RTE admission process takes first step today
Applications for admission to schools under the Right to Education Act are set to be handed out from Thursday even as education department officials are doing the rounds to ascertain the number of sea
‘Where is the life we have lost in living?’
Hasan Mansoor bears a striking resemblance to a kindly grandfather as he sits you down and tells you stories of his life as an activist. A remarkable life led by a remarkable man, although he is quick
Litterers beware! Almitra’s on the prowl
The Dragoness of Bagalur, that’s what Almitra Patel's family used to call her when she was younger. A more unlikely tyrant there never was. But you would be wrong to underestimate her gentle benevolen
Making classrooms a place for learning
In India, social causes are the easiest thing in the world to come by. Even so, Poorna Kaksha is an unusual organisation, simply because their way of doing things is unpredictable. Children go to scho
Once upon a time in a totalitarian state...
The storyteller tells the story, but how the listener grasps it is up to him. What you take away from Renegade Amateur Theatre Society’s (RATS) production of the Tony award-winning play will be your
CM fills in for Governor at Bangalore University event
With Governor H.R. Bhardwaj skipping Bangalore University's 47th convocation on Thursday as expected, it was left to Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda to fill in as pro-Chancellor and present gold medal
Untangling the Web for rural jobseekers
In Raichur, Bellary and Gulbarga, engineering students are a dime a dozen, each one of them diligent, qualified and capable. That, however, is no cause for complacency. The shocking truth is that 95%
Habitually feelin’ kinda blue
THE SHOW
What: A play, Bombay Talkies
When: April 7, 7.30pm, April 8, 3.30pm
Where: Ranga Shankara, JP Nagar
Online booking:
www.bookmyshow.com
The dark side of life is contained within human nature
School torments teen for scribbling on desk
Should criticism of a school, especially when it is a random graffiti by a 13-year-old boy on his desk, lead to harassment and humiliation by the school, and possible debarment from school exams?
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Savitha takes BPOs to rural heartland
Why bring rural India to the world? Let’s take the world to rural India instead. That was the thought that encouraged Savitha Malappa to settle on the idea of a rural BPO (business process outsourcing