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Tag Archives: Bangalore

Posted on 9 March 2018 by churumuri
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A picture that speaks a thousand words on assets, liabilities and the damn Communists


When N. Lakshman Rau, IAS, the man who built the best parts of Bangalore, including all the 10 blocks of Jayanagar, retired as the City’s top administrator, he moved into …

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Posted on 8 May 2012 by churumuri
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Girish Karnad: J.P. Nagar to China via Singapore


Girish Karnad in the Daily Beast: “Only 20 years ago, when my wife and I decided to move to Bangalore from Bombay, we could visit a new suburb, buy a …

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Posted on 2 June 2011 by churumuri
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Bharat as seen from the city of baked beans?


In March 1976, New Yorker magazine ran Saul Steinberg‘s tongue-in-cheek map of the world as seen by New Yorkers, more precisely as seen by New Yorkers on 9th avenue. That …

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Posted on 22 September 2009 by churumuri
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Not everybody eats at Vidyarthi Bhavan or MTR


GAUTAMADITYA SRIDHARA captures an egret taking away his breakfast at the Lalbagh Lake in Bangalore on Sunday.

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Posted on 21 September 2009 by churumuri
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Red Earth and Pouring Rain ain’t just a l’il book


While reports of below-normal and deficient rainfall emanate from almost the rest of the country (and the rest of the State), blessed are those in coastal and south Karnataka where …

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Posted on 2 March 2009 by churumuri
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Black and white or colour, no biz like showbiz


While the stars dazzle at the 75th anniversary celebrations of Kannada cinema, a police constable relives some sepia-tinted memories at an exhibition at the Palace Grounds in Bangalore on Monday. …

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Posted on 21 October 2008 by churumuri
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Is there nobody to speak for our ‘local’ worms?


In the gardens of Bangalore palace, an audacious “outsider” grabs the birthright of worms of the soil and makes merry. Meanwhile, in an unrelated development, Raj Thackeray gets ready to …

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Posted on 21 September 2008 by churumuri
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Forgive them Lord for they know what they do


As inter-religious animosity in Karnataka travels from the coast to the capital under a benign and benevolent government which seems to think it was sworn into office to protect and …

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Posted on 22 May 2008 by churumuri
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And the SMS Shah Rukh Khan sent Saurav Ganguly


For all the initial sizzle and high jinks, Saurav Ganguly‘s Calcutta Knight Riders have had as poor a run as Rahul Dravid‘s Royal Challengers. But unlike Dravid’s “employer” “Dr” Vijay …

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Posted on 9 April 2008 by churumuri
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‘We have the thaakathu, victory is namma hakku’


KAVYA SHANKARE GOWDA forwards a YouTube video of ‘The Thaakath Geethe‘, the theme song for fans of the Bangalore IPL team, Royal Challengers. Created by Idea Labz, the Kannada-rap mix …

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Posted on 12 March 2008 by churumuri
15

When the heart pines for panneer butter masala


BANGALORE: A group of North Indian prisoners, most of them undertrials lodged in the central jail in Bangalore, have approached the High Court and demanded that they be served North …

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Posted on 24 January 2008 by churumuri
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Once upon a time in Bangalore (as we knew it)


MADHU GOPINATH RAO writes from New York City: With an undeniable laidback charm, not so long ago, Bangalore was your quaint old south Indian city—a pensioner’s paradise and a garden …

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Posted on 1 January 2008 by churumuri
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Why shouldn’t old men be mad at Bangalore?


M.S. Prabhakara recounts his days in Bangalore in his farewell column in The Hindu today. Areas like Chikkapete, Balepete and Mamulpete, Banaswadi, Kadugodi and Adugodi, which were linked to this …

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Posted on 18 December 2007 by churumuri
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Why don’t we hear of IT men excelling in sports?


ARVIND SWAMINATHAN writes from Madras: Reading as I do Star of Mysore on the web every evening over kodu bale and filter coffee, I came across the following news item …

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Posted on 18 December 2007 by churumuri
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Bangalore’s in trouble, but how will you help?


Everybody has an opinion on why Bangalore has become what it has become, and who caused it. But does anybody have a solution? As the City’s vehicular population explodes, the …

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Posted on 16 December 2007 by churumuri
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Five reasons why India’s IT cookie could crumble


The Economist has a story this week on India’s “misnomer” of an industry— information technology—with Mysore figuring in the very sentence. With revenues topping $50 billion, with annual growth rates …

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Posted on 11 December 2007 by churumuri
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Has any IT company said don’t listen to music?


“If IT is going to take away our basic values, then you can burn Bangalore and burn IT,” thunders born-in-Basavangudi C.N.R. Rao, in his as-told-to Outlook column. ALOK PRASANNA, also …

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Posted on 10 December 2007 by churumuri
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Three reasons why everybody loves to hate IT


T.T. RAM MOHAN writes from Ahmedabad: What precisely are the grievances that people in Bangalore have against IT folk? The litany of complaints includes: rising property prices thanks to the …

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Posted on 10 December 2007 by churumuri
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Why Bangalore Hates the English Media Culture


RAJEEV RAO writes from Bangalore: I was bemused and bewildered to read the Outlook cover story, “Why Bangalore hates IT Culture“. The choice of topic and the headline used would …

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Posted on 8 December 2007 by churumuri
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‘If IT takes away Bangalore’s values, burn IT’


Outlook magazine has a cover story this week titled, “Why Bangalore Hates the IT Culture”. Why? For land-grabbing, zooming property and rental rates, the rising cost of living. For creating …

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Posted on 27 November 2007 by churumuri
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One or the other, but not all at the same time


ASHWINI A. writes from Bangalore: Development is fast becoming a strange dichotomous disease in India. The three most reform-minded States in the country—Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka—also top the list of …

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Posted on 22 November 2007 by churumuri
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Is ‘Brand Bangalore’ all that there is to our State?


SAVITHA G.R. writes from Bangalore: As the political dramayana took one embarrassing turn after another last week, NDTV 24×7 had a poser one night: ‘Is the Bangalore dream turning sour?’ …

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Posted on 6 November 2007 by churumuri
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‘A city whose soul has been clinically removed’


NEW YORK CITY: Heaven knows that Bangalore has problems spilling out of its back pockets. But when the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) showcases a book titled ‘101 places not …

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