General Articles About Daily Life In Bhopal
Indore and Bhopal top the list Under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Indian Government has instituted the Swachh Survekshan Awards which ranks participating cities on key parameters every year. The results of the “Swachh Survekshan 2017” have been released, where 500 cities of India would be ranked on the parameters of waste collection, sweeping and transportation; municipal … [Read more…]
We are a group of Ugly Indians who feel strongly about the state of visible filth in our cities. Our philosophy can be described simply as: Kaam chalu mooh bandh. Stop Talking, Start Doing. We believe in direct action, with a common-sense problem-solving approach. We do not finger-point or blame the system. We aim to … [Read more…]
It is Navratri time in Bhopal. Time for Dandias, time for Mata rani, time for devotion and fasting. The hidden motifs of that promotion, that land deal or business deal, that college admission or campus placement – everything can wait, let us get down to devotion of ten days first. Surely “Mata rani” will take … [Read more…]
The voters of Madhya Pradesh are being given a stark choice: pick between a caring Mama (maternal uncle) and a man whom the masses address as Maharaj (king) because of his royal roots. BJP chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, 54, is projecting himself as a “farmer’s son” who will “serve” and not “rule”. He is … [Read more…]
Some time back, while surveying the low income areas of Madhya Pradesh to start a sanitation project, an woman member of NGO stopped by one of the houses to drink water. However, she was taken aback to see the women of house looking horrified as she drank an entire glass of water. When she asked … [Read more…]
Meet 31-year-old Vinod Kotiya from Bhopal, who dreams of making it to Mars and settle on the planet permanently. Kotiya is among 31 Indians who have applied for a one-way ticket to Mars. Vinod Kotiya from Bhopal dreams of making it to Mars and settle on the planet permanently. In the category of Indian applicants … [Read more…]
Flu in Bhopal – Don’t let your guard down if tested negative for H1N1. In the past two weeks about a dozen people in the city have been diagnosed with influenza A and B, the strains of which complicate respiratory disorders in a similar way as it happens in case of swine flu. Though … [Read more…]
The international fight for justice by survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster in India has been a rollercoaster ride of delay, disappointment and few victories for families of the tens of thousands of people who died in one of the world’s worst industrial disasters. However, three recent major legal and environmental developments suggest … [Read more…]
Over the past two years, a simply dressed, soft-spoken man from Bhopal has almost single-handedly managed to rattle India’s powerful tiger tourism industry. Meet Ajay Dubey, who runs an NGO called Prayatna from Bhopal. When Ajay Dubey, a 36-year-old activist, filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Madhya Pradesh high court in September 2010 to promote the … [Read more…]
Recently a prominent academician of Bhopal asked what should be done about the complaint of industry that the students being provided for a job are not suitable and it is extremely difficult to find suitable candidates for any given position, the reference point being IT /ITES sector. We discussed briefly about the mushrooming of an industry around this need … [Read more…]