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Namma Bengaluru has quite a handful of posh areas that can be termed as “the crème de la crème” where the ‘elite’ reside. Affording a house event onrent in one of these posh places is a mighty task and it is very expensive, at least to say

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The IT Corridor of Bengaluru was submerged due to the mayhem caused by the incessant rains and flooding people’s homes. The heart-wrenching scenes of people and pets being rescued to safety in boats and trucks are the price Bengalureans paid for the indiscriminate construction and destruction of the water bodies, reminding us of the famous proverb: “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” Subject experts have shared their insights on the ways Bengaluru could be resurrected and revitalised

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WATCHWATCH PINOCCHIO (ENGLISH)Tom Hanks and Benjamin Evan team up for the remake of the classic tale of Pinocchio with director Robert Zemeckis. Adapted from the original 1883 fairytale titled The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, Pinoc-chio follows the story of a wooden puppet who desperately wishes to become a real boy. The fantasy dra-ma film sees Tom Hanks as Gepetto, Pinocchio’s maker and father figure, and Benjamin Evan voicing the long-nosed puppet. Written by Zemeckis and Chris Weitz, the rest of the voice cast includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Keegan-Michael Key, Angus Wright, Cynthia Erivo, Sheila Atim, Lorraine Bracco, Jamie Demetriou and Gi-useppe Battiston, among others.STREAMING PLATFORM: DIS-NEY+HOTSTAR

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Woman dies in Woman dies in Bengaluru after Bengaluru after scooter loses scooter loses control, falls into control, falls into drain drain OB Bureau

A Nepali woman died on Sunday night after she accidentally fell into a drain after losing control of

her scooter, police said. The deceased, Tara Badaiyak, 23, was heading towards Hennur with her friend Dilip Kumar, 38 when the incident took place.

Around 12.30 am when she came near an apartment, Tara who was riding the scooter, lost control and fell into the drain. Her friend sustained minor

injuries. Both were shifted to nearby hospitals, but doctors declared Tara brought dead.

Banaswadi Police investigating the case said that Tara was not wearing a helmet and registered a case of rash driving against her. They’re also trying to find whether the drain was left open at the location of the incident.

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Here’s another traffic story, only this time, it is heart-warming! A 44-year-old doctor ran 3kms in

17 minutes to save a patient’s life and has won the hearts of many!

The incident took place on August 30. Dr. Govind Nandkumar, a gas-troenterology surgeon at Manipal hos-pitals, was on the way to the hospital on Sarjapur Road when he was stuck in traffic on Marathalli-Sarjapur Road. Since the traffic did not move for minutes and Dr. Govind had to con-duct surgery, he abandoned his car and ran for nearly 3 km to reach the

hospital and perform the laparoscopic gallbladder surgery.

The doctor posted a video on Insta-gram and received much appreciation from the public for his commitment. The video has got several retweets. In his post, he said, “Sometimes you gotta do what you got to do!”. “#run-towork should more of us run or walk to work?” tagged state’s Health Minister K Sudhakar and Biocon Chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, among a few others.

The doctor said, “It usually takes an hour for me to reach from my house to the hospital. Today the traffic was very bad, I had to perform a surgery and my colleagues had made all the arrangements for the same. But I was stuck in traffic and Google maps showed me that it would take me at least 45 minutes to cover the stretch in my car. Since my driver at the wheels, I told him to reach the hospital when-ever the traffic clears and started run-ning. I reached hospital in around 17 minutes and performed the surgery. It was very satisfying.”

Dr. Govind is also a fitness enthu-siast. He says he is a long-distance runner and usually takes about six minutes to run 1 km. He also said that fitness relaxes him and he trains in the gym or outdoors to help him unwind.

OB Bureau

War of words over Ma-sala Dosa ensued be-tween BJP MP Tejasvi

Surya, Twitterati, and Con-gress leaders last week. The drama started when a video of Surya eating masala dosa in a restaurant and asking people to visit the hotel went viral on social media. The issue was that Surya posted the video when the city was reeling with rains and heavy floods.

What followed this is an online banter with many users posting a series of photos of Tejasvi Surya with a ‘missing’ tag. Congress worker Srivatsa tweeted, “No one has defamed ‘Brand Bengaluru’ as much as @Tejasvi_Surya has. He was busy eating Masala Dosa when Bengaluru was drown-ing and now terms his incom-petence as a ‘conspiracy’.”

Responding to this, the MP said Congress has planted this conspiracy by collaborating with vested interests. “In my constituency, there was abso-

lute normalcy. Also, only 5% of Bellandur area was affected by rains and floods. I was celebrat-ing Ganesh Chaturthi with my friends and family, and nothing else. This is a conspiracy to defame Bengaluru and our government and me,” he said.

The war of words did not end there. Congress went an extra mile and launched a campaign against Surya and

decided to parcel Masala Dosa to his house through a local delivery app. Congress leader Tejesh Kumar C who was part of the campaign tweeted, “ Protest against @Tejasvi_Surya for his irresponsibility in delivering his duties. Sent him a parcel of 10 diff Dosas from Top hotels in Bengaluru. Let him have these free dosas & not worry about marketing

of hotel & work for the people of his Parliament.”

Replying to this, the MP tweeted, “Congress held a presser yesterday and announced they have sent a Masala Dosa parcel to my house. It’s been more than 24 hours & I still haven’t received it. They have scammed here as well. They can’t deliver a dosa properly and they dream of delivering good governance!”

But the twist in the tale was that the Dunzo delivery boy who had come near his house was turned away by the police officials deputed near his house.

Furthering the banter, Tejesh Kumar tweeted, “Dear @Tejasvi_Surya, in fact the Dosas were sent to your office address and Acknowledge-ment of the same is attached for your reference. Was aware of 40% corruption in Govt, now we got to know 100% corruption in your office as someone in your office has ate your Dosas. #Corruption.”

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MAKE CENTRAL SILK MAKE CENTRAL SILK BOARD TO LOWRY BOARD TO LOWRY JUNCTION STRETCH A JUNCTION STRETCH A SEPARATE MUNICIPAL SEPARATE MUNICIPAL ZONE: ORR ZONE: ORR COMPANIES ASSNCOMPANIES ASSN

OB Bureau

IT & BT minister CN Ashwath-narayan has received a proposal from the Outer Ring Road Com-

panies Association demanding that the Outer Ring Road stretch - from Central silk Board to Lowry junction - be made a separate Municipal zone. The proposal comes after the stretch was battered by heavy rains last week and people were forced to shift to nearby hotels as their buildings were waterlogged. Several firms too had to bear the brunt of the heavy rains.

The Association, in its proposal, says the 17 km stretch houses over 800 to 900 companies and 25 tech parks. “Bengaluru municipal corpo-ration has a total of 3,758 IT com-panies, 92 biotech companies, and 79 tech parks. The majority of it is in ORR stench. The new municipal zone should have a clear five-year plan to transform the corridor into world-class technology corridor. A com-mittee of experts should be set up to develop a 2027 plan for this new municipal zone. The zone should have public-private partnerships to ensure accountability and the IT-BT department should oversee its de-velopment. A special ex gratia grant and funding should also be provided to develop this world-class corridor,” the association said in its proposal.

The association also sought resolution to other issues such as ap-proval for the high-density corridor, development of Hosur Road, Sarjapur Road, Old Airport Road, ITPL and Silk Board Road, and KR Puram to ensure that the traffic flow is seamless. They also demanded a plan for the man-agement of lakes storm water drains, cables, and roads as well as a zero tolerance policy on encroachments.

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As part of its efforts to remove encroachments from storm-water drains and Lake beds, the civic

agency Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike brought out bulldozers to begin a demolition drive in Mahadevapura constituency. According to BBMP, a total of 15 buildings, including IT parks, have been identified that have encroached upon SWDs. Some of them on the list include Bagmane Tech Park, Purva Paradise, Wipro, Gopalan International School, New Horizon College, Prestige, Nalapad, Salarpuria, Adarsha, Divyasree, Ecospace, and Columbia Asia Hospital, among others.

BBMP commissioner Tushar Giri Nath said, “We have given a detailed instruc-tion to the respective zones to clear the encroachments on lake beds and SWDs.

Since the encroached lake beds belong to the revenue department, we are con-ducting a thorough survey, after which the tahsildar will issue notices to the encroachers and we will take action. All zonal commissioners have been directed to clear the encroachments as per the survey already conducted with the help of the revenue department. Notices have been served to encroachers in all zones and wherever notices have not been served we will… issue them.”

Mahadevapura zone BBMP chief engi-neer Basavraj Kabade said, “As many as 24 buildings in Mahadevapura will face demolition after a thorough survey is completed. As of now, we have identified three residential buildings and com-pound walls, which have encroached on the drain alignment between Chinnap-panahalli Lake and Munnekolala Lake, a

distance of about 500 metres. A part of a private school will be demolished to make a safe passage for rainwater to flow.”

Clement Jayakumar, chairman of Mahadevapura Task Force-Jal Shakti, a volunteer group, said, “It is not a sudden move. Encroachers were sent notice a few months ago and the demolition is now underway with police protec-tion. Places like AECS Layout, Vinayaka Layout, and areas surrounding Chin-nappanahalli and Munnekolala lakes will be relieved from flooding, once the encroachments are removed and debris are cleared. Demolition and restoration work will take place for at least the next two-three months.”

Responding to media, CM Basavaraj Bommai said, “there was no question of any disparity in the removal of encroach-ments.”

Adarsh Gupta

There was a time when Namma Bengaluru was a traffic-free

city filled with greenery, lakes, and garbage bins. With development, that old city makes way for an enormous, gigantic and wonderful; but still a beau-tiful city.

With many more people than before from all over the country and the world, it is busier than usual with more and more traffic, apartments and vehicles to cater to everyone’s needs and greed. Mixed food, culture and clothing are all accepted as their own. a melting pot of cultures on a low simmer mixing, adapting and evolving.

With all this comes waste and Garbage though, the

one thing Namma Benga-luru is lamenting for, after traffic obviously. There were designated garbage bins long back where peo-ple used to through their waste regularly that in turn kept the city clean. but now, the lack of garbage bins is forcing people to through it out at random places, Garbage collection agencies are not doing a good job and the garbage trucks are parked at ran-dom spots all over the city adding to the smell, dirt and traffic woes.

I hope that the city may-or, ward officer and the re-gional authorities will take notice of this growing issue and act on it before it is too late. Let my city be sprin-kled with morning dew and regular rains as before.

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Bangalore is home to many wealthy families and movie stars. Since it is called the “SILICON VALLEY OF INDIA” the city hosts all the success-

ful startup CEO giants and it won’t be a surprise if you have a millionaire living down by the end of your street. Likewise, Bangalore has quite a handful of posh areas that can be termed as “the crème de la crème” where the ‘elite’ reside. Affording a house event on rent in one of these posh places is a mighty task and it is very expensive, at least to say. But if you already happen to have a house in one of these areas then you’re in for a treat. Here’s a list of a few posh areas in Namma Bengaluru and why they are considered some of the best areas to live in the city.

KORAMANGALA

Situated in the southeastern part of the city, Koramangala is one of the largest neighborhoods and is a residential local-ity with a wide tree-lined neighborhood and a mix of luxury apartments, com-mercial structures, and posh bungalows. It has gradually developed into a com-mercial hub. it is also known for great coworking spaces with excellent network connectivity. It has numerous education-al institutions such as St. John’s National Academy Of Health Sciences, Indian Institute Of Planning And Management, IBMR Ibs-B School. St. Francis High School. It also has numerous hospitals like AP Aparan Hospital, Apollo Spec-tra Hospital, and St. John’S Hospital Madiwala Junction. Did you know that Koramangala’s 3rd block is called “THE BILLIONAIRE STREET OF BENGALU-RU”?

INDIRA NAGAR

Indira Nagar was planned in the late 1960s and 70s and has now evolved into a luxurious residential and commercial zone in Bangalore. It is filled with wide alleys and tree-lined avenues that make one feel like they are in a living paradise! It is also filled with lots of cafes, pubs, restaurants, and showrooms. Indira Nagar’s high property and rent prices mostly suit the upper class. here is a great choice of authentic, regional, and fusion flavors, including Mexican, Mediterra-nean, Arabic, and Chinese, and brew from micro-breweries that have made Indiranagar their home, like Toit, Xtreme Sports Bar, and Bflat Bar. The Metro station is easily accessible and everything you need is just a walk away!

JAYANAGARLocated in South Bangalore, Jayanagar is one of the prime residential and com-mercial localities in the city. It is divided into seven wards and ten blocks. Out of the ten blocks, the third and fourth block is primarily commercial, while the remaining blocks are residential. Jayanagar has developed into one of the best cosmopolitan areas in Bangalore. From shopping malls to schools to hos-pitals to supermarkets, the area has it all! There are quite a few tourist attractions in the area like The South End Circle and Ashoka Pillar. The house of renowned Narayan Murthy, the founder of Infosys is also located in Janayagar. It has several schools and educational institutions like Bangalore International Academy, Su-darshan Vidya Mandir, and Vibgyor High school. It also has numerous hospitals such as Sanjay Gandhi Hospital, Apollo Healthcare, and Jayanagar Orthopedic Hospital.

MALLESHWARAMIn 1848, during the reign of Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, the Maharaja of Mysore a plague epidemic hit Bangalore. Due to the unsettling living conditions in the cramped city area (primarily in and around present-day Majestic), the forward-looking Dewan of Mysore, Sheshadri Iyer, initiated the creation of Malleswaram. He had the vision to create

new and clean suburbs to accommodate the city’s booming population. Located in the northwestern part of Bangalore, Malleshwaram is one of the oldest neigh-borhoods in the city. The neighborhood has nicely paved roads, educational institutions, parks, and plenty of places of worship. Apart from being filled with temples, Malleshwaram also has a few tourist attractions like the Sankey Tank, Chowdiah Memorial Hall, and one of the biggest malls in the city, Mantri Mall.

SADASHIVANAGARSadashivanagar is home to many mov-ie stars, celebrities, politicians, sports persons, entrepreneurs, and industrial-ists. It is close to a lot of IT Hubs as well that include Embassy Manyata Business Park and has easy connectivity to the Kempegowda International Airport. It is also called the “Silent Neighborhood” as the residents are always quiet, not stepping out of their homes that often. It has a handful of education institutes like Arogya Yogasana School, Thirumala Vidya Nikethan School, Stella Maris School, and Kumara Park High School. The area is ranked among the highest property values in Bengaluru with its tree-lined streets and magnificent houses. But the hous-es in this locality are worth catching a second (or even a third) glimpse.

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Namma Bengaluru has quite a handful of posh areas that can be termed as “the crème de la crème” where the ‘elite’ reside. Affording

a house event on rent in one of these posh places is a mighty task and it is very expensive, at least to say. From Koramangala to

Sadashivanagar, welcome to the Jubilee Hills of Bangalore!

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Shivani Venugopal

The sight of watercrafts—boats, canoes and kayaks in the floating IT Corridor of Bengaluru made it look similar to Venezia. However, the difference was neither were

these people ‘The Tourists’ seemingly on a Gondola ride nor were the watercrafts the only means of transport. Unfortunately, due to unprecedented rains, their homes were flooded and people were being rescued in vessels and tractors.

The agony of people made Twitterati go ballistic on the government and the BBMP for its incompetent governance and heap-

ing them with sarcasm. T V Mohandas Pai, VP, B.PAC (Bangalore Polit-ical Action Committee) too poured his angst on his Twitter handle against the misgover-nance of

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palika (BBMP) and uploaded a video titled ‘Pl see in Bengaluru,’ depicting a man clad as lord Gane-sha and walking in the

waterlogged road drawing the attention of the government and calling forth the divine intervention of BBMP, area MLAs and the MPs to alleviate the suffering of people in the flood affected areas of IT corridor. Quiz Pai if the need has come to decongest Ben-galuru as indicated by many experts and he retorts: “Bengaluru is the city of growth and aspirations with abundant career oppor-tunities. Moreover, being a free country people can live anywhere. We can’t prevent them from coming to Bengaluru. Instead of decluttering Bengaluru, the government needs to improve the city’s governance and look into the corruption in the system. It’s due to corrupt practices that the buildings on the encroached rajakaluves have been given occupancy certificates.”

For effective governance at local levels Pai has put forth the following tasks to be undertaken:• To have a 5-City Corporation with 5 may-

ors to resolve issues at the local level. • Contracts to be awarded through elec-

tronic approvals to bring about trans-parency and reduce corruption in the corporation.

• People to obey the rule of the law (no illegal construction), failing which pun-ishment should be muted out within a stipulated time frame.

• Rajakaluves to be restored and drains to be cleaned.

According to Dr T V Ramachandra, Convenor, Environmen-tal Information System, IISc, the need of the hour is to decongest Bengaluru to restore its ecosystems—lakes, interconnectivity among lakes and pre-vent encroachments of lakes and rajakaluves. He ascribes the recent abysmal flooding situ-ation in Bengaluru to unprecedented rapid urbanisation and sprawl due to an errone-ous developmental path with impetus on

industrialisation for economic develop-ment, completely ignoring the ecology and livelihood of people. Ramachandra feels the concentrated growth has resulted in the increase in population and consequent pressure on infrastructure, and natural resources, which is ultimately giving rise to a plethora of serious challenges, such as cli-mate change, enhanced greenhouse gases emissions, lack of appropriate and adequate infrastructure, traffic congestion and lack of basic amenities (electricity, water, and sanitation) to name a few.

“Since 2000, Bengaluru has been frequent-ly flooding even during normal rainfall, which is a consequence of the increase in impervious area with the high-density urban development in the catchment and decline in wetlands and vegetation. The flooding is exacerbated by narrowing and concretising of stormwater drains, lack of appropriate drainage maintenance works with the changes in enhanced run-offs, the encroachment and filling in the floodplain on the waterways, obstruction by the sewer pipes and manholes and relevant struc-tures, deposits of building materials and solid wastes with subsequent blockage of the system and also flow restrictions from under capacity road crossings (bridge and culverts). The lack of planning and enforce-ment has resulted in significant narrow-ing of the waterways and filling in of the floodplain by illegal developments,” rues Ramachandra.

In addition to decongesting Bengaluru, Ramachan-dra recommends ecological Management of Storm Water Drains and Wetlands as remedial measures to mitigate impacts of flooding and proposed the below-mentioned solutions for a liveable Bengaluru:• Shifting major installations to other dis-

tricts in Karnataka (to promote uniform growth across all districts)

• Stopping further industrialisation and commercial establishments in Bangalore.

• Protecting open spaces – lakes, parks, etc. • Creating a mini forest of native species of

two hectares in each ward to enhance the recharge potential of a landscape and to enhance recreation services.

• Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) should stop issuing NOC (no objection certificate) to major build-ing projects as there is not sufficient water in the city.

• Environment clearance as per the norms of Environment Protection Act (2016), Wetlands (Conservation and Manage-ment) Rules, 2016, SWM 2016, C & D Wastes, 2016, Air act 1981, Water (Preven-tion of Pollution) Act, 197.

Naresh V Narasimhan, renowned archi-tect and urban design expert, considers the unfortunate events of the last few days due to an extreme climate change event and a wake-up call to the urbanist to design a better future for the city. Nevertheless, he’s happy with the results from the K-100 Citizens’ Water-way Project initiated by BBMP in coordination

with other government agencies as the first step towards a holistic vision and states: “This project takes into account the gov-

ernance, operational sustainability, citizen welfare and quality of life, all adapted to the local conditions of the city. If the same strategy can be scaled to the entire city, then there is no reason to believe that Bengaluru cannot be a sustainable, robust city in the future. The city has a great advantage of be-ing home to experts from varying fields and it is time for all of us to come together, use our expertise and work towards a climate resilient Bengaluru.” Rishvanjas Raghavan, Founding President

of Bengaluru NavaNir-mana Party Nava Yuva, is of the view that though most of the effects of climate change are be-yond control, however, floods can be controlled. He condemns the nexus between the builders and politicians paving the way for layouts over lakes and water bodies. Raghavan vociferously states: “The current situation is only because

of the greed of builders and politicians, who have sanctioned buildings and created lay-outs over lakes and natural waterways. It is not that we are out of depth with planning! Even the original old Bengaluru master-plans took water flow into account, which is why none of the older residential areas of Bengaluru are even slightly flooded.”

Giving a plausible reason to restore the water bodies Raghavan states: “Water is shapeless and formless. It will flow into whichever path offers least resistance. If we can restore the original path that the water should take, we will not see floods again in the city! The current situation can be mitigated, but only if there is political will to do so – because it will involve clearing encroachments, going against wealthy stakeholders, as well as disrupting lives of several citizens largely for no fault of their own.”

Providing a strategic road map for a sustain-able Bengaluru, V Ravichandar, Mentor, Feedback Consulting, has stressed on three action points:• The need for the

legislature to set up a ‘Bengaluru Resilience Unit’, which will have the powers to do whatever is required to prevent, mitigate and recover from climate change inci-dences like flooding.

• To consider the Ban-galore International Airport Area Planning Authority (BIAPPA) area including Devanahalli, airport, and Yelahanka area as the good twin city for future Bengaluru by putting all good de-velopment practices, respecting nature’s contours and enforcing rule of the law.

• Local neighbourhoods need to come together to help develop improvement places for their respective areas. They need to get the city authorities to embrace the improvement suggested and put pressure on implementation.

For Suresh Heblikar, filmmaker and environmentalist, it’s the topography of

any city that’s of utmost importance. He opines that not understanding the topography and geography of Bengaluru has led to a pathetic state of affairs. Heblikar states: “Government after government went on chasing wealth with the ambitious approach of drawing parallels with Singapore and other such countries and dreaming of turning

Bengaluru into one of these countries, which isn’t possible due to its topography.” Urging to restore the ecosystem to avoid the nature’s fury which doesn’t discriminate against social class, caste, creed or religion, Heblikar further states: “People have more money but poor vision. Neither the govern-ment nor the real estate developers have looked at the future of Bengaluru. Slopes and gradients shouldn’t be disturbed, which are connected to the water drains. Technol-ogy is needed, but can’t be chasing money and technology at the cost of ecosystem.”

Heblikar explained about the cohesive channel of water network, which had existed once, connecting the water bodies to varied lakes. After rains, the overflowing water of Hulimavu lake on Bannerghatta road would flow into Gottigere lake, which in turn, would flow into Madiwala lake, Agara lake, Bellandur lake, Varthur Lake and finally, the water reaches Krishnagiri, which is 100kms away. Emphasising the absence of an ecosystem Heblikar opines: “Today we have destroyed the catchment areas by building raised structures, so naturally the rainwater will gush into houses. Govern-ment should ensure the basic needs of air, water and soil to the people. Environment is transparent, which by itself is a wonderful religion consisting of oceans, lakes, rivers, trees and soil. We need to preserve these resources with the attitude of gratitude. People are chasing money and not both-ered to correct the wrongs. Development is important, but it should happen keeping the geography, topography, lakes, soil and air intact.”

While the topic of ‘Decongesting Bengal-uru’ is debatable, one thing is certain—the city undoubtedly needs better governance with the thrust on the restoration of the ecosystem for the well-being of its citizens. Subject experts are more than happy to help the government to make Bengaluru liveable—each life matters!

RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY, LITTLE B’LURU WANTS ITS WAY

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MANGALORE BUNSThis is a local delicacy of the Udu-pi Region and this bun is very sweet and fluffy and is made from bananas. It almost looks like a pancake and it is very easy to make. Man-galore buns are generally relished with Sambar or coconut Chutney. If you looking for something vegetarian and yummy street food at the same time in Bangalore, start with these.

OBBATTU/ HOLIGEThis delicacy is a local dish of the Mysore region and is a very popular street food in Bangalore. It is also known as Puran Poli and is made of jaggery, carda-mom powder, Rava, flour and Toor dal. It is one of the simplest delicacies which is Ivo during festivals like Diwali. The best way to eat this dish is to eat it hot with ghee spread generously on it.

BAJJI WITH FILTER KAAPI Coffee is a staple diet and drink for anyone who stays in Banga-lore. Along with the piping hot and delicious coffee, the amalgamation of crispy Bhaji is one of the best dishes to enjoy in the rainy season in Bangalore. Several roadside stalls sell deep-fried vegeta-ble Bhajis which is comfort food for many people of Bangalore.

VADA PAVVada pav is a very famous street food in Mumbai and it’s also loved by the people of Bangalore. Vada pav is a fluffy bread stuffed with butter and delectable flavoured vegetables. It is a spicy delicacy so with fried green chillies and Chutney. There is a non-vegetarian ver-sion of this as well where the Vada is stuffed with minced meat, and it becomes Keema pav.

RAGI MUDDEThis food is perfect for breakfast food and it has been a favourite with Benga-loreans even before millets were known by everyone. This food is a staple diet at military hotels in the city and the delectable soft spherical balls are stuffed in rich and spicy mutton gravy and then popped into your mouth with a burst of flavours.

UTTAPAMThe healthiest and eas-iest to make dish is the

Uttapam which is one of Bangalore‘s most special foods made with onions, Rice flour and tomatoes.

Uttapam is very similar to Dosa but it is soft and has fillings inside it. The best

way to eat Uttapam is with fresh coconut Chutney.

AKKI ROTIThis dish is a combo that

will make you feel as if you are at home and eating food cooked by your mother. This

is the comfort food of most people of Bangalore and has

a comforting and pleasant taste.

CHOWCHOW BATHThis is one of the most

famous foods of Bangalore and is very budget friendly pitches a combination of a

go-to breakfast in Mangalore. It is sweet and savoury and it

is also very healthy.

CHATS (ESPECIALLY

PANI PURI)We all know that Pani Puri

and Chat are the favourites of every city in India and Banga-lore is also one of them. Even

though Chat is not a native of Bangalore, the city loves it.

Yet the people of Bangalore love the Delectable flavour of Pani Puri and crispy bhel

puri and these are delicious treats found in every stole all

around the city.

FLAVOURED RICE (CHITRANNA

WITH MANGO, YUM!)

Karnataka loves its flavoured rice. These are of different

varieties from crunchy aro-matic lemon rice to Tamarind rice. The people of Bangalore

and Karnataka enjoy these dishes every second of the

day. If you have a crunch on your cash then this food is

perfect for you. You will get one plate full of cold rice or

tamarind rice from streetcars anywhere in the city 24 x 7.

Tanushree Bhowmick

Food is comfort for any-one and every one of us loves to eat some-thing flavourful and scrumptious. Banga-

lore is famous for several rea-sons and mainly it is the Gar-

den city of India plus the IT hub and the start-up capital. What is lesser known about Bangalore is that it has huge options of delicious street food at very affordable prices. Today I bring you 10 such unique gems of food in Bangalore.

Can we all agree that Bangalore has

a larger section of foodies who

are willing to try everything and

anything, I mean to top this off, the

city has some great food joints. Food is an emotion we all come together for! The essence of Bangalore lies in its unique and delecta-ble street food, from Bisi-bisi Raggi Mude

to Mavinkai Chi-tranna, we have

listed 10 favourite food from the city

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NAMMURA OOTA:BANGALORE’S

FOODGASM

Final thoughtsFood is an essence and an

emotion for people and not only something we eat to fill our stomach. The essence of

Bangalore lies in its unique and delectable street food. We listed

10 of these delectable street foods above and let us know what else you

would like to Try out in Bangalore!

Chaithra Annechira

Do you remember the show Webbed on MTV? Well, for the unversed, the show revolved

around real-life stories of those people who have been a victim of the dark web of the Inter-net. From the identity of theft, cyber abuse, and pornography, the crimes were dangerously a plenty. We often might not think twice before uploading a simple selfie online or even sharing our location on the in-ternet, to simply put anything that deems as personal and private. But is this information really personal and private? How often do you feel anxious about your data being out there for hackers to be easily accessible? The internet is a whole new world by itself. What happens behind those innocent-looking screens? Is everything as transparent as it seems? Waking up every day, and reading stories about scams, especially on the internet could be petrifying. Anyone could fall prey to such scams because these tricks are masterminded in a way to ma-nipulate into one’s head. While the feeling of being scammed is on one side, the other side of the Internet is pretty dark. Have you come across the term Dark Web? Well, you haven’t?

The dark web is that part of the internet that is often asso-ciated with being the hotbed of criminal activity. The dark web is that part of the World Wide Web that is only acces-sible by external means of special software which allows

users and website operators to remain anonymous or untraceable. Helpful for legal and illegal activity, the dark web is the hidden collection of internet sites obviously only accessible by a specialized web browser. Let’s compare it to an iceberg, the tip that is visible

to humans is the surface level of the Internet, something that is used by people on a daily basis. Now the submerged part of the iceberg is the dark web. Hidden, ghastly, and sombre. If only Titanic saw it coming. Albeit the cliché fact that one can buy or sell weapons and drugs on the dark web, there is so much more going on than just that. One can hire a hit-man, watch illegal porn yeah even child porn, hack into bank accounts, fake passports and so much more. Before you

get carried away, hold on. You could just be inviting the FBI to knock on your door.

According to research con-ducted by Daniel Moore and Thomas Rid from King’s Col-lege, dark websites are most commonly used for crime. The researchers looked at 5,205 live websites, of which, some 1,547 hosted illicit material. Is phishing a part of the dark net? What is phishing? The most commonly used fraud method to retrieve informa-tion from a person is phishing. It is engineered in a way where an attacker sends a fraudulent

message designed to trick a person into revealing sensitive information to the attacker or to even attach malicious software to the victim’s elec-tronic device. According to cybersecurity studies in 2020, phishing is the most com-mon attack by cybercriminals which makes the complaints regarding this twice as much as any other computer crime. Phishing emails could come in any form. It could be disguised as an official email from your

bank or even something as innocent as a sale at your favourite store.

While we understood what the dark net is, why and when was it created? In 2000 with the release of Freenet, a thesis project of Ian Clarke a stu-dent from the University of Edinburgh wanted to create a “Distributed Decentralised Information Storage and Retrieval System.” He aimed to kickstart a new innovative way where one could anonymously share files and communicate. The groundwork founda-tion was the base for the Tor Project which was launched in 2008. The creation of Tor brought a whole new change for the world, a new brows-er, the beginning of the end. With the Tor browser people could “browse the internet completely anonymously and explore sites that were deemed part of the dark web.”

When it comes to India, what are the rules and regulations? Is the dark web legal or will we have Daya breaking down our doors? Jokes apart, accessing the dark web is legal and there is nothing to stop you from us-ing the same. While the web is used for criminal activities, it is also used by activists, journal-ists, and government agencies to trace several crimes. Now you may wonder when there is so much illegality going on, why isn’t it banned? It is as simple because the Indian Constitution gives us the right to access the Internet under Article 21. While there is free-dom of speech and expression, there is also a fine line because legal and illegal. The things that are illegal and can land you in jail are crimes against minor girls, child pornography, sex trafficking, narcotic drugs, and psychotropic substance usage and engagement. It doesn’t stop there, even promotion of any such illegal lethal activities might land you in a strip uniform behind bars.

DARK WEBSep 16- Sep 22, 2022

50 shades just restricted to books and movies? Guess not. Hidden in the deeper zones of the dark web are places called “Red Rooms” where one can find torture videos. Not just this, for all you paranormal enthusiasts, spirits of children are sold here too. Hold on, Sadly, one of the darkest parts of the Dark Web is human trafficking. This brings us to the question, what is the Dark Web? Why is it associated with being the hotbed of criminal activity?

EERIE LANES OF DARK WEBDARK WEB

ACCORDING TO IPLEADERS BLOG, THE STATISTICS ARE AS FOLLOWS8 India has the biggest mar-

ketplace of dark web users as compared to Australia and South America. India makes up 26% of all the country’s users using the dark web.

8 According to ZDNet, a hacking group known as ShinyHunt-ers tried to sell the data of 73 million users on the dark web. It breached the security of around ten organizations, including on-line dating app Zoosk, Printing service Chatbooks, South Korean fashion platform Social Share, etc.

8 According to a Cybersecurity firm Cyble, around half a million zoom accounts were hacked in April 2020 and were sold at less than one rupee each.

8 Arxiv found out that around 70.6% of users were male who used the dark web as compared to only 29.4% of females using the dark web.

PETRIFYING FACTS ABOUT THE DARK WEB8 Like how Charon’s Obol was

placed on the dead’s eye or mouth before burial as payment for Charon, the ferryman who conveys souls across Styx (the river that divided the world of living from the dead), normal currency doesn’t work on the Dark Web. Looks like Hades lives here too, doesn’t it? Users on the dark web work on bitcoins and cryptocurrencies.

8 Have you recently lost your credit card? Well, stolen credit cards are usually sold on the dark web. Well, don’t be surprised if you find it back.

8 Two British men were arrested for illegally selling their sperm while making around $330,000. Vicky Donor, is that you?

8 For all you paranormal enthusi-asts, spirits of children are sold here too. In Thailand and other eastern countries, it is believed that priests or voodoo masters can capture the souls of babies who have either been aborted or miscarried. These spirits are bid for the highest price to people who want these spirits for their personal use.

8 50 shades just restricted to books and movies? Guess not. Hidden in the deeper zones of the dark web are places called “Red Rooms.” Here, you will find videos of people being tortured and people pay to watch these. While there hasn’t been concrete evidence of the same, cases have come up from time to time.

8 Do you know about Peter Scully? No? Here’s a little trauma, Pae-dophile Peter Scully was getting paid close to $10,000 per user to watch him, torture children. He was arrested in 2017 and faced trials in the Philippines.

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Himanshu Sridhar

Idealistic. Fairytale ro-mance. Boy and girl driving off into the sunset in a plush car filled with oodles of making out and flowers.

Must be nice. Ok, let’s not get into my non-existent dating life, that’s another article over a couple of dinners altogether. Relationships are a mesmeriz-ingly beautiful concept, at least at face value, but no real-life relationship is made out to be the ones they show on celluloid and in your Mills and Boon nov-els. Sure, those Wattpad stories can rile up even the greatest of asexuals but that’s not the stuff most conventional relation-ships and dating lives are made of. Putting in the effort, being by your significant other’s side and standing by them through thick and thin, supporting their life choices and decisions, etc. so on and so forth. These, my dear readers, are the hallmark of a stable and normal relation-ship, and half the battle is won if these are followed to the dot. But most modern-day dating experiences are built on emo-tionally bankrupt, unavailable individuals who are disloyal to their partners and don’t invest in their respective relationships.

Yup, emotional and physical manipulation of all sorts has existed since the days of yore but when it comes to dating, it is much more prevalent now in contemporary times than ever before. Let us deal with a couple of terminologies that have been thrown around in the dating and relationships realm for quite a while now. There are an umpteen number of cases doing the rounds where people are entrapped in soulless boring relationships with abusive part-ners and seeing no recourse end up heartbroken and shattered to their very bone, rather than sal-vaging and mending it. Sign of the times. Here, we will look at a few cherrypicked instances of manipulation that most couples have undergone in whichever phase of their relationship they were in.

Gaslighting • Probably the oldest trick in

the book that manipulators in a relationship often rely on. It refers to a consistent pattern where the one who is manip-ulating you, aka the manipu-lator, makes you second guess your mental state and makes you feel inadequate, empty, and strips you away of your mental sanity. They know that the odds will inevitably veer towards their favour and they

inflict just oodles of mental torment and physical abuse often by using swear words or demotivating you, and so on and so forth.

Love Bombing • I was literally today years old

when I came across this term and it basically it means that

you smother someone with immense feelings of love, care, and affection, so much so that it feels borderline possessive and extra. This more often than not leads to severed ties in a relationship. There is no fine balance or a sprinkle of love here, it follows the – “go big or go home” policy to a fault. And not in a good way, in a very toxic, stifling way. Bombastically blurting out platitudes on love, constant admiration of one’s partner like they’re some trophy, and giving gifts all the time, even when the occasion doesn’t call for it are surefire signs of sub-tle manipulation. This makes the significant other often overlook all the mistakes and red flags that they carry. Think Joe Goldberg (a demented obsessive stalker/ murderer on the down low) from the hit Netflix series You and you’ll

connect the dots. Hey, I’m just giving you folks a reel-life allusion.

The Silent Treatment • Communication is pretty

much the bedrock of any stable and functioning relationship, being open, honest, and vocal all go hand in hand. Here, withholding information and the inability to divulge important infor-mation from your loved ones. This one is kinda self-explana-tory and self-standard. Always be an open book and never resort to this means of manip-ulation.

Projection• When the manipulator places

all the unwonted blame onto his/her significant other. This one happens all the time, es-pecially when it boils down to cheating in a said relationship and these involve means of deceit, pathological lying, and justification.

So, there you have it, peo-

ple. The manipulation tactics encompass relationships in general and can span all aspects of your life so remain guarded, know the art of conflict resolu-tion so that you can wade your relationship through hell or high water come what may.

WAKE UP CALL 10

RED FLAGS: NOT YOUR MILLS & BOON STORY

Sep 16 - Sep 22, 2022

In the era where we allow Instagram reels to dictate whether our partner loves us or not, most modern-day dating experiences are built on emotionally bankruptcy. Is love really blind? Count yourself warned! From gaslighting to stonewalling, take a look at the types of emotional and physical manipulation in a relationship

Tanushree Bhowmick

Music is the heart and mind of the soul. There are so many famous musicians all over the world and they com-pletely deserve recognition

in limelight. Most singers that youngsters listen to are American and western singers and also K-pop bands like BTS, TWICE, Mamamoo, Ateez, Stray Kids, and so on. But among all these talented artists we forget the underrated and unknown musicians from India who might not be extremely famous even and they have 300 listeners on Spotify Music. But they have beautiful melodies with amazing lyrics and bring a lot of talent to the plate. Lets us see five underrated music bands from India who might not be as famous as the K-pop stars but their music also brings solace to the soul.

Anuv Jain Although the singer loves singing for a long time and he finally decided to become a full-time singer during the lockdown. He doesn’t have any major label backing but he still put up videos with his guitar and people love this music. His music is mainly dominated by acoustic melodies and lyrics which are drawn from emotions filled in daily life which mixes music and mix it re-latable. His song Mishri has reached more than 1 million streams on Spotify.

Advait Advait Is very underrated and he is another musical artist who blames lyrics in Hindi and English. His songs or slow and mes-merizing. The song Tu Hai Kaha with back-ground melody from the Perks of Being a Wallflower is one of their most famous songs which have been recorded by him.

When Chai Met Toast This band is a Kochi-based multilingual indie and folk alternative band. They have four members and great acoustic, cheerful, comforting, and beautiful music that can always make you happy. They try to hold

on to the positive things in life and the songs feature those positive thoughts. The song Khoj became the most famous song in 2018.

Dream Note Dream note is a Rajasthan-based Rock-band with torches of indie music who make their music with unique melodies. Gaurav Tiwari and Sachin Singh started the band in 2014 and they have hit songs like Tere Jaane Ke Baad and Na Kehna Tum. This band deserves all your love and attention Through their melodious and intricate songs.

GumbalThis Band mixes mesmerizing music with space–rock melodies and this kind of genre is very hard to find in India. This melody is also very hard to pull off with proper or-ganic authenticity. This band is extremely unique and the melody is hauntingly and beautiful. You can hear the EP Small Step on SoundCloud.

Sand DunesSand Dunes or Sanaya Ardheshir is a very underrated singer among the masses. She has an extremely gripping melody with electronic sounds and piano chops which truly sounds like a Music of Sci-fi movies. The music is also very similar to Daft punk which is extremely impressive.

Final thoughts

All these musicians or extremely underrat-ed but still they were semi-famous. There is a lot of talent in India and extremely unique as well as hard-working musicians who might not get the limelight and con-nections of big hotshots but try extremely hard through YouTube channels and Instagram profiles. There is talent all over the country who might only have 20 or 300 listeners. All the artists listed above and each of the unlisted musicians deserve an equal chance because of their authenticity. Yes, there are artists like PinNaree or DEE EN who deserve an equal amount of love and recognition from listeners for their unique musical process and the fact that all these musicians still want to hold on to their dream even when there might not be a proper music industry present for them in the country.

Most singers that youngsters listen to are either American and Western singers

and off late also K-pop bands like BTS, TWICE,

Mamamoo, Ateez, Stray Kids, and so on.

But among all these talented artists we

forget the underrated and unknown

musicians from India who might not be extremely famous

or might even have garnered just 300

followers on Spotify. Does this mean they

aren’t talented and aren’t great? Let’s

give these underrated artists and band the

love they deserve.

HIDDENGEMS: UNDERRATED MUSIC BANDS

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Noopur Praveen

As the evening of Sep-tember 8 dawned, the news of Britain’s lon-gest serving monarch, Her Majesty Queen

Elizabeth II’s deteriorating health gained momentum. It grabbed almost everyone’s immediate attention as was expected. The Queen lived a mysteriously beau-tiful life which caught everyone’s attention. Mostly for the mystery part of her life as the beauty was well displayed. The final blow came soon that night.

Queen Elizabeth II had died at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. She occupied the British throne for 70 years, which began in Winston Churchill’s second premiership in the early 1950, making her the UK’s longest-reigning monarch. She is succeeded by her son, who will now be called Charles III. The Queen’s death initiated a period of sustained mourning in the United Kingdom, and elsewhere around the world, and has kicked off debates about the value of constitutional monarchy.

Very less was publicly known about the Queen. She remains a mystic figure for the world. The extraordinary thing about her was that she managed to stay relevant till her last breath despite several odds against constitutional mon-archy in the world today. It may

across as funny but, indeed, she is probably the only monarch the living world really knows about.

Having a constitutional mon-archy somehow seemed liked a midway between autocracy and revolution back in the 19th cen-tury. In an interview to the New Yorker, Simon Schama, historian and author of many books on British history, said, “Even as Queen Victoria’s powers were stripped down, she reinvented the possibility of an authority that had not worked before. Walter Bagehot, the constitutional writer, made a case for constitu-tional monarchy as something that was morally exemplary, that had august ceremony built into it. But then he said something really much more interesting. He said it should be intelligible to ordinary people. And that’s where the family came in—if [people] could somehow see the royalty as the embodiment of the nation, the mysterious and magical inher-itor of an endless past, but also, in some respects, as absolutely,

recognizably human just like them, then you pulled off an amazing political stunt.”

Queen Elizabeth II spent seven decades living with one of the world’s most coveted titles with least political action to her credit. She met the most important peo-ple in the world, travelled over a million miles and visited over 115 countries, welcomed 15 British prime ministers to office — all her calm royal demeanour. So much of the world’s history was felt up, close and personal by the Queen herself. She indeed was, as Vox put it, history’s greatest spectator.

Elizabeth’s reign wasn’t unique only because of its vast dura-tion. Those seven decades saw massive occurrences across the globe, something which the Queen witnessed from a singular perch. As per Vox, per-capita GDP in the United Kingdom more than tripled during the Queen’s reign, part of a wave of economic growth that began in the 1800s with the Industrial Revolution, and truly took off globally in the

post-war era. Life expectancy in the UK was just under 70 years in 1953 — today it is north of 80.

Interestingly, India — which spent nearly a century under direct British rule — recently overtook the UK as the world’s fifth-largest economy. As Britain prepares to pay final respects to Queen Elizabeth II, the princess of the erstwhile Mysuru Royal family, Kamakshi Devi Wadiyar, recollected the fond memories of Queen’s visit to Bengaluru in 1961.

Queen Elizabeth II visited India for the first time in 1961 when she also visited Bengaluru for a short while. Recalling the fond memo-ries, Kamakshi Devi Wadiyar was quoted as saying by news agency PTI: “I was only eight when Her Majesty visited Bengaluru. My father, the Rajya Pramukh of the state, Maharaja Jayachamara-jendra Wadeyar, received the Queen at the airport. Along with my mother and siblings, I stood watching her arrival from a distance.”

She further remembered “Queen Elizabeth-II was then tak-en to the ‘Residency’, now known as Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru. “The entire event was made grand with whatever limited resources available that time. Elizabeth-II spent her night in the Cubbon Bungalow on the Nandi Hills.”

The Queen has left legacy of a lifetime behind of her. She is fondly remembered today. The world is mourning. If not to a deep extend, everyone’s looking at her beautiful pictures with awe. It might be tricky to justify what exactly did she do for those mourning her death so passion-ately. Nobody really has an an-swer. Maybe it was how she built her image. She was decent, funny and undeniably intriguing. Her position was one that kids read in fairy tales. Her crown was fancied, her attire was viral and her witty one-liners took over the internet more often than not.

The Queen has been there for too long to be ignored. Her stat-ure almost feels hand stitched, so delicate, warm and calming. Strangely, none of those in awe of her really knew her personally. But the enigma of her person-ality or maybe her position got the better of us on most days. Credit must go to the royal family as well. They have managed to weave the Queen’s image such that nobody ever took her lightly. She was somehow detached from the tangles of politics and yet very much there. One might wonder if there really is a way of constructing such an identity that is immune to the egotistical abrasiveness of politics. Believe it or not, that is exactly Queen Elizabeth II represented, and that is what Charles is expected to carry forward.

These are some tough shoes to fill. After all, its not just the royalty but the heart that one needs to possess to enter into the hearts of others. Does Charles have it, or more importantly, do the people have any more affection to give? Time will tell. Until then, may the Queen rest in grace.

LILIBET’S TRIBUTE 12 Sep 16 - Sep 22, 2022

The Queen lived a mysteriously beautiful life which caught everyone’s attention. The

longest serving British monarch, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, at 96. Why was her reign unique?

INTERESTING FACTS OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II (Source: countryliving.com)

The Queen bought her wedding dress with WWII ration coupons

The Queen didn’t need a license to drive

The Queen has sat for over 200 official portraits

She volunteered as a truck driver during World War II

The Queen’s first horse was called Peggy

HISTORY’S GREATEST

SPECTATOR PUTS HER

GUARD DOWN

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Dhiraj MV

National award-win-ning filmmaker Man-sore is well known for his films like Harivu, Nathicharami, and

Act 1978. He’s now in the process of making his next film which is titled 19.20.21. The film has created high expectations both in the critic and audiences as his previous film ACT 1978 was very well received. This was the first film to hit theaters once normal life resumed after the Pandem-ic. Regarding 19.20.21, as per reports, this film is based on true incidents and revolves around the Human rights violation of common man. Cinematography is done by renowned DOP Sathya Hegde. We are eagerly looking forward to this project.

To begin with, please tell us about your journey into films.Basically, I am a visual artist. My dream was to become a paint-ing visual artist. As a part-time job, I started my career as an art assistant in ad films in 2004. After completing my Post Gradua-tion, I became an art director for ad films, TV series, and films. I worked in the art department till 2014. Right after which I directed my first debut film Harivu. I never dreamed of becoming a film director. But destiny brings the

direction of the field.

Have you assisted someone as an AD or did you attend any film school? How did you learn the art of filmmaking?I never worked under any director. For a while, I thought about learning direction, so I approached a few directors but nobody gave me a chance. So, when I planned to do Harivu, I tried to learn directions by watch-ing lots of movies. Especially at the BIFFES.

What is your idea of a good film? Your definition:

Personally, I feel if people recall a film for a good reason, then it is a good film.

What’s your writing process? Do you first get an idea, then you make it a one-line and then the screenplay, or do you work in any other way?There is no exact theory for me to write a story-screenplay. I don’t have an academic background in filmmaking. It all depends on the subject.

What do you think is more import-ant for a film? Character or plot?For me, plot.

How long do you usually take to complete a bound script?I will not keep boundaries or time limits when it comes to writing scripts. Because the script is the main soul and back-bone of a film. It should get its shape organically.

What kind of subjects/genres are you inclined towards?I want to explore all kinds of genres. I don’t want to be a brand or a particular style filmmaker.

Do you think audiences have start-ed bifurcating between OTT films and theatrical films? (Based on budget, grandeur, star cast, and so on..) what is that factor that drives audiences to theatres? For the first point may be yes, for the second point we can’t tell the exact reason after seeing some surprise box office hits in the last two months.

Please tell us about your next project. Presently I am busy working on my new film ‘19.20.21’. We are in post-production right now.After that, I am working on two scripts. One is a political thriller and another one is a period-ac-tion drama. Don’t know which one will get a chance to go on the floor.

“I FEEL IF PEOPLE RECALL A FILM FOR A GOOD REASON EVEN AFTER

YEARS, THEN IT’S A GOOD FILM”Keeping no

boundaries or time restric-tions, Direc-tor Mansore

believes that the script is

the main soul and back-

bone of a film and letting it

take its shape organically is the best

thing to do

Giving insight on

the nuances of making

a short-film and its nitty

gritty, Di-rector Vijeth

Aralaguppi says, “Short

films are like a visiting card or a

resume for filmmakers”

EXPLORING THE FACETS OF SHORT-FILMS WITH TEAM KALIVIJETH ARALAGUPPI, DIRECTOR

Please tell us about KaliShort films for filmmakers are like a visiting card or a resume. Making a short film at a scale of a feature film gives makers all the experience that is required to grow big and update the skill set to pull off a fea-ture-length film.

Short films are an institute for the makers in each and every department. This is the vision in which I and Rakesh Raaj started the filmmaking journey together.

Kali is a Love Story of “Kali Yuga”, that demonstrates the extremes pure love could bring, while also exploring a unique bond between a father and daughter. The music also narrates the story, so immerse yourself in the world of Kali and let your thoughts flow.

What’s the agenda for doing this short film? Is it for a profile or a pitch project or learn-ing or you wanted to tell a short story? Or was it targeted and made for festivals?As mentioned earlier we wanted to learn filmmaking as learning is an ongoing process. It is for a profile as well as a pitch project. Kittaak had the same passion for making good films and they believed in our dream & made it their own. The main tar-get was not to make this a festival film but festivals and our film winning at multiple festivals just happened.

What do you think should be a suitable budget for a short film? I understand that it depends on the script, but what budget would be suitable for good making? A budget gives you luxury. But when it comes to short films, we don’t have such luxury. Any money that we get should be invested towards equipment & production design. This is what will be seen on the screen at the end of the day. As you have al-ready mentioned, it totally depends on the script, short films these days are made on a huge canvas too. So there is no such suit-able budget for short films if you ask me.

VINAY BHARADWAJ, PRODUCER Is there a business model that’s existent for short films? If yes, then what is it? If no, then why? Please share your insights as a producer of this short film. Kittaak is built to support pas-sion, to tell sto-ries, and to be

part of the quickly changing Kannada cinema landscape. Not looking at it as a business. It’s too early to think about money alone. Money has to be the by-product

What made you produce this project?The passion team brought to the table to create a narrative of their own. This project was funded to fuel the dreams of the maker. Production houses are responsible to be the wind beneath the wings of the creators.

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TAURUS (APRIL 20- MAY 20) - Wedding bells or a family reunion will activate your happy hormones. It’s a super energetic week for you, get done with the long due work or meeting. Dont get depressed think-ing about the past loss as another opportunity will be seen soon. Lucky color- Red

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LEO (JULY 23- AUGUST 22) - The kindest heart suffers the most. Distance yourself from toxic people, their negative energies are harming you in both relationships and fi-nances. Imply the piece of advice on your life which you use to enlighten

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Lucky colour - Pink.

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5 Indian monarch or king (4)

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