Gangs attack women in ‘western attire’

What next???!
http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/26/stories/2009022658410300.htm
Sometimes I think that things have to get a lot worse before they get better
But I guess we must fight on because it was the brave ladies who went ahead of us who gave us our freedom to be the women that we want to be.

Stand up…

It is not Bangalore that is going to the dogs. It is us. We have far too long become accustomed to let everything go.”
…. So that we may always stand up!
http://vishshanker.sulekha.com/blog/post/2009/02/this-happened-in-bangalore-bengaluru-shocking.htm

Hope…?

Most people who visit this blog often know that of late I have felt very discouraged about the state of things in India… And had I not been married to Manoj, who still sees India & Bangalore as home, I would have very seriously considered immigrating to another country. Not because things are better elsewhere… [...]

In the name of God

There is something very disturbing about a destroyed image of Christ on a crucifix. This could be that the image itself is a mutilated one… So one is disturbed by the hate that would cause a mob to mutilate it further. (You know like breaking a man’s hands and legs while he’s still on the [...]

The many faces of terror

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It was a beautiful Friday morning. A bit of a drizzle and a soft breeze in the air, with the roads not unduly crowded. For a change, I enjoyed the drive to office in the morning.
The first task of the day was a drive down to Hosur Road to check out a possible location for [...]

Bhagya

This post is dedicated to a special woman and a special initiative.

It’s easy to be an armchair critic (myself included in this category). But, I think it takes a special something to understand the problems of the world around you and try actively and steadfastly to change it. Bhagya, initiated by Renuka Jaykumar, is an [...]

Lido lives on

Once upon a time, there was a theatre called Lido in Bangalore. In the Cantonment area, it was the only theatre with a lawn. The Majestic area also has Movieland.
Here, at least two generations of Bangaloreans sat discussing films – sometimes under the trees, sometimes under the stars.
Then, one day Lido was no more. The [...]

BRTFF has a roof!

All the folks who’ve volunteered to plan the Bangalore Roof Top Film Festival met this evening at Eva Mall. It was good to meet others with whom you could talk about films. But, more importantly, the plan seems to be on track.
We might have a roof (somewhere on Airport Road) and all the other things [...]

Updates from the Roof Top Film Festival

Much has happened since the last time I spoke about the Roof Top Film Festival. For starters, we have a well maintained wiki and a roof. We also have about 45 participants on our list of participants and 25 more on a waiting list.
So, the participants who have volunteered to be Planners meet on 24th [...]

A Roof Top Festival for Bangalore?

t’s been about a day since I got an email about a Rooftop Film Festival for Bangalore. So, what’s a Rooftop Film Festival. As the sender of the email (someone called Hrish) said, “”Roof Top Film Festivals” are typically where people get together on somebody’s rooftop with a projector and a screen and watch movies [...]