The diary of an accidental activist

By Anuksha Dey Laly Randolf calls herself an accidental social activist. She represented Kerala at national cricket…

Husband’s cancer survival story inspires criminal lawyer to resolve Bellandur’s garbage crisis 

By Anuksha Dey Criminal Lawyer turned environmental activist from Gujarat, Rupal Ralph has dedicated the last…

Know your neighbour: An engineer turned social entrepreneur who makes sustainable living possible

By Chandrima Mazumdar From working in IT to becoming a champion of sustainable environment, Sarjapur Road…

Local citizen initiative against spitting receives national attention

By Aratrika Dey This pandemic saw the championing of the Stop India Spitting campaign, a national…

Citizen group completes nine years of managing lakes in Bengaluru

By Anuksha Dey Mahadevpura Parisara Samrakshane Mattu Abhivrudhi Samiti  (Mapsas), a citizen-driven organisation, is about to…

Know your neighbour: Transforming Bellandur is her mission

By Zahid H Javali Kishori Mudaliar is a changemaker wearing many hats. She is the founder…

Citizens free 110 trees from nails across the city

By Zahid H Javali Vinod Kartavya (36), a technical officer at Defence Research and Development Organisation…

Badly-injured bull rescued by the residents of HSR Layout!

By Aratrika Dey ‘Nandi’ as he has been endearingly named, was rescued by the residents of…

Know your neighbour: She runs Bengaluru’s only natural birth and midwifery care centre

By Zahid H Javali Chetana Kulkarni (39), the co-founder of The Birth Home in JP Nagar,…

Know your neighbour: Former top order batsman is now chairman of KSCA’s state selection committees

By Aratrika Dey Bengaluru boy, top-class batsman for Karnataka, your next-door neighbour (if you’re from HSR…

Citizens remove 383 nails and 2000 pins from one peepal tree

By Aratrika Dey The other day, Bangalore Political Action Committee (B.PAC) member Raghavendra Poojari tweeted that…

‘Self rule’ outside Bengaluru since 1960; Janapada Seva Trust’s Gandhian success story

By Aratrika Dey The real India resides in the villages. Just three hours drive from Bengaluru…