhavathi, Arkavathi, Cauvery, my mother

June 15, 2021 Nirmala Gowda

Waiting in line to perform my mother’s last rites at Sumanahalli Crematorium, the familiar smell in the air took me towards the valley. The Vrishabhavathi river flowed dark and foul next to the crematorium.

Importance of participatory design in tactical urbanism

June 3, 2021 Swathi K

Participatory design is a way to make community engagement real. Only when the community feels ownership of their public spaces can tactical intervention serve its purpose.

A century in pursuit of freedom

May 30, 2021 Leo Saldanha

This freedom fighter remained a fighter for fundamental freedoms all his life. Just as he opposed the CAA and NRC, he fought encroachment of lakes and discrimination of Dalits and Adivasis.

Aggregator platform aims at triage system for private COVID beds

May 25, 2021 Harini Raghavan

The Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association in Bengaluru, after its aggregator platform, plans a triage system for private COVID beds.

COVID lessons Bengaluru must learn from second wave

May 24, 2021 Harini Raghavan

Ignoring warnings of a second wave left Bengaluru exposed to a COVID storm. But systems being set up now could prepare us better for a third wave.

How to manage COVID waste in apartments and gated communities

May 21, 2021 Pinky Chandran

How to dispose of garbage during the pandemic so that it does not affect waste workers, nor impact environment.

How citizen action changed Kudlu crematorium

May 16, 2021 Lalithamba Vishwanathaiah, Ramakant Nargund, Venkatesh H S, Kamesh Rastogi and Vijaya Kumar

Kudlu crematorium was dirty and ill-maintained, with a damaged chimney that fanned smoke into the neighbourhood … until the community intervened.

Op-ed: “State’s response to second wave was slow, indecisive, inadequate”

May 13, 2021 Mohit M Rao

A second wave was predicted, yet the State government made u-turns on restrictions, claiming we are prepared with beds, oxygen and hospital infrastructure to deal with it.

How to make Bengalureans choose the bus?

May 12, 2021 Tanushri Dalmiya and Anushree Chokappa

BMTC, with 6775 buses, has one of the largest transport networks in India. Bengaluru, however, has the highest traffic congestion. And, buses can be the solution.

“Bigotry feeds on our anti-Muslim bias”

May 10, 2021 Padmalatha Ravi

Tejasvi Surya did not invent bigotry. He merely opened the gates. The root of it isn’t in 2014 or 2002 or even 1992. It is has been passed on from generation to generation.

COVID Advisory: Ensuring children are cared for, in our absence

May 6, 2021 Zibi Jamal

Even though it is hard to think of one’s own mortality, times are such that it is better to leave one’s child/children prepared for such an emergency.

The day it rained ash

May 5, 2021 Jaissy John

“We are not activists, we are just common people, asking for our basic right to a clean environment and we refuse to breathe this poison every night.”

A mathematical decoding of urban traffic

April 30, 2021 Vishal Keerthi

Footpaths should be fixed and made widely available, continuous, and uninterrupted. Maybe then those who create traffic jams might try to walk and reduce the jams?

A guide for pet parents in quarantine

April 23, 2021 Pinky Chandran

The pet’s physical and emotional welfare is important in these difficult times. A cooped up dog can exhibit signs of depression and lethargy.

Why suburban rail shouldn’t hurry public consultation

April 21, 2021 Disha A Ravi

Now more than ever is the time to improve the public consultation process. This is also the first time a suburban railway project is being launched, and it is different from a regular road, flyover or underpass project.