Great initiative towards a retaining the character of an extraordinary city! prajwal

'We must resist the tendency to make it (Central Government) stronger. It cannot chew more than it can digest. Its strength must be commensurate with its weight. It would be a folly to make it so strong that it may fall by its own weight.' - Dr.B.R.Ambedkar

A despondent Ambedkar in this iconic BBC interview was asked “Dr Ambedkar do you think democracy will work in India?’

“No”, replied Babasaheb, “except in a formal sense”

As our tribute to this extraordinary leader, let’s prove him wrong!

Can anyone help me get my hands on Akshay Mangla｜अक्षय मंगला 's book, 'Making Bureaucracy Work'? 8K on Amazon is out of my range right now.
Any public libraries in Bangalore that hold it?

#FoodForThought The Times Of India

More than 90% of passengers in most KSRTC buses we travelled in are women. While free bus rides for women is often seen as a vote catching ‘freebie’ , truth is that it is hugely empowering for women, esp from BPL families (who in my view should be sole beneficiaries). Listening…

Indian startup culture is basically about using extreme income inequalities to exploit under-educated/poor with the helps of technology and gamification.

This country rests on the shoulders of several unsung heros give credit when it is due... #bekind

Free bus rides will do for women what mid-day meals did for children.

One day the World Bank will promote it to other countries as an excellent initiative for women's empowerment.

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True!

Poems on the promenade 1/n

Revealed: hundreds of vulnerable children sent to illegal and unregulated care homes in England theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

The RSS brought the Billavas in Karnataka into the Hindu fold, but the Shudra community is still not ‘Hindu enough’ for the Sangh. Billavas are now shifting allegiances as they have little space in BJP’s electoral politics.
Read my story thenewsminute.com/karnataka/side…

Who is listening? Old fashioned ways are better than constantly innovating at the cost of children's health...

TIL in India, the share of working-age population actually working is 46.6%. In other emerging markets this number is closer to 70%.

We have ~1,50,000 auto drivers in Bengaluru - but <200 of them are women (official data not available)

Good news is more women are entering this profession.

If you live near JP Nagar 7th phase, try the LEAP auto by MetroRide all women crew to Yelachenahalli Metro

.World Health Organization (WHO) and partners went to Khan Younis yesterday to assess the health facilities there. The team described the destruction as 'disproportionate to anything one can imagine'. No building or road is intact, there is only rubble and dirt.

Hostilities in the vicinity of a WHO…