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Relevance of Shivaji and Maharashtra

Governance

Shivaji was a chieftain in the Pune area in Aurangzeb’s time. Aurangzeb as one can recall, was the last of mogul emperors whom the English defeated to take over the country. For the Wikipedia article click here [1]

Gated communities and town planning

Urban Development

 

Living in Indiranagar or any other BDA locality in Bangalore is like living in wilderness devoid an identity.  One cannot blame BDA entirely for this a seeming short sightedness. After all engineers are supposed to put to practice the engineering what they have learnt by rote.

You could be jailed if you comment on this post

Well, its possible. You could go to jail if your comment is not in compliance with the dreaded IT Act.  If you have been watching the news lately, you know what this means. Here is the Information technology act of 2000, amended in 2008, in full, sourced from a government site (Meghalaya police site!).

Sustainable economic practices for a healthy democracy

Economy

The meet started at 6:00 PM sharp with the following four on the dais:-

1.       Gautam Padmanabhan CEO westlands,

2.       Rev Father Dr. Vijay Kumar Prabhu Pricipal, St. Josephs College of Commers 

lecture on “The Great Churning: India’s Progressive Moment?” by Mr Pratap Bhanu Mehta on Mon, 26/11/12

26 Nov 2012 17:30
Asia/Calcutta
Economy

Like BTP's Public-Eye, why not BBMP as well?

Traffic Police just launched "Public Eye" (discuss that on Rithesh's old post here). I was wondering why BBMP too can't have similar system where one can take pictures of byelaw or public space violations and upload to BBMP.

World AIDS Day is December 1st. It's Impact on India

Public Health

World AIDS day is coming up in a week and I thought it would be important to talk about HIV and AIDS in all of India.

Cycle Tracks in Jaynagar - Residents unaware?

Cycle Tracks in Jayanagar, We have discussed this umpteen times. We have also discussed about how these tracks have become the parking spaces for other vehicles. Who should be held responsible? Govt ? Babus? Citizen's?

This DNA newspaper report makes it more interesting.

Recent Developments in Tibet - a discussion with Tenzin Tsundue

20 Nov 2012 18:00
Asia/Calcutta
Politics

Dear All

You ar all welcome to a discussion with Tenzin Tsundue on the recent developments in Tibet, the change in leadership in China and what all of this means for the future of Tibet.

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