Society | Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

“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.

“BSY must act against communalisation of COVID” demand Bengaluru activists

May 7, 2021 News Desk

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

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.

“Youth already in forefront of fight against COVID”

April 22, 2021 Ekta Sawant

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.

Impact of social segregation on employment opportunities

April 12, 2021 Pragathi Ravi

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

“Real life awaits post-March 8, every year”

March 31, 2021 Roohi Dixit

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

What Women’s Day means for Bengaluru’s women labourers

March 30, 2021 Juhi Jotwani

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.

Adapting to survive: Stories of repair economy workers

March 29, 2021 Purna Sarkar and Himadri Das

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

It isn’t over: Bengaluru’s fight and the pandemic

March 24, 2021 Harini Raghavan

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.

Women’s representation in apartment managing committees poor: Survey

March 17, 2021 Navya P K

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

“ರಸ್ತೆ ವ್ಯಾಪಾರಿಗಳು ಹಕ್ಕುದಾರರು, ಹೊರಗಿನವರಲ್ಲ”

February 25, 2021 Pragathi Ravi

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

How street vendors survive in “silent” Sadashivanagar

February 23, 2021 Juhi Jotwani

Street vending is the last image one associates with Sadashivanagar, the locality of the rich and powerful. But it exists, albeit with unique, unsaid rules.

The mystery of the derelict locomotive in Indira Gandhi Park

February 10, 2021 T R Raghunandan

A heritage enthusiast plays history’s detective to discover a rare gem that was hiding in plain sight.

“Street vendors are claimants, not intruders”

January 29, 2021 Pragathi Ravi

Ignorance of law, an elitist sense of urban aesthetics and lack of infrastructural permanence makes street vending an easy target for law enforcement agencies.

Why Akme Encore’s residents cook extra breakfast

January 28, 2021 Deepika Ahuja

Twenty volunteers make extra breakfast every day, pack them into boxes and send them to a bridge school meant for children of migrant workers.