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Infrastructure

All it took was Rs 850/- to fix the ugly spot in Church Street

July 4, 2014 The Ugly Indian

It had been nine years since Nandan and Co had tried and met with limited success. What else can one do? Go to the press? File an RTI application? Or is there something else they can do?

Infrastructure

Bengaluru Palike’s grand scheme: Food and play free for rats

June 26, 2014 The Ugly Indian

The Ugly Indian gives a brief of the other world that lies beneath Bangalore’s roads and footpaths.

The best weapon in the war against litter and public filth – the Gotcha! picture

June 16, 2014 The Ugly Indian

Read how The Ugly Indian quashed denials of public littering with photographic evidence. The last and final part of Chapter 11, ‘Steal Proofing’, from The Ugly Indian book.

Civic

Installing garbage bins can be a design challenge for city planners!

June 5, 2014 The Ugly Indian

If you thought The Ugly Indian is a random cleaning group, read this up. You will find out how brainy they are, and how they arrive at scientific solutions to city’s public space problems.

Steal-Proofing

May 28, 2014 The Ugly Indian

Anything and everything on the Indian street can be stolen – especially if it offers a resale value, or is reusable. The crucial thing, is to make your design steal-proof. Part 1 (of 3) of Chapter 11 of The Ugly Indian book.

Civic

A guide to taking charge of your neighbourhood – The Ugly Indian way

May 19, 2014 News Desk

Stop talking, start working. Bit by bit you can change your surroundings, and the world. This has been the TUI motto.

Kaam Chalu Mooh Bandh

May 19, 2014 The Ugly Indian

Veliyamma has dumped garbage in that very corner every morning, for the past 8 years. But today she had not done so. We asked her to come back later to help in the clean-up, and here she was! – Chapter 10 of The Ugly Indian book

Environment

Of broken windows and orphan spots

May 12, 2014 The Ugly Indian

Analyse a dump! Diagnose what was wrong? What was wrong with these guys – seems like they were the ones who needed their heads analysed and diagnosed! Chapter 9 from The Ugly Indian story.

Civic

Why doesn’t Bengaluru have garbage bins?

April 3, 2014 The Ugly Indian

Though the bins were removed in the year 2000, people still think of the area as a place to dump garbage. The look and feel of the area just adds to this assumption.

Civic

All it took was Rs 850/- to fix the ugly spot in Church Street

Bengaluru Palike’s grand scheme: Food and play free for rats

The best weapon in the war against litter and public filth – the Gotcha! picture

Installing garbage bins can be a design challenge for city planners!

Steal-Proofing

A guide to taking charge of your neighbourhood – The Ugly Indian way

Kaam Chalu Mooh Bandh

Of broken windows and orphan spots

Why doesn’t Bengaluru have garbage bins?

Influencing behaviour by changing the surrounding

A peaceful night out near the Church Street!

The Hit!

Being The Ugly Indian: It’s all about fixing whatever we can