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Before some dental treatments, patients who have certain heart conditions and those with artificial joints are advised to take antibiotics. This is because, there may be a risk of developing an infection in the heart or at the site of the artificial joint. Premedication with antibiotics to reduce this risk is called antibiotic prophylaxis. procedures for people with: Artificial heart valves A history of infective endocarditis A cardiac transplant that develops
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Koramangala & HSR LaYout
Stop encroachment at Haralukunte Kere
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aralukunte Kere in Somasandrapalya, HSR Layout Sector II is the only water body in an area where almost all borewells are dry. Most apartments in the area do not have BWSSB water connection. Water tankers are the only option.
Pic: Facebook pageSaveOurSomasundarapalyaLake
To our dismay, our kere is shrinking rapidly with encroachers dumping debris everyday the past few months. We gave our complaints to the area Sub Inspector. He immediately asked the concerned officials to seize the tractor and warn the perpetrators from encroaching the lake. We also mailed BDA and LDA alerting them to the situation BDA Executive Engineer Somesh M C told us, “Action will be taken within two weeks and fencing will start after that.” Citizens of the area are meeting on September 1st to create awareness
on stopping encroachment and reviving a beautiful lake! Help us save our lake. Please join http://www.facebook.com/ SaveOurSomasundarapalyaLake.
Balasubramanian Thirunavukkarasu is one of the activists from HSR-X Federation trying to revive the lake.
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BBMP official files FIR against debris dumper
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hashi Kumar, Assistant Executive Engineer, BBMP, filed an FIR against a Chandramouli Reddy on August 4th, for illegally dumping the silt and debris on survey no. 69/1, Haralukunte, 15th B Main, 21st cross of Sector III, HSR layout. Kumar says, “Earlier, when the residents complained, we went and filed a complaint in the police station. But the same dumping event happened again - that’s when I went and filed an FIR against the accused.” When the residents went and asked Reddy to stop Silt and debris dumped in the open plot. Pic: Anisha Nair
dumping, he responded with abusive language. So two FIRs were filed under section 504 r/w IPC (Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and under section 283 r/w IPC (Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation) in the HSR Layout police station. On police request, Kumar took them to survey the spot. He says, “I took the inspector to survey the spot where the illegal dumping is happening, they made a mahazar (pronouncement) and the enquiry will start soon.” H M Javali, the general secretary of HSR Layout sector III RWA, says, “We had complained to the police one month ago and the police are still investigating the case. This silt and excavation from other sites has resulted in a lot of stench and mosquitoes in our houses.” Kumar adds the cleaning of the place will start, depending on the investigation report of the police. He says, “If the land does not belong to Chandramouli, then we will ask him to clean the place. and if by any chance, the land belongs to him, we will have to think of something else, (and) clean it.”
Anisha Nair
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Golden home, green home
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Karunaprasad Kanavi, 50, the son of Chennaveera Kanavi, the popular Kannada poet, and Vishakha Kanavi, 44, an artist, along with their son Kushal, and their dog - Dhoni, are the residents of this beautiful house. Hombelaku meaning ‘golden light’ is also the name of Chennaveera Kanavi’s collection of poems.
s you walk up 22nd cross, off 17th main in the 3rd sector of HSR Layout, the one thing that will Excerpts from the Interview: not fail to draw your attention is the How did this whole idea of an eco friendly Kanavi residence. The lush green house come up? around the unplastered house, is not something you will miss. This My wife and I always believed in the conservation of is Hombelaku - the Kanavi environment, recycling and Nimma residence in HSR layout. neighbour reusing. When we thought A vintage brass bell hangs of building a house, we outside. Inside bright wanted it to be a completely sunlight seeps through large eco-friendly house with lots of open skylights and a strong incense space. When we came across our greets you. This is HSR Layout’s architect Deepak Godhi, he told us
about this idea. Initially we were skeptical as we thought that a mud and clay house might collapse easily. But when our architect convinced us, we were quite excited about it.
What are your future plans related to the house? I want to make the house run completely on solar power. So I am planning to install solar panels. Everything from the lights and fans should run on solar energy. I am just waiting for the prices of the panels to decrease a bit. Then I’ll install them.
Anisha Nair
False promise to save Bellandur lake exposed
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WSSB is all set for a 90 MLD (million litres per day) Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) at Amanikane in Thubarahalli, near Varthur. BWSSB officials claim this project is to stop letting sewage water to Bellandur lake and this in turn will preserve the lake.
“We are doing this project to save Bellandur Lake. The 250 crores project, if implemented can also solve the water shortage of industries as the treated water could be used for non-potable purposes. We have invited tenders for the project.”
Currently sewage water from various areas in the city is reaching Agara near HSR Layout through pumping stations. From here the sewage is being pumped to the three STPs in the Koramangala and Challaghata valley for processing and are let out into Bellandur lake.
BWSSB Chief Engineer Narayana (Wastewater Management) says,
However, a Citizen Matters investigation has revealed that the proposed STP is not going to save Bellandur lake.
But these three STPs are not in proper running condition, and hence semitreated sewage flows into Bellandur Lake. M Suresh Babu, Technical Assistant, Karnataka Municipal Reforms Programme (KMRP) acknowledges this. But without fixing the three malfunctioning STPs contaminating Bellandur lake, BWSSB has tendered a massive new STP project downstream, for the overflow water coming out of Bellandur lake. The treated water cannot go back from Amanikane to Bellandur lake!
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Amanikane is 10 kms northeast of Bellandur lake. The sewage water coming from Bangalore along the Koramangala and Challaghatta Valley has to go through Bellandur lake first before the overflow reaches the site where the Amanikane STP is to be constructed.
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Tangled up in tangy flavours I
mli or Tamarind - an important ingredient of gravies that brings a completely different flavour to the dish. Hence the name, Tamarind. The restaurant has branches in Indiranagar and Banaswadi. This restaurant is a part of the same group that owns Enigma, the pub, and a rooftop restaurant interestingly called ‘Over the Top.’ All three are located in the same building. Tamarind has a simple ambience and the menu has lots of options. For starters, the tandoori aloo is cooked just right. The Mushroom Handi and Garlic Naan was a perfect choice for the main course. The gravy had a generous amount of capsicum and onion. The diced mushrooms were
This giant will not satisfy This new restaurant on Bellandur road will definitely draw your attention with the images of a giant with his mouth wide open, displayed along the building. But it is not a place you will come back to, the food and the service is substandard. The buffet is simply a waste of time. Be it soup, starters or the main course, everything cold! The paneer was hard, the rotis too were cold and hard. The vegetables were either overcooked or undercooked and there was no attempt to chop them to bite size. The apricot rice and dal makhani are the only dishes that is palatable but that too was cold though! And it is pricey too. A meal for two costs `1200 (without alcohol). Alcohol is served here. Address: Above Snap Fitness, Outer Ring Road, Next to Shobha Hibiscus, Bellandur.
cooked to perfection. And all of this came with the flavour of tamarind. Popular non-vegetarian dishes are Mutton Rogan Josh and Murgh Lasooni Tikka. You’ll have to wait for a while before the food is served, as the service is a bit slow.
an earnest attempt to bring the curry close to the Mangalorean recipe, however the prawns, were not as juicy and soft as it is supposed to be, but wasn’t bad. They also serve squids and crabs and a mixed seafood platter which is
The best part is, you don’t have dig deep into your pocket to experience the rich taste of Tamarind. A meal for two costs Rs 500 (without alcohol). And of course you get to enjoy your drink straight from Enigma, the pub below. Address: 25th Block, 100 Feet Road, Opposite Canara Bank, Koramangala. Ph: 25633899, 080 25420438
Anisha Nair From Mangalore to Punjab
Havelock, in JP Nagar 5th Phase, though multicuisine, largely serves Mangalorean and North Indian food. This month-old restaurant has all the usual fare. The menu is extensive especially for non-vegetarians. The recommended dish for non-vegetarian food lovers would be Prawn Gassi (Mangalorean Prawn Curry) served with plain steamed rice or neer dosa. The curries also taste good when served with neer dosa. The typical Mangalorean food usually comprises seafood and poultry. It is prepared with a coconut base. It’s high on spices but is not very oily. The curry has a tangy flavour. It was
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slightly overpriced. The North Indian menu has the usual staples. Murg Kalimirch along with some tandoori roti was spicy. Amazingly, this restaurant also serves thalis with vegetarian, chicken, fish options. For desserts, the gajar ka halwa was low on sugar but tasted good. The service is up to mark. The average cost for two would be Rs 600. Alcohol is not served. Address: #253, 2nd Floor, 24th Main, 16th Cross, JP Nagar 5th phase. Ph: 42242572/ 8277489707
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Kannada books for the old and the young!
Check outs Kannada books are available at the following shops: Atta Galatta: #75, 2nd Main, 1st Block, Koramangala. Ph: 30181626 Sapna Book House: #6, 80 Feet Road, Koramangala 7 Block, Koramangala. Ph: 40839999 Prism Bookstore: #16, 11th Main, 4th Block, Jayanagar. Ph: 9844066375 Ankita Pustaka: #53, Sham Singh complex, Gandhi Bazaar, Basavanagudi. Ph: 26617755 The Book Shoppe: #407/1, 1st A Cross, 7th Block, Koramangala. Ph: 41104031
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annada is dying because of increasing usage of English language is an oft-repeated refrain. Many activists and Kannada lovers are trying to revive the charm of the language in various ways. Gaanchali bidi Kannada maathadi, a Facebook community has taken efforts to revive the language in a unique way. A new bookstore cum cafe and activity center in Koramangala - Atta Galatta aims to encourage regional language books. Founders Subodh
Sankar and wife Lalitha Lakshmi wanted to promote books written in regional languages. Sankar says they expected only middle-aged or older readers to buy regional books, “But once we started operating, we found out that a lot of youngsters were interested in reading Kannada and other regional language books.” Lalitha adds, “There are a lot of people who want to read Kannada fiction and novels. We are just providing a platform and trying to make the regional languages a trend.” K Gopalakrishna of Prism bookstore in Jayanagar says, “People like to read a lot of fiction, comics and crime stories in Kannada.” He adds the most popular Kannada books sold, are of authors S L Bhyrappa for fiction and Ravi Belegere for crime.
Sankar says they expected only middle-aged or older readers to buy regional books, “But once we started operating, we found out that a lot of youngsters were interested in reading Kannada and other regional language books.” Got feedback on our articles? Give us a missed call at 080-300 88 615
Total Kannada: 638, 31st Cross, 10th B Main Road, Jayanagar. Ph: 9243455672, 9986222402 Book Bazaar: New #199F, Devaram Complex, 27th Main, 3rd Block, Jayanagar. Book Stop: #485, KHB colony, 5th Block, Koramangala. Ph: 9986831737 Nagashree Books: #33, BDA complex, 4th Block, Jayanagar. Ph: 26630993 Just Books: Puttenahalli Main Road, VI Phase, JP Nagar. Ph: 60015285
These books are mainly adult fiction read by those aged 16 to 40. Gopalakrishna adds a large part of Kannada books sold are reprints of old books. Aarathi Sudhakar, a management student from Jayanagar says, “My mother reads a lot of Kannada fiction. Once, I picked it up and tried reading. I found it so interesting that I completed the whole book in 4 to 5 days.” She has since got hooked to Kannada books and reads regularly.
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Discrimination or rumour, what drove them away?
While Chief Minister of Karnataka, Jagadish Shettar, has been reported to say that normalcy is has returned to the city and despite the rumours, there has been no such attacks. N V Krishna Kumar, General Secretary - Media and Communications Wing, Karnataka State Janata Dal (Secular) believes that the rumour mongering was behind the exodus. But at the same time he lambasts the government for the deteriorating law and order situation in Bangalore.
More than 20,000 people fled the city over rumours of violence. Why was there such widespread panic? What could have stopped them?
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t is seven days since the mass exodus of residents of North Eastern states from different parts of India including Bangalore, started. Though the number of people leaving has reduced, it is estimated that around 24,000 have fled. What was the reason for the panic, while there have been numerous assurances from all quarters that this is a safe city? Thousands of people from Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh flock to places like Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Delhi and Chennai every year in search of better education and employment opportunities. While they have easy access to colleges and different employment opportunities, their ‘Mongoloid features’ have always marked them as an outsider. Misunderstood cultural norms a cause? Johnson Rajkumar, is from Manipur and is an assistant professor in the Department of Mass Communication, St Joseph’s College of Arts and Science, Bangalore.
Rajkumar says, people from the north eastern states are not integrated with locals. He says that the working class migrants are not able to mix very well with society, which makes them more vulnerable. He adds, “We have been also denied renting spaces in Bangalore. The reason may be owing to our food habit, culture; we don’t know.” Echoing similar sentiments is Manohar Elavarthi, a human rights activist, who considers citizens from Northeast, a minority among minority. He says, “(they) are susceptible to attacks, assaults and discrimination because of the fact that men and women mix very well in their community. People think of them as immoral, specially about the women.” Elavarathi thinks that the community does not want to make noise about discrimination because it might them lose out in Bangalore, like they did in Delhi. He adds that the community does not have a strong leadership here in Bangalore. “Lack of a leader made them flee to their hometowns. Even though government promised to protect them, they did not rely on the government owing to complete lack of trust,” he adds. What political parties think.
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When asked about discrimination against residents from northeastern states, he says that it’s not only they who are vulnerable. He says, “All minorities are exposed to such kind of atrocities.”
Elavarathi thinks that the community does not want to make noise about discrimination because it might them lose out in Bangalore, like they did in Delhi He pointed out a report that said the affected people were not able to lodge a complaint and police didn’t file an FIR. “Filing an FIR is tough even for a local Kannadiga,” he added. Congress MLA, Roshan Baig agrees. He said the muslim community also faces similar discrimination. He said, “Muslims too are denied rental (accommodation) at various places like Jayanagar, JP Nagar or Malleswaram.” He does believe though there was a fear psychosis, some politicians capitalising on the situation to push their own agenda, was a reason behind the exodus. However BJP MLA, B N Vijayakumar denies any such connection between exodus and discrimination. He cites parents worrying in Assam due to the ethnic violence in the state, is the cause for this trend.
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rivate water tankers in Bangalore are exploiting the situation that desperately demands their service and there is no authority to monitor them. Majority of new apartments rely on water tankers and residents are often afraid of questioning the quality, for fear of retribution. “We are at the mercy of water tank people, if they stop providing water, we will be in trouble. Knowing that, they keep on increasing the price of water and do not produce water quality test results,” says Saurabh Bansal, apartment association committee member, in charge of water at Springfield apartment, Sarjapur Road.
Water on wheels. But where is it rolling in from? Is it safe to consume that water? Despite notification to set up a monitoring system, no one’s actually monitoring the water bearers of the city.
Water tankers rule, no one to
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The residents now pay around Rs 400 for one load of water (6000 litres). But any questions and the tanker suppliers threaten to stop the service.
No authority in Bangalore to monitor private water tankers
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The Ground Water Authority was formed in the year 2011, under Karnataka Groundwater (Regulation and Control of Development and Management) Act, 2011. The Authority, held a meeting at Khanija Bhavan in the beginning of this year Borewell sucking out water at a graveyard on Panattur road. Pic: Sankar C G
to form mandatory guidelines for private water suppliers. There was also a decision to identify engineers to monitor private water suppliers. The notification to this effect was issued on 12th July 2012. However, when Citizen Matters checked with Executive Engineers of Koramangala, HSR Layout and Malleshwaram, they were not aware that they were in-charge of monitoring the water tankers. “We are not supposed to monitor private water tankers, if it is government water we would have taken care it. It is the duty of BBMP to take care
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of private water tankers,” says Ravindra Kumar, Assistant Executive Engineer BWSSB. BBMP however points fingers back at BWSSB.
There is no clarity on the source of water Water tankers are relying on borewells located everywhere from nearby lakes, paddy fields, private residences and even burial grounds. For instance, some tankers source water from borewells near Bellandur lake and the burial ground on Panathur Road (connecting Outer Ring Road to Varthur). Shashirekha M V, water researcher and former official of Department of Mines and Geology, feels that borewells near burial ground can carry polluted water. “Whatever the chemical you put along with the dead body, percolate into the groundwater. Automatically it reaches the nearby borewells,” says Shashirekha.
Water tanker suppliers rarely produce any lab test results that confirm the potability of the water. Of the few who do, the details are vague. Citizen Matters has a copy of the lab test done by Bangalore Analytical Research Center for Sangameshwara Water Suppliers. The report however does not have the details of source of the water that was tested. When contacted, the president of an un-registered tanker owners association refused to share information about their water sources or pricing.
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ff late My 12-year-old daughter, has stopped listening to me and also wants to copy whatever her friends do. She was a good student last year, but now her scores in some subjects are falling. I am unable to understand, what has happened to her? This is a common scenario in any household which has an adolescent. Adolescence is a period of tumultuous change from childhood to adulthood, starting at 10 years of age till 18 years. Numerous changes are occurring at this time — physical, sexual, emotional and
psychological. Your daughter is in her early adolescence, where the rapid growth in the body baffles them. She is struggling with the sense of Identity for herself. They want to start thinking independently. Friends of the same sex become their most important pre-occupation and family takes a backseat. At this stage, they form a body image and feel awkward about one’s body. Your daughter should feel free to talk to you about all her dilemmas, whether physical , sexual or emotional. Developing
Meet the Gastronaut
this relationship and open communication needs quality time with parents. Create an atmosphere of honesty, trust and respect . Know their friends and be their friends. Teach them to cope with problems face to face. Teach them the limits of a rule in the family. They need to be taught the sense of responsibility towards themselves and others. Dr. Sonia S Kanitkar is a paediatrician, specialised in handling both children and teenagers’ issues. She answers some questions from anxious parents of teenagers.
sliced/shelled/peeled, etc. She decided to take this on as the theme for her project, specifically focussing on children. During her research, Pushpi found a common yet disturbing thread, the disconnect with food. She recognised it is a growing trend and decided address it.
To do so, she zeroed in on a product kit called the Gastronaut’s kit that includes A Gastronaut guide book twin set of reusable A shopping bags (one each for an adult and child) with handy tips on buying fresh ingredients.
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twin set of kitchen aprons A (one each for an adult and child) with printed messages that offer tips on getting started in the kitchen
ushpi Bagchi, a young illustrator and visual communication designer from Srishti School of Art, Design & Technology, recently conducted a three hour workshop ‘Planting an edible garden.’ It was a fun mix of story-time, experience-sharing, eating some delicious food prepared from fresh vegetables and finally some handson seed sowing.
For those interested in organising a similar session with children in your neighbourhood school/apartment complex or child’s friends circle you could contact Pushpi at pushpi_18@ hotmail.com
set of six table mats A to sit down at the table and share a meal. The main characters from the guidebook appear on the mats and speak to each other across the mats. The Chlorophyll conversations person laying the table has to figure out the vinita suryanarayanan order in which to lay the mats as it includes a conversation on growing food.
Pushpi says this evolved from her graduation project, where they started a cooking club that they named ‘Gastronauts’! It occurred to her that there is a possibility that many children of today may soon forget what an actual vegetable looks like since everything comes re-
The idea was that each of these will serve as a tool to help the parents/adult and children get involved at every stage and learn more about the source of their food. She feels this is one way she can reach out to more children and ensure that they remain well and truly connected with the source of their food.
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ayanagar based N Mukund, Joint Secretary of Citizens Action Forum, send us a hard hitting letter on the city’s garbage mess. This year, BBMP has raised the garbage cess it is collecting as part of property tax. It came a day before the latest nightmare at the Mavallipura landfill is about to unfold. Mukund is challenging BBMP to explain what it has done with the garbage cess collected with the property tax last year and questions the body’s decision to raise the cess this year. “As citizens, we wish to know how the steps taken by BBMP for the past one year has improved the city’s waste management problem”, he writes. “Has BBMP enforced segregation at source, constructed dry waste collection centers at each ward, guaranteed that sufficient lorries are deployed every day, have they taken care of health hazards of pourkarmikas..”, he asks. Not stopping there, he adds that officials and elected representatives have travelled to Mumbai, Pune and abroad as a part of study tour on handling garbage, and it is not clear their visits benefited Bangalore’s mounting garbage problem. “What is the justification for collecting more cess”, he asks. Mukund is plain: he believes BBMP is taking citizens for a ride.
citizens also believe BBMP is taking them for the ride, and a life-threatening one. Villagers living around Bengaluru’s massive landfill here which receives thousands of tons of Bengaluru’s garbage are frustrated. The landfill has led to a health disaster and villagers have been up in arms for years. Recently, the state’s pollution watchdog ordered the BBMP to suspend sending city waste to the site, until the processing problems had been sorted out. However, BBMP managed to get the state government to reverse the decision and on August 23rd, trucks laden with the city’s garbage were back there, with hundreds of police to stop villagers from resistance. This is the state of affairs in global Bengaluru with its swanky malls, campuses and upmarket communities. The comprehensive breakdown in waste management from source to disposal has an ugly political side to it which will likely blow up sooner rather than later. The assembly elections are not that far away. “We will also make garbage management an issue for next assembly elections”, threatens Mukund, is his letter. We hope the villagers are Mavallipura will also take it up at election time in their area. If garbage can become a public issue across the Bangalore region in the 2013 elections, it can only be a good thing.
Far away in Mavallipura, another group of
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Now: a citizen-govt committee to mull over Koramangala project
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fter High Court ordered the stay on signal-free corridor work in Koramangala, citizens have now formally been asked to suggest alternatives. A sub-committee, comprising six citizen representatives and four government representatives, was formed on August 13th, and has to submit line drawings of alternate plans on August 25th. The subcommittee has had its first meeting on August 21st. Its citizen members are Nitin Seshadri, Vijayan Menon, Narayana Reddy
and Jayaramu from Koramangala RWAs, Sudhakar Reddy representing Venkatapura RWAs, and Dr Mohan from St John’s Medical College. Government representatives are top engineers of BBMP and BDA, ACP (Traffic) of Adugodi, and the Chairman of IISc’s CiSTUP. This sub-committee was formed by, and has to report to, a governmentappointed committee. This government-appointed committee will study the report and hold hearings, as per court order, and
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will submit a final report to HC on September 15th. Court will give its verdict on the project on October 5th. The government’s committee comprises top officers of UDD, traffic police and CiSTUP. This committee has said that the idea of signal-free corridor itself can be relooked at. Residents’ main concern is that, with signal-free corridor, local traffic will be difficult to manage, and more vehicles will come to the area congesting it.
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Feature Koramangala based Asha Niketan is a home for the intellectually challenged. Structured as a family unit, the members share love, warmth and care.
Sharing joy and pain
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ome to a community of some forty amazing people, around thirty of Asha Niketan’s members are ‘intellectually challenged’ adults, the rest being assistants who live with them as members of a small family. Although Bangalore has several institutions catering to ‘mentally retarded’ people, Asha Niketan is probably the only one that is structured as a family unit, providing its members love, warmth and care which most ‘normal’ families lack. Fourteen of the ‘intellectually challenged’ members of the Asha Niketan family live on campus, in cheerful and airy rooms. Some of them have no family members or have been abandoned by them. The rest are what are called ‘day workers’, living with their parents and commuting to Asha Niketan five days a week. Their age ranges from 20 years onwards. The oldest, Georgie, is 85. Their mental age ranges from one to about five, and some of them suffer additional handicaps related to speech and physical disability. Paul, the current leader of the community, has served in Asha Niketan for some twenty-five years. ‘It’s the love that I receive and am able to share with members of this family that keeps me going,’ he says. Visit Asha Niketan on any weekday and you’ll find its member laughing and cracking jokes as they go about weaving mufflers and bath-mats, smoothening bits of bamboos to be made into picture-frames and pen-holders, embroidering bits
Above: Mealtime at
of cloth to turn into Asha Niketan. Right: greeting cards, folding Chikku and Chris, live old newspapers into at Asha Niketan. Below: paper-bags, and Asha Niketan members making candles. After enjoy regular outings. Pic: Yoginder Sikand lunch and an hour’s break it is back to spend the pocket-money that they the workshops sunny, fun-filled earn from their work on ice-cream workspaces till tea-time, and juice and generally have fun. after which everyone Once a year, the entire family goes comes together again Citizen on a vacation to a hill-station or a Reports to chat or play. Once a beachside town. week the family goes out to the local park or Occasionally, volunteers drop by to a temple or church, where they and spend time. Volunteers can serve in many ways: helping in the workshops and promoting their products, mobilising funds, assisting in the kitchen, and, best of all, chatting with and helping members of the family.
Seeing them love, laugh, argue, chat, work, cry, shout, play and meditate together, you’d definitely wish all other families were that way! And, as you will definitely agree, what a wonderfully different world it would then be!
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Members of the Asha Niketan family come from diverse religious, caste and class backgrounds but are mercifully unaware of such humanly- constructed differences. Seeing them love, laugh, argue, chat, work, cry, shout, play and meditate together, you’d definitely wish all other families were that way! And, as you will definitely agree, what a wonderfully different world it would then be! Yoginder Sikand is a Koramangala based writer who occasionally visits Asha Niketan.
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HSR Layout residents celebrate Independence day
Koramangala HSR Layout Water tankers rule, no one to question
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Private water tankers fulfill a desperate need
he 66th anniversary of Independence Day celebration was commemorated with traditional enthusiasm and zest by residents of HSR Layout Sector 2, on Aug 15th. The Independence day celebration was planned and organised by the new Management Committee of the RWA of HSR Sector II. It was good to see young kids, children, women and men including a large number of senior citizens celebrating the day. There were people from different parts of the country.
S Vishwanath, a Bangalore based Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) consultant feels that water tankers are doing a good job but he adds that there are flaws in the system. “Around 1000 water tankers are there in Bangalore if they stop supplying water, our city will be at a standstill. BDA should not allow constructions if there is no water sources. BWSSB should fix the price of the water (for all consumers) at Rs 36 per 1000 litre, then people will not waste water,” he said.
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The celebrations started with the General Secretary Chandrasekhar welcoming everyone which was followed by a motivating speech by the President, Brig. Murthy.
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The national flag was unfurled to the tunes of the national anthem. After this, the national pledge was recited by everyone present. The ceremony ended with distribution of sweets and vote of thanks by the Vice President Sanjay Bal Gopal. Brig Murthy is the president of RWA HSR Layout Sector 2
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see & do THEATRE Ranga Shankara plays 1 Sat, Treadmill (H), 70 mins (also at 3.30 pm) 2 Sun, 4 Tue, 5 Wed, After Life of Birds, (E), 80 mins (also at 3.30 pm on Sun) 6 Thu, 7 Fri, An Evening with Anton Chekhov, (E), 70 mins 8 Sat, Vanity Bag (K), 75 mins 9 Sun, Hayavadana, (K), 120 mins (also at 3.30 pm) 11 Tue, 12 Wed, Chitrapata (K), 105 mins 13 Thu, 14 Fri, Lakshapati Rajana Kathe (K), 120 mins 15 Sat, Balura Gudikara (K), 120 mins (also at 3.30 pm) Rangashankara, 8th Cross, Nt To Post Off, JP Nagar, Phase II, Ph: 2649 3982.
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S P Balasubramanyam musical journey Tickets available at Buzzingtown.com Sat 25 Aug, 6pm to 9pm, Tripura Vasini, Palace Grounds, Near Mekhri Circle, Ph: 9986984878/ 41613766 Veena recital by Kalaimamani Sri S Srinivasan (disciple of Rajeswari Padmanabhan) accompanied by Ganakala Sri C Cheluvaraju - Mridangam Sat 25 Aug, 6pm, Ananya Sabhangana, 91/2, 4th Main, Malleswaram, Ph: 9980991110
Dance
Dance concert Bharathantayam by Prakruthi L S, Mohiniyattam by Rekah Raju, Odissi by Vandana Supriya Sun 26 Aug, 6pm, Seva Sadana, Malleswaram, Ph: 9980991110 Dance workshop Sun 2 Sep, 2pm to 5pm, Smriti Nandan, Vasanth Nagar (Near Mount Carmel
College), Ph: 9611022757, 9845344009 or 9886104631
Photography Photography day out in Melukote Darter Photography takes you on a photography outing to Melukote, to capture the ancient structures, heritage sites, its traditions, its people, its celebrated puliogres that can be relished by the street. Join Darter Photography on a day out to Melukote armed with your cameras and guided by expert travel photographers. Sat Aug 25, register here: register@ darter.in, Ph: 98800 06460 Weekend photography classes More details: www.photo-workshop. in Sun 2 Sep 4pm to Sun 23 Sep 8pm The Academy of Photo Art, opp Spice Garden, Marathahalli Main Road, Ph: 9741712578
workshops Workshop for Children Identifying Traditional and Responsible ways of Celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi Sat 8 Sep, 9.30am to 4.30pm, Environment Support Group, 1572, 100 feet Outer Ring Road, Banashankari 2nd Stage, Ph: 26713559/60/61 Email: shashi@esgindia.org, Website: www.esgindia.org Science Demo every Sunday ScienceUtsav is organizing free science demo classes for kids aged 7 to 14 years. Learn science with fun filled science experiments and Handson activities. Please register for free. ScienceUtsav #627, 1st floor, 1st B main road, 7th block, Jayanagar (W), Near Yediyurkere, Behind Srushti hospital. www.scienceutsav.com Call 9945313269
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Let’s Live Together’s puppy adoption camp Sun 2 Sep, 6am to 6pm Sankey Tank, Malleswaram entrance, Opp Ayyappa Temple, Ph: 9986413916 Weekend at Suchitra Film Academy Kannada Chintane: Talk about Peer Saheb by Dr M B Nagaraj, Light Music by R Hadapa and team and Nani Angala Weekend Play: T P Kailasam’s “HOME RULE” Dir: Madhav Rao Sun Aug 26, 6pm, 36, 9th Main, B V Karanth Road, Near-Post Office, Banashankari 2nd Stage, Ph: 26711785 Book release by Ltd Gen Arjun Ray of his book “Peace is Everybody’s Business - Strategy for Conflict Prevention” Tue 4 Sep, 6.30pm, Bangalore International Centre, TERI Complex, 4th Main, 2nd Cross, Domlur II Stage Ph: 98865 99675, 25359680
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Vidushis Kavitha and Triveni, popularly known as Saralaya sisters singing at “Karnataka Vaibhava” held on the 17th to 19th August at the Indian Heritage Academy Hall, Koramangala. http:// nadasurabhi.org LIST your event free! Submit your events online www.citizenmatters.in or mail events@citizenmatters.in
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Oota from your Thota in JP Nagar Know all about organic kitchen gardening, composting and healthy eating this Sunday at JP Nagar. The event will have discussions, along with exhibition and sale of gardening materials.
are expecting more than 1000 people this time”, he adds. Dr Narayana Reddy, the well known organic farming pioneer, from Doddaballapur will be one of the guest speakers. Earth Warriors, an initiative of Bangalore Mirror, which provides a platform for all nature activists and enthusiasts, is supporting the event. Introductory classes on terrace gardening were held last week, with over 500 people attending the various sessions.
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ota from your Thota, an event for organic gardening enthusiasts, will be held this Sunday Aug 26th, in JP Nagar III phase. The participants and invitees at ‘Oota from your thota’ include practitioners, vendors, and enthusiasts; promising an interesting, informative and hands-on experience for all visitors. If you are a newbie, you will learn where to start. If you are already a gardener, you will still get new ideas to implement in your own patch of green! You can find seeds, saplings, organic pesticides, compost, composters and other garden products, and organic vegetables, fruits, snacks and more. Participants include Green Foundation, VMSRF, Daily Dump, BM school, Pristine organics, Health Smart Kids, Adi Naturals, Navadarshanam etc.
“There will be an area dedicated to OTG (Organic Terrace Garden community) members for discussion and exchange of ideas and also to showcase the plants that they have grown to inspire budding gardeners,” says Dr B N Viswanath, pioneer of terrace gardening in Bangalore and one of the organisers of the event. “The idea of this organic mela is to spread the awareness on urban farming. We
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The event is organised by Garden City Farmers Trust (GCFT), an NGO that promotes organic farming. Citizen Matters is one of the media partners for the event. (Visitors can buy copies of Citizen Matters’ new book: Living in Bengaluru and eco-friendly shopping bags at our stall!)
Oota from your Thota, 26 Aug, 9 am to 5 pm. Shree Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind. CA-1B, 3rd Cross, 3rd Phase, J P Nagar. Ph: 9845538928
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last word
Sometimes in Mommyland, it is good to laugh Parenting can turn you like that, making you tick mark stuff off your list as you get on through the day. In the process, we forget to have fun.
you a whole lot of good to laugh. It eases the situation when it seems like both you and the child are going out of control, makes you sane enough to see the lighter side of parenting, which we lose track of sometimes. Of course, it’s easier said than done.
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Parenting makes you tick mark stuff off your list as you get on through the day - Brushing teeth: Check.
friend recently posted pictures of her daughter at the dining table attempting to demolish a cake all by herself. To say that she was covered in chocolate would be an understatement. I was feeding the younger child when I spotted the picture and laughed out loud. In a minute the slightly harried atmosphere around me - baby refusing to eat, older child whining about what was on his plate, turned lighter. Sometimes in Mommyland, it does
fathom why rice has to do a nonstop journey from plate to mouth, without any stops on the mattress or their own T-shirts in between. What helps is to know that you aren’t going at it alone. There are others who have had chocolate milk spilt over their favourite couch and laughed to tell the tale. Which is why it helps to read blogs or books that takes parenting on a lighter vein.
Somewhat like Erma Bombeck, the writer who made parenting sound like a Reshmi Chakraborty laundry basket that’s always spilling over but had a good Breakfast banana: Check. Afternoon laugh over putting it back. Laughter fruit: Check. Evening park stroll: rises of tragedy, said Bombeck, Check. Handwash: Check when you need it the most, and But we are so busy ticking things off rewards you for your courage. the list that we forget to have fun Parenting is no tragedy but our while doing them. We forget that inability to take it on a lighter vein in most cases, we are dealing with a most of the times, certainly is. tiny human being who doesn’t quite confessionS of a second time mom
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