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Non-shopping malls

16 October 2010 - 9:15pm — sourav894

One fine day, my teacher and I were discussing the mushrooming malls in the city of Bangalore. Here is an extract of the conversation-

Water water everywhere and not a drop to drink!

16 October 2010 - 9:04pm — sourav894

Why are we scared of drinking water? Everytime, when we travel, why are we afraid to drink water from railway station filters? Why do we so often come across shouts of “Don’t drink that water!” ringing in our ears?

The everyday assassination of Gandhi

16 October 2010 - 8:56pm — sourav894

Recently the country celebrated Gandhi jayanti. This day hardly meant anything to many of us. Most students and professionals enjoyed their day with friends or watching a recent film. But, don’t you think, it is high time we sit back and think his principles and ideologies and what this man stood for?

Replicating the real world…

16 October 2010 - 8:48pm — sourav894

It is a fact, that the virtual world is a replica of the real world. Atleast it tries to be one! I’ll prove my point with a simple example. Searching, is one of the primary tasks in Information Management. Let’s assume your friend is in a train compartment and you have to find him out. What are the ways possible?

A dirty business in schools

16 October 2010 - 8:42pm — sourav894

It is preposterous to see the long queues outside schools in Bangalore. These fine men and women are here for their kids admission into pre-primary sections. This school will demand lakhs of donation, and these parents will readily pay it! Some schools even demand minimum qualification of parents for admitting their wards. On what basis are they authorized to do so?

Spit and Pee in Public - Civic Sense of Bengaluru!

16 October 2010 - 7:55pm — kbsyed61

"Spit and pee in public, flyovers are more important". Yes, this is the title of the interesting article published in "Citizen Matters" by Vaishnavi Vittal.

http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/blogs/show_entry/2445-public-health-sanitation-bengaluru

'BMTC tweaks fares to fleece commuters'!?

14 October 2010 - 4:12pm — silkboard

Vasanth, Pathy sir and some others have always complained that BMTC fares are too high. Two senior citizens from Marathahalli claim that BMTC is charging far higher than prescribed fares. From the Hindu: http://www.thehindu.com/t...

G1/Old Airport Road - corridor detail, files

13 October 2010 - 9:06am — Naveen

See leading note (below) from earlier discussion, and also the attached files on corridor detailing, and signal cycle times.

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Exclusive bus lanes might not be necessary on old Airport rd because :

Praja Suddi - Issue 3

12 October 2010 - 10:38pm — shekhar_mittal

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