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Experiences from part time community volunteer.

Where is the world's highest motorable road? And the nectar of seabuckthorn (better known as Leh berry)? In Leh, Ladakh, obviously! As many of us know, recently, terrible landslides and flash floods devastated this exotic part of India. Some of us have heard, seen and read heart rending accounts of the resulting death and destruction. And probably want to reach out to the people there.

Feeling the same, a group of five friends in Bangalore, namely, Manjari Ranasaria, Christina Daniels,  Lakshmi Karanth, Swathi Chaturvedi and Mayur Jain pondered about various ways to do that. Not wanting to ask people for money, they considered collecting clothes. However, they felt that the latter may be unsuitable and difficult to transport. Instead, they thought of accumulating old newspapers and magazines from their homes and others' and sell them to raise funds for Ladakh's flood affected. They believed that almost every household would…

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| | Comments (0) 28 Aug 2010

A peek into Visthar

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Art | Music | Dance | Traditions | Schools | Green Spaces | Trees | Children | People | Frazer Town | HSR Layout | Kammanahalli | Comments (0) 31 Jul 2010

Tracing the journeys of construction labourers

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Business and Economy | City Life | People | Domlur | Comments (0) 16 Jun 2010

Sexual minorities express themselves

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Art | Music | Dance | Traditions | Films | People | CBD | Comments (0) 27 Apr 2010

An insightful interaction on the evolution of women in Indian media

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Music | Films | People | CBD | Comments (0) 21 Mar 2010

...to question why

she needs permission

to answer nature


...to wonder aloud

why 'adults' often

discuss kids' issues

without consulting them


...to inform 'leaders'

that their needs

are critical too


...to remind elders

that they maybe

citizens of tomorrow

but are around now!

Inspired by what I saw and heard from and about the young during the Civil Society Summit 2010, a commemoration and re-examination of 60 years of the Indian Republic and its constitution, held in Bangalore from 24th-26th January. 


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Government | Children | Heritage | People | CBD | Comments (1) 22 Feb 2010

Children request inclusive public spaces

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BBMP | Children | City Life | CBD | Comments (0) 11 Jan 2010

We are one...

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People | CBD | Comments (0) 15 Dec 2009

A feast of culture, sport and the human spirit!

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Music | Dance | Traditions | Government | Children | City Life | Leisure | People | Sports | CBD | Koramangala | Comments (0) 28 Nov 2009

When some kids seem less special than others!

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Schools | Children | City Life | Benson Town | CBD | R T Nagar | Comments (0) 16 Nov 2009

Glimpses of jamming through October

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Art | Traditions | Local Business | City Life | Heritage | People | CBD | Comments (0) 26 Oct 2009

About those who enrich their lives and others'

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Labour | Children | People | Jayanagar | JP Nagar | Comments (1) 08 Oct 2009

Exploring creativity at and around a building site

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Art | Labour | Children | City Life | People | Indiranagar | Comments (0) 23 Sep 2009

Enjoying Teachers' Day

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Children | R T Nagar | Comments (0) 08 Sep 2009

A feast of Culture, Heritage and a Celebration of Public Commons

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Arts and Culture | Environment | Children | City Life | Heritage | Leisure | People | CBD | Comments (0) 27 Aug 2009

Urging women to walk courageously and confidently

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City Life | Crime | People | CBD | Comments (0) 11 Aug 2009

A role model for government schools

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Schools | Children | Vasant Nagar | Comments (1) 31 Jul 2009

…Hindus, Muslims, Christians, boys and girls", were the heart warming words of Afreen Sultana, a promising class IX student of a government aided English medium school in Matadahalli, R.T. Nagar. A fornight ago, it all began as a question on the difference between a nest and a cage with Firdaus (of class VII in the Urdu medium government school nearby). This led to the meaning and importance of freedom for all living beings, eliciting interesting responses from Alan, Chetan and Abhinaya (in classes VII, IX and VIII of various government aided English medium schools in North East Bengaluru) on accepted behaviour in public. Fortunately, this resulted in an enjoyable discussion on the interpretation of independence, patriotism, the country, our diverse identities and unity and finally the spontaneous utterance.

Arshia, Amreen, Alli & Manju with their creations (pic: PA)

These students are among the children at the after-school tutoring…

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Schools | Children | R T Nagar | Comments (0) 14 Jul 2009

About a Festival of Films and Dialogues on Violence against Women, Women against Violence

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Films | Children | Crime | People | Vasant Nagar | Comments (0) 04 Jul 2009

Children live with socio-economic disparities at school and outside

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Schools | Children | Jayanagar | Benson Town | Frazer Town | R T Nagar | Comments (3) 16 Jun 2009

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