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HomeGENRE: Features

GENRE: Features

Anecdotal, illustrative narratives to interpret news and current trends creatively

Society

Bengaluru has long promoted inter-faith harmony at the society level

December 3, 2020 Shatarupa Bhattacharyya

Several institutions and organisations in Bengaluru, concerned about preserving the country’s secular fabric, have launched community-level initiatives over the years. Most recently, that harmony was on display at the CAA protests and during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Society

Communal riots aren’t new to Bengaluru. Here’s what a history of riots says about the city

November 11, 2020 Shatarupa Bhattacharyya

The DJ Halli riots this year got much attention, but communal violence isn’t entirely new to Bengaluru. Here’s a look at communal riots over the past century, and what it says about the city.

Infrastructure

How Bengaluru became the first Asian city to get electric street lamps 115 years ago

October 4, 2020 B.PAC

In 1905, Bengaluru became the first Asian city to adopt electric street lamps. Many Bengalureans soon adopted domestic electricity connections, an indication of the city’s forward-thinking that characterises it even today.

Society

Bengaluru’s momo vendors: Making their place in a competitive business

August 30, 2020 Ravi Mathews

Momo vendors, who mostly hail from Northeast India, have long become part of Bengaluru’s landscape. How do they see the city? Is business here lucrative enough for them?

Society

What Don Anderson’s biography can tell you about Bengaluru

May 26, 2020 Krupa Rajangam

The biography of Donald Anderson, a Scot who grew up in colonial Bengaluru, gives insights into the city’s history and transformation over time.

Bengaluru's Silk Board Junction during the COVID-19 lockdown. Pic: Naveeen Thomas Prasad
Society

Here’s how Bengaluru looks during COVID-19 lockdown

April 22, 2020 News Desk

It’s been nearly a month since Bengaluru has been under lockdown. With few people on the streets, the city is both quiet and beautiful now – watch this in two recent drone videos.

The Tabebuia Rosea trees in full bloom on Outer Ring Road. Pic: Naveen Thomas Prasad
Environment

Watch: Tabebuia Rosea trees in full bloom paint ORR pink

March 18, 2020 News Desk

It’s spring, and the brilliant pink bloom of Tabebuia Rosea trees are adorning Bengaluru’s streets. Here’s a video of the bloom along Outer Ring Road, and some details about this alien tree species.

Thriving mini urban forests amidst Bengaluru’s IT park. Pic: Manyata Residency VrikshaMitra Group
Environment

How 15 citizens are building about 8000 sq m of forests in Bengaluru

February 28, 2020 Malathi Prasad

Last year, 15 residents near Manyata tech park collaborated with the NGO SayTrees, to build mini forests. The fast-growing forests are now major lung spaces in the traffic-choked area.

Environment

Bengaluru’s exotic, giant trees: Here’s where and how you can spot them

February 17, 2020 Nityananda S

Do you know what Buddha’s Coconut is? It’s one of the tree species in Bengaluru that would be more at home in jungles. The city even has giant trees that originate as far away as West Africa or South Pacific.

Governance

Time has perhaps come for a separate law for crimes against women: S T Ramesh, ex-DGP

January 16, 2020 Bhanutej N

There has been much talk about gender-sensitisation of the police as well as procedural reforms vis-à-vis justice for rape survivors and other women victims of crime. S T Ramesh, former DGP and IGP of Karnataka Police, was a reformer within the force. Here are his thoughts on the subject.

Society

No pay, few matches, little support but Karnataka’s professional women footballers still dream big

September 14, 2019 Grace Madigan

Often playing pro bono, with hardly anyone rooting for them, Karnataka’s women footballers are struggling. But their love of the game is the one thing that sustains them

Society

How women’s football changed the lives of Sana, Raksha, Athmika and others

September 13, 2019 Grace Madigan

Through football, underprivileged girls in Bengaluru are getting scholarships to attend college, trips abroad, and even a place in the state team. Also, a collective of women have taken initiative to learn the game in their 30s

Society

How Karnataka’s first women’s football league is picking new talent

September 12, 2019 Grace Madigan

Even as women’s football lay neglected for decades, hundreds of women have been playing the game informally in Karnataka. Now the state football association is forming leagues to give them the opportunities they deserve

Society

Change in the air: After 63 years, Bengaluru’s Independence Day Cup football tournament opens up to women

September 11, 2019 Grace Madigan

The winds of change are coming in women’s football. For the first time in its 63-year history, Bengaluru’s Independence Day Cup tournament opened up to women this year.

Education

“Bengaluru needs at least two more Kanteerava-like centres”: Pramila Aiyappa, Olympian

August 30, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

What training facilities do Bengaluru offer for its aspiring sportspersons? In this edition of Citizens Live, Olympian Pramila Aiyappa and para-athlete Shalini Saraswathi talk about existing facilities and what needs to change

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