Saalumarada Thimmakka lives in the Hulikal village of Karnataka. At 103, she still lives on to tell the story of her life which was filled with hardship but bore fruit in a different kind of way. a young girl, she was married off to a farmer who made a meagre income and was looked down upon by his fellow villagers for not fathering a child with his new wife. Instead […]
Sundar Pichai may be top dog at Google, but he can’t make you snap your finger and control a smartwatch. Or rub on a cloth to turn on a light bulb. That is the specialty of Hakim Raja, the lead hardware engineer for Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects group, the team that works on some of the coolest projects at the company. Raja, in his early 30s, is a relative […]
The nondescript village of Kempapura in Magadi taluk, 75km from Bengaluru, holds a secret close to its heart. Of a curse which did not allow its people to talk about Kempegowda, the founder of IT City, for five centuries. His memorial lay in Kempapura, a hamlet of 60 houses and a population of around 500, with a plaque dating back to the 16th century , yet no one mentioned it. […]
School kids had to buy 2 sweaters with uniform. Half sweater and full arm sweater. Without half sweater, no one would even step out of the house. The thumb rule was Strong n sturdy folks can wear half sweater Easily prone to cold should wear full sweater. But, when winter kicks in. It was like wearing muffler, full arm sweater and then blowing out the air from the mouth […]
A Muslim school boy in Bangalore says he felt humiliated when he was asked to recite verses from a Hindu prayer. Activists say his allegation is a small pointer to rising saffronisation in Karnataka. A 15-year-old Muslim boy studying in a south Bengaluru school has retreated into a shell and needs counselling. And it is all because of a prayer. Naushad Kashimji’s (name changed) school adopted a few Sanskrit shlokas […]
We say that doctors are angels sent by god to save human life. But for me the same doctors has come as demon in my life to ruin it in pieces. Due to few doctors negligence I lost my husband’s life just like a water bubble. Few days back we were a happy family with ambition and future plans for our upcoming life. But who knew life threatening danger […]
Central intelligence agencies are in Bengaluru after a British news channel tracked down the operator of one of ISIS’s most successful Twitter accounts, Shammi Witness, to Bengaluru. The man they identified as Medhi, works with an MNC ad firm, and lives with his family in the city. This particular Twitter handle went live last year, and since then has been posting photos and videos of ISIS aggression. He even posted […]
Where there is a will, there is a way: this inspirational English proverb has a one word Indian counterpart – jugaad. Jugaad is great a way to deal with things when they aren’t working out. The basic raw material required is sheer determination, and results are often innovative. When Madeshwaran, a street food vendor in Bangalore, was faced with ill-health and exhaustion, he decided to fight back with a solution –jugaad. His job […]
The move is part of a drive to check traffic violations Police in the Indian city of Bangalore are using life-like cardboard figures of officers to try and stop traffic violations. The ‘fake’ policemen have been placed in the central district and will be seen around the whole city soon. The move is part of a drive to control traffic in the city that has about 4.2 million vehicles on […]
