Are Bangaloreans losing their good nature and civic sense?

IanRes - 13-MAY-2010

 This is about an incident that i witnessed in Bangalore few weeks ago.

I had been to a single screen theatre few weeks back to watch a Kannada movie. The theatre was crowded since it was a Sunday. The problem arised when the movie started. The "fans" of the movie hero, started chanting his name and shouting slogans of praise for him when the movie name was displayed. This never stopped till the end of the movie, not even for a minute! They might have watched the movie before, but how is it right to spoil the movie for the others?? They were so loud that we could not hear the dialogues properly, none of us could tell them anything lest they charge at us for being so un-fanly.. I am a fan of the star too, but shouting the slogans inside the movie hall and disturbing everyone really upset most of the other audience.

The other thing I generally notice is the habit of many people in Bangalore these days to spit on roads for no reason at all! They dont chew tobacco/pan, still they spit on roads, on pavements, from bus windows etc. There should be some strict legislation to curb such bad habits so that Bangalore stays a clean city.

Smart Cities Put People Before Cars - Lessons for Bangalore

cvikash - 16-APR-2008

It is no wonder then that the most vibrant cities in America — New York, Boston, San Francisco and Washington — are ones that have been able to curb the voracious appetite of the car for space. The cities we love around the world are the ones that have been able to devote more space to people and less to cars.

Chamalapura People's Voice - Video

shas3n - 5-NOV-2007

With all the political drama going on in the state, the Chamalapura issue seems to be of little interest to the politicians currently. But nevertheless, you would not be surprised if the issue is opened again in the near future when things are settles at Vidhana Soudha. We got access to one of the documentaries made by Anti-Chamalapura-Powerplant activists through Mr. E.R.Ramachandran and we are glad to share it with you here. Link to Video http://www.youtube.com/p/1DCB02F9A09F15B1 (Removed embeded video due to problems with Internet Explorer)

Of Pedestrians & Pensioners

tsubba - 3-OCT-2007

Received a forward of this Ammu Joseph article on email. When senior artist V. Balu passed away in mid-September, after being knocked down by a two-wheeler, he joined the growing number of pedestrians killed in road accidents in Bangalore. In 2006 there were 463 pedestrian casualties, up from 390 in 2004. The first four months of this year saw 177 pedestrians losing their lives; at that rate the death toll for 2007 is likely to be 531. It is estimated that pedestrians make up 35 to 38 per cent of the fatalities caused by vehicular accidents in the city every year.