Here's Bannerghatta Road, at the Jayadeva flyover; four years ago, all the trees that had been planted on this road were cut down and the road widened, and the flyover built. Can you see even a blade of grass in the (continue reading)

Lokayukta has done it again; surfacing the bemani properties of corrupt sr.govt officials… this still seems to be the tip of the iceberg … Lok Ayukta sleuths swooped down on the Bangalore residence of Davangere assistant commissioner (continue reading)

Meet Raju, our dhobiwalla from Frazer Town. He’s been a regular with us over the last 25 years. And a good example of peripheral relationships in old Bangalore. You know all about his kids and he has seen your kids growing up right from the (continue reading)

While some prefer to buy new books, there are still many who prefer visiting the book lane ( avenue road) to these merchants / book sellers who encourage people to re-use and re-cycle ( circulate) the ‘used’ books for the needy, on a (continue reading)

Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore, is the venue for "Urban Changes", and exhibition of the photographs of three people-- Clare Arni , Mahesh Shantaram , and Vivek M. , from July 18 to 31, from 9.30 am to 6.30 pm each day. There are also a few (continue reading)

I live in south Bangalore, and there was a time when Chowdiah was *the* venue for all theatre. But, after having gone yesterday (Friday, 11th July 2008) for a play at Chowdiah, I have resolved not to go there again, if it is a weekday. This, of (continue reading)

Pawan Kumar is staging two of his plays, "The Final Rehearsal", and "The Woman in Me", at Ranga Shankara ; the first on July 15 and 16 at 7.30pm, and the second on July 17 and 18, at the same time. "The Final Rehearsal" is a dark comedy about (continue reading)

I went today to watch "The Final Rehearsal" by ACTor Productions, Bangalore , and came away very impressed with a theatre group that seems to have got its...er...act together, with a very talented team, led by Pawan Kumar. The play is all (continue reading)

I have always appreciated Girish Karnad's plays, and have watched some of them in many languages...and so it's a pleasure for me to put up this announcement from IFA about his new play.... Puravankara Presents Wedding Album (continue reading)

An old adage says “there is more happiness in giving than in receiving”. With this in mind, Maxanim Consulting, a business consulting firm in Bangalore is getting together with Pixetra , the photo store, and holding a photography competition (continue reading)

Date: 27th July, 2008 Starting time: 8 am Starting point: Alankar Plaza, Kempe Gowda Road, Gandhinagar, Bangalore 560009 Ending time: Approximately 10:30 am Ending point: Malleswaram Circle To participate mail Karthik S at skthewimp [at] (continue reading)

Here's a message from a friend, about a meeting I consider it important to attend: There will be a meeting at Environment Support Group (ESG) at 3.30 pm tomorrow (Sat. 5th), to discuss and strategise on two very important issues concerning (continue reading)

Ranga Shankara and DHNiE (Deccan Herald Newspapers in Education) are staging a theatre festival, which will kick off on July15, and will feature a total of 35 shows till the end of August. The festival starts off with "Gumma Bande Gumma" (an (continue reading)

The thought of having to visit the Labor office was scary. I don’t know why but for some reason the idea was not exciting and I did it cos I couldn’t get someone else to do it. I imagined a crammed small office, with officers who would be very (continue reading)

With their production of "Art", Evam, the theatre group from Chennai whom many Bangaloreans have learnt to think of as their own, proved conclusively that they possess tremendous talent. "Art" is described in their brochure as "serious comedy". (continue reading)