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Living A Rewarding and Successful Life

26 February 2013 - 6:03pm — Bangalore is Mine

Quite often I have been hearing and reading news of people being termed of living a ‘successful life’.. They have been termed successful based on their talent, achievement, popularity and sometimes, public adulation

What IIM, HBR and New Age Gurus don’t Teach

22 February 2013 - 7:28pm — Bangalore is Mine

(Below is the blog published by me in my company portal. This is to set the tone for Ashwin Mahesh's campaign for the upcomming elections)

Country of a Billion Fools?

17 February 2013 - 1:01am — Bangalore is Mine

Most of us believe (or rather made to believe) that the 4 pillars of our democracy stands on Legislature, Executive, Judiciary and Press. However, in reality they are just watchdogs of the actual pillars that have overtaken the nation

Bangalore's Middle Class Apathy - Will crime, violations, corruption ever end?

27 January 2013 - 11:12am — Bangalore is Mine

Below is an recent article on the EWS demolition by Dr. Sylvia Karpagam, who is a public health doctor and has been documenting the human rights violations at the EWS site in Ejipura.

Identity of our ‘Civil Society’

21 January 2013 - 2:27pm — Bangalore is Mine

During the protest march at EWS Quarters, Ejipura, the Inspector-in-charge (named Prasad) warned one of the Resident- Representative that they would be arrested if they came in between the demolition work. When an representative from our group (civil society) stepped in and spoke to the inspector, he identified himself from an individual from an welfare group.

Demolition of EWS quarters at Ejipura- Is it legal?

20 January 2013 - 5:36pm — Bangalore is Mine

I had been to the protest march this morning and returned sometime back. It looks like the demolition cannot be stopped. Here are some events which unfolded.

BBMP commissioner had aparently agreed to stay the demolition for the next 2-3 months as consideration (children's education will be impacted.) However, no written commitment (the usual thing)

Bribery and the Convenience Fee.

18 January 2013 - 2:07pm — Bangalore is Mine

When I called the building plumber to replace the heating plate of my Water Heater, I was surprised to see that the MRP sticker was removed and the price he had paid seemed to be high (Rs 950/-). Being wary of it, I asked him to come next day, while I would source the plate myself.

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16 January 2013 - 3:44pm — Bangalore is Mine

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Are our current efforts good enough?

1 January 2013 - 9:13pm — Bangalore is Mine

I understand Praja is doing an outstanding work in terms of creating awareness and action groups .

However, do we think that we could have utilized the recent Delhi incident to highlight growing crimes and violations in our city?

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