Society

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.

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.

Condemning the attempt to communalise relief effort and demoralise frontline workers, activists demand inquiry and compensation.

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.

To simply ask youth to form small committees and help in COVID administration questions their ability and potential to be catalysts of change and pillars of hope in these difficult times.

How caste-based spatial segregation in Bengaluru contributes to economic marginalisation.

“Go ahead and celebrate March 8 the way you deem fit, but do not forget the work that is to be done”

The lack of recognition for women’s work and their status as workers is probably why International Women’s Day has been reduced to free drinks and supermarket discounts.

Whereas the formal economy could move to the WFH model, informal workers devised common sense strategies to keep their business alive post-lockdown.

While cases are rising and vaccines are being administered, here’s how active citizens, RWAs and establishments in Bengaluru are making a difference in keeping the virus at bay.

A Citizen Matters survey shows the poor state of women’s representation in the Managing Committees in Bengaluru apartments.

ಕಾನೂನಿನ ಅಜ್ಞಾನ, ನಗರ ಸೌಂದರ್ಯದ ಪ್ರಜ್ಞೆ ಮತ್ತು ಮೂಲಸೌಕರ್ಯಗಳ ಕೊರತೆ – ಇವೆಲ್ಲದರಿಂದ ರಸ್ತೆ ವ್ಯಾಪಾರವನ್ನು ಕಾನೂನು ಜಾರಿ ಮಾಡುವ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳು ಬೇಟೆಯಾಡುವ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಬಂದಿದೆ.