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Ashwin Mahesh is an urban expert.
    Bengaluru Mayor Padmavathi conducts an inspection at K.R. Market. Her one-year term is drawing to a close. (Photo: KPN)Opinion
    By invitation: Dividing the spoils and spoiling the city

    Can we propose solutions to problems around us, and can we work on new positive ideas?

    16 Sept 2017 9:29 PM

    Light rain has drenched the parched Western Ghats, with Valparai recording 6.2mm on Friday.Nation
    How do we break this cycle of indifference?

    The answer to many of the issues, which appear to be endlessly neglected, could lie in people's participation.

    23 May 2017 12:21 AM

    Drafts of the city map at the BDAs public consultation of its Revised Master Plan 2031Nation
    Why don't our authorities learn from their mistakes?

    The steps taken so far are highly unconstitutional. BDA has not followed any of the statutory processes for developing a...

    21 Jan 2017 9:24 PM

    The minister, who was responding to reporters queries on the growing opposition to the steel bridge from civic organisations, recalled that it had been conceived in 2010 during the BJP government in the state and was announced in the 2014 Budget. (Representational image)Nation
    Guest column: BDA lacks a mobility planner

    BDA is going ahead with the steel flyover project based on a DPR prepared by engineering consultants.

    17 Oct 2016 10:11 PM

    One admission test like NEET cannot solve the issues surrounding the medical admissions in our country until we increase the number of seats. (Representatioanl iamge)Nation
    Guest column: End licence raj' in medical education, increase number...

    It is often claimed that the admission process was used to convert black money into white.

    29 Sept 2016 10:13 PM

    First, we had this Magic Box at Mekhri Circle. Now, well find traffic nirvana on a steel bridge!Opinion
    On the contrary: Must we steel ourselves for this, and worse?

    The BDA can be easily reformed, but only by a government that is genuinely committed to a better Bengaluru.

    25 Jun 2016 9:59 PM

    There are big problems with the way the Bangalore Blueprint Action Group has been constituted and mandated.Nation
    On the contrary: BBAG, not a problem of individuals but institutions

    People are liked and disliked by others for a wide range of reasons, and in the political arena, all that can get quite...

    14 May 2016 10:38 PM

    Potholes on Bengaluru roadsNation
    Guest column: Potholes can be tackled swiftly

    Even without in-house assets, potholes can be tackled swiftly. What we need is a forward-contracting system.

    27 April 2016 10:06 PM

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