Save Nanda Road,Save Lalbagh Save Bangalore’s future
Human Chain- Protest in R.V.Road(Nanda Road) between 30th and 32nd cross – Sunday Apr 19, 5pm
BMRCL has confirmed that 323 trees will be cut on R.V.Road(Nanda Road) for the metro. Shouldnt we save it?
Earlier this week, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited(BMRCL) demolished 500 feet of Lalbagh's wall and illegally cut 5 trees inside Lalbagh. Hasiru Usiru has been leading a determined struggle to make sure the metro does not violate Lalbagh. After 2 successful protests earlier this week, signifcant sections of the people of Bangalore and politicians from Bangalore South are now demanding that the metro does not build a station in Lalbagh. The continued protest on April 19 is to make sure we reclaim Nanda Road from the metro. Come in large numbers. Bring expressive posters
Bangalore’s Metro can go underground and save Nanda road and Lalbagh.We urge the Government to scrap the unnecessary Rs.3,000 crores investment in the High Speed Rail Link from MG Road to Bangalore airport, which will serve only 30,000 air travellers.This money can instead be used to to take the Metro Underground. This is techno-economically possible, if there is political will and vision. Want to know more? Read on. Metro's Impact on Nanda Road and Other Parks
This metro phase is illegal because…
WHAT THE POLITICOS SAY:
Namma metro? YAARA METRO?
What can YOU do?
HUG A TREE, RECLAIM YOUR CITY Our trees belong with you and me For details, please contact hu.bangalore@gmail.com or 98802 83974 or 98805 95032 All data presented here has been gathered through RTI applications, discussions with officials, newsreports, etc. Issued in the public interest by Hasiru Usiru, a network of individuals and organisations working to protect public spaces, public commons and urban greens in and around Bangalore . |
- Location:Bangalore
- Mood:
annoyed
You can find a few more photos in the album.
- Location:Auburn Hills, MI
- Mood:
relaxed
1. Mastering the art of Papad Making :
Its really simple like most of the complex things in the world - all you need to do is try to prepare poori :-)
2. The secret of preparing properly shaped Poori/Chapathis :
Dont even dare to think of the shape you want to make - the probability of preparing a round pooris when u want to prepare a round one is very small( in my case its been 0.999999... ) so dont think about the shape of your poori the probability of getting your desired shape is definitely higher :-)
3. Bisibelebath , lemon rice and Tamarind rice are the real life savers for bachelors like me - trust me you cannot go wrong with these ( except for the salt part - which i always put very less ).
- Location:Detroit, MI
- Mood:
amused
1. To start with i flew for the first time in my life - yes India - Frankfurt - Detroit was my first flight experience, and it is absolutely boring:-(.
2. Experiencing snow for the first time - its the peak winter here and it snows pretty regularly, so we need to have the thermals ready all the time:-(. But the rooms are all heated enough to let me continue the habit of bathing in cold water :-), i am enjoying the cold.
3. have started cooking regularly ( guess what i am getting better at it - of course still not worthy of human consumption but i can survive:-p !!!! ),
4. started driving my Sebring .
5. Getting used to eating US, italian, mongolian, mexican & arabic cuisines pretty regularly - these were luxuries back in India but here its just part of the regular diet!
4. visiting temples - i really do not remember when was the last time i visited temple in India;-). Though my intention is not worshiping my mother is happy.
6. Getting used to visiting bars and ordering water along with food;-). My colleagues love to go to bar during weekends so i go along but only once did i drink wine with them and i do not think i will be repeating that mistake in near future;-).
Overall - lots of things are happening, lot of learning and fun. One month is almost over - 5 more to go - if things continue as they are i should be back in India in no time:-).
- Location:Auburn Hills, MI
PS: AVOID THE MOVIE AT ALL COST.
- Location:Bangalore
- Mood:
bored
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sudhi_11in's post prompted me to post about habits a few IM friends of mine have/had:1. Writing in CAPS AND BOLD
This habit irritates me the most - i cannot come up with a single excuse for anybody to do this!! Using Bold/Caps to emphasize a point is absolutely fine, but emphasizing everything you say is kind of overkill - don't you think?
2. Writing in miXeD CaPitAl LeTTers
Another friend of mine has this habit using capital letter in between words Ex: HeY IaM GoiNG tO OoTY ThIS WeeKENd, WaNNa JoIN? His reasoning is that "he likes Capital Letters"!!! I got so annoyed that i modified GAIM's source code to display all the messages in small - but my sister started booting onto Windows to logon to messenger so i reverted back to using standard GAIM :-(.
3. Using your own chatspeak without explaining what the abbreviation is supposed to mean
One particular friend of mine used a lot of abbrevations of his own because he found it easier to type - its ok to use abbrevations like txt, gn, gm, g8 etc etc but to say something like hgmhru for "Hi Good Morning How are you?" is definitely overkill. She stopped doing that after i started replying in same way i used to type something like "h d h r u i a f w p f u w e? " ;-)
4. Using lots of Smileys in their messages
I had developed this habit of using too many smileys in my messages - i realised how annoying it could be while going through the logs of my own conversation - now i consciously try to avoid using smileys in messages.
A few years ago i used to find messages written in Kannada language using English fonts very irritating but now iam used to them - in fact i have replying same way for such messages;-) May be its only time before i get used to above practices. What Are the other IM practices that annoy you?
- Location:Bangalore
- Mood:
cheerful
This becomes my first ever photo to be published in a magazine. A couple of days ago i received a mail from Travel Srilanka requesting for my permission to use the above photo in an article about Land Leeches in the next edition. Today i got a confirmation mail from them requesting for a high resolution image of the same. They have offered to send me a copy of the same as soon as its printed. In the past i have got a couple of requests from a couple of news websites to use some photos, but this is the first time that a photo taken by me will be printed in a Magazine, it really feels nice. Thank you flickr community:-).
- Location:Bangalore
- Mood: happy
- Location:Bangalore
- Mood: relaxed
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- Location:Bangalore
- Mood:
surprised
BTW off-late i am suffering from this and this :-( trying to recover. Will start clearing the backlog soon.
- Mood:
working
Warning: That post is a extremly long one ( details about 2.5 hrs of chatting:-P ).
- Location:Bangalore
- Mood:
energetic - Music:Mosquitos buzz in the ears
The rules of this meme are:
1. Leave me a comment saying, "I too am an egomaniac."
2. I respond by asking you five questions. You will answer them, because you like talking about yourself.
3. You will update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.
So now I get to answer questions from LJer
rythm and talk about myself :)1) Red light or Green light? Why?
Obviously Green light:-) A great man once said “An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. . . The truly wise person is colorblind.” So as an optimist i say Green light:-).
PS: i know this is not even close to the answer to ur question but this is all i offer;-)
2) Are you in love? Why?
As humans we are always in love with one or another, but i guess u mean to ask if iam in love with a girl, then the answer would be No , not yet. As for the second part of the question - i guess because iam not really interested right now.
3) Who is your role model, if any?
I guess father is the role model for most children that holds true in my case as well. Then as usual there are mroe then one role models each one for different qualities, so my role models would be - Sri David Attenborough, Sir M vishweshwaraiya, CV Raman, A teacher from my primary School ( Sunitha madam ) etc.
4) A secret about yourself?
I Dont know to Swim:-) . This is not exactly a secret, but most people who have seen me enjoy in the water find it hard to believe.
5) There is water problem in Blore. What are you gona do about it?
I have changed my gardening schedule to suit the conditions( like water the plants in the evening instead of morning), though there is no water shortage in my area( atleast not in our house ) i try to minimize to use of water ( rather stop the wastage of water ). Good u brought this up, i probably need to think about this in more detail!.
- Location:Bangalore
- Mood: cheerful
| Libra - Your Love Profile |
 Your positive traits: You are open minded enough to date outside your typical "type" ... successfully! You are diplomatic - and likely to end a fight instead of dragging things out. You are easily loyal and faithful, but only for the right person. Your negative traits: You're a bit gullible, and partners take advantage of you. You still may not know it. You find it difficult to decide where to go to dinner, what movie to watch, who to date... You have to be in a relationship, or else you just don't feel like yourself. Your ideal partner: A smooth talker who enjoys socializing as much as you to. Someone classy and cultured who knows which wine to order with dinner. Is beautiful to you - although not necessarily attractive in the traditional sense. Your dating style: Romantic. If your date comes bearing flowers, wine, and poetry... well, your heart soars. Your seduction style: Giving. Your lover's pleasure is as important as your own. Soft and sensual - you don't like anything to be rough. Extravagant ... your fantasy involves staying at a five star hotel with your love. Tips for the future: Don't be so quick to compromise in relationships - and you'll get taken advantage of yes. Try being single for a while. Seems impossible, but you'll learn so much about yourself from doing so. Make some decisions about your romantic life, right now. You'll be happy that you did. Best color to attract mate: Green Best day for a date: Wednesday |
- Location:Bangalore
- Mood:alive
- Music:Kabul Express
Yes Baraka - a story-less, plot-less ,non-narrative documentary, is one of the most touching documentary i have seen till date! Without uttering a single word the document so lucidly explains the relationship between man and earth, it touches so many areas of life, questions soo many of our actions - all without uttering a single word!! What more its also one of the best video works i have seen. I am completely spellbound, a must watch for every body interested in such Documentaries i would say. I definitely
- Location:Out of the world;)
- Music:Baraka sound track
This is the Cake i got at the office( thankyou floks ):
PS: Please dont ask me y only one candle, i guess it would be a BIT hard to fit in 24 candles on a cake9 also it will puncture the cream:-p )
- Location:Where else same friendly BLore;-)
- Mood: happy
( 12 More photos under the cut )
- Location:Bangalore
- Mood:
busy - Music:Sound of my keyboard
- Location:Bangalore
- Mood: calm
This treak had been one of the two most procrastinated treks ( the other is Bramgiri ), so while planning for the months trek we decided on this after ruling out the earlier planned Bramgiri trek. Soon the tickets were booked and tents were arranged for the trip, a few email transactions later we were all informed about the terrain and the conditions of the place and were ready to go.
( Detail of day one trek under the cut )
Will the post about the day two of the trek and the unforgettable experience we had on day two tomorrow.
- Location:Bangalore
- Mood:
sleepy - Music:Bolo Bolo - Strings
