On Karma

Karma is comforting. Gives us hope for justice. But is it a real thing? Maybe. Or there is no karma and these are coincidences. there are so many instances of people doing really shitty things and not being badly affected. i think a better way for us to navigate the world is to have our own moral compass. with loftier goals then oooh if i dont do that, then some super power like gravity will just magically appear and pull me down. yes it did not pull down X and Y even though they did worse things than i plan to; but hey that must be cause they were some saint in their past life? come on and the flip side, yes i did bad things a,b and c but i also did great things d thru z so nothing bad should happen to me. i think teaching morals and values is better than guilt and fear of the unknown and unproven except for some examples

2010 2008 photos

Mom, Prem Lata Kapila, with family April 2008

E's bro, SIL and their daugther

Mom, Dad, Eela around 2009 at Abshot, maybe?

Folks, Shashi and Lata, 2011 her birtherday perhaps

Raw Okra (Bindi) for knee pain

Tip from my mother who got was adviced by an ayurvedic practitioner. Helped her for many years and now has helped me. Eat 3-4 raw okra (ladies finger or bhindi) in the morning, preferable on an empty stomach ( i have it 30 minutes after my thyroid tablet) Just wash, keep outside if in fridge and eat when at room temperature. First few times felt a bit odd, but over all great. Don't eat the end stub. Have for 25-30 days every 6 months

diabetes, sugar control and fasting

Advice on diabetes, sugar control and fasting : https://youtu.be/IgMwL6Y--HU?t=811

16 hours a day - no food

Cold pack, 40 minutes a day, cloth dipped in cold water, one over waist (2.5 meters x 1 meter folded to 10 inches. Tie cloth such that navel should be mid way.

Enema every day for 2 weeks and then once every 3-7 days

"The rapist is you." Women across the world have sung this feminist anthem from Chile.

Watch on youtube https://youtu.be/X8zv03IBCcA < .

Link to facebook post

They need more rights and equality in pay and social standing, pretty much like in India.

Embedded (works occasionally) :

Miyawaki Mini forests tiny one in my building 700sft Bangalore India but can do same anywhere you have water, soil, ...

If you have 400 square feet or more land, consider leaving a margin of 10 feet around and then growing a thick natural mini forest, all natural. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfA2namCs7Y We did one in muy flats. Very proud after 1.5 years see images at https://photos.google.com/share/... • Can get detailed instructions from https://www.afforestt.com/methodology They even did a one in the Netherlands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDSlft037gk (ivn.nl/tinyforest/n... using google translate; they have many now, even have a pin code lottery, and planted 10k saplings all over Netherlands) • Handy calculator for margin and grow area https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GMBH2crEH8qyM5v1btEnshe_yT4xwX3eQw70ml6rV2k/edit?usp=sharing Photo is of the one in my building. My idea, 2018 September. Some of them have grown well now! •Idea is to go deep, add manure, compost, cocopeat, dry corn waste or something else to make soil loose, then put native trees - 60 cm of each other, a shrub, then a 1-2 that will grow 12-25 feet and 1 that grows taller so they take up seperate areas of the sun light. Like apartments • We dont add fertilizers or any chemicals. Dig 4 feet deep, added bio mass (sugar cane after juice removed and dries or dry husk/ corn waste, coconut shell, broken to bits ... cocopeat, good to hold water; cow manure, compost, fallen leaves. Make a mound so extra water runs off plus its super natural fertile. Then put saplings. We removed some non native species that the builder had put (4 palms and another tree that is not native to here), then planted 115 saplings. • Five saplings did not make it. Might be due to the quality of saplings and initially had added 5 Singapore cheery trees which are not native to India, they grew very fast, blocking light to others. Also we did not have enough (dried) sugarcane waste (something to make the soil loose, can use husk too). anyway enough have lived, see the pictures, can see the transformation. We water 6 times a week unless it rains, for the first 3 years. • Add mulch (dry leaves). So yes a lot of activity but 100% natural. no medicines, but we do mix in neem and other saplings that are medicinal and help each other Costs in INR Rupees https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQR9wXLTw4h1-XUng...

Medicinal trees Blr Miyawaki sublist

Can do same anywhere you have water, soil, list of native saplings ...

Can get saplings from below list from FRLHT, Bangalore India. http://tiny.cc/flrhtTrees Photos of the micro mini 650 sft forest we made Feb 2019 album

Use Porter too book a Tata ace for delivery. http://envis.frlht.org/amruthvana/gardenshop.php This link has the price list.

Following are the list of medicinal trees. Sublist from the Bengaluru full native trees list (full list here thanks to Shubhendu Sharma and the others at afforestt.com For a customized to your location and updated list contact them afforestt.com/seedling)

Layer means in Miyawaki method we plant trees close but place trees that grow to different heights near each other, so they all have a chance to get sunlight. So we have shrubs, sub trees, trees and canopy. Can see below list here too.

Home Forest Medicinal Species List
S. No.	Local Script	Common name	Layer	Botanical Name	Key Specialty	Habitat	%	Order with contin gency
1	Kolugida	Buddha coconut	C	Sterculia alata	Found in evergreen forests. Important for biodiversity.	Deciduous	5	2
2	White dhup	White Indian Dammar	C	Vateria indica	Fragrant resin. Flowers. Medicinal. Endangered.	Evergreen	5	2
3	Dhobi Tree	Musanedae	S	Mussaenda frondosa	The plant has shown noticeable pharmacological activities.	Evergreen	10	4
4	Buebell baeleria	Buebell baeleria	S	Barleria cristata	The bitter juice of leaves and root is used as an antibacterial and the seeds used as an antidote for snake bites.	Evergreen	5	2
5	Achenge	The Ashoka Tree	T	Saraca asoca	Medicinal. Attractive flowers. Fast growing.	Evergreen	10	4
6	Kaval	Wild guava, kumhi	T	Careya arborea	Fruit. Birds.  Flowers. Handsome tree with dome-shaped canopy.	Deciduous	10	4
7	Kaladri	Indian Elm	T	Holoptelea integrifolia	Medicinal. Fast growing.	Evergreen	10	4
8	Amtalakaayi, Ritha	South Indian Soapnut	T	Sapindus laurifolius	Soapnut.	Evergreen	10	4
9	Pinne	Alexandrian laurel ball tree	T	Calophyllum inophyllum	Fast growing. Shade. Timber. New leaves are attractive red.	Evergreen	10	4
10	Hooarse	Portia Tree	T	Thespesia populnea	Flowers. Hardy. Adaptable.	Deciduous	10	4
11	Ankolamara	Ankol	U	Alangium salvifolium	Beautiful white flowers. Ayurvedic medicinal.	Evergreen	5	2
12	Konda-mavu	Hill mango	U	Commiphora caudata	Medicinal. Flowers. Fragrant.	Evergreen	5	2
13	Tattuna	Indian Trumpet Flower	U	Oroxylum indicum	Attractive flowers. Pollinator magnet.	Deciduous	5	2
					TOTAL		100	40
	Area (sq m)	12
	Density (saplings per sq m)	3.3
	No. of Saplings	40

Quoting June 2020 version of https://www.afforestt.com/methodology In August 2019 our trainers from Japan were in India. Together we visited some of our old forests, did a PNV (Potential Natural Vegetation) survey and also planted a forest. During the training, we realised that our Open Source manuals need to focus more on PNV survey as the selection of species is the most critical part of forest creation.

Hence, we have decided to make necessary changes to our open source manuals to make the process of forest surveys and native species selection easier to understand.

We are in the process of creating free, easy to follow video tutorials to help people understand our forest creation techniques better. These will be released soon. Kindly check this space and our social media to receive information about the release of these videos.

Meanwhile, please go through this document to understand more about the method and what it’s not.

Enough Commercial buildings in Bellandur and surrounding.

Some of us want to go to court to stop new commercial buildings in Bellandur and surrounding.

Brief : looking for people who will give 3-10k each. If we can collect 3.5 lakhs then will go ahead. Also looking for two Kannada speaking volunteer who are good at getting work done from freelance agents. Why 3-10k? Its a voluntary donation for lawyer, court and expenses to get certified copies. Can give what you can, want a minimum of 3k. Up to you to give yourself or share with a friend and transfer together.

Detail:

With inspiration from people who have stopped earlier buildings from coming up.

A generic PIL and stay cases backed by facts that we can collect (like  20-30 minute long one shot non edited mobile videos of slow commutes, showing 2km in more than 15 minutes. Like during an Uber trip so have video, time and distance, or use google maps and a shot of watch or another phone at start and end of video)
* Need to ask Govt to implement via case: we need specific statistics to allow a new multi storey building. Like a person can travel by his own car - 1 km in 5 minutes (not under ideal conditions but in peak traffic).

* Maybe the court and govt will say that is too little we need 10 minutes. Still in Bellandur it takes me 25 minutes to go to my ofc which is 1.8km away from my flat. I walk back home when I can as it takes the same time and give me some exercise !

There are many things to do to make our case stick. Like collect data about traffic, water, time to hospital, some specific cases about people having respiratory and other health issues made worse by the congestion and lack of infrastructure.

More than whatsapp message want long unedited videos (uploaded to youtube or drive and made shareable)
Prints out/ photo copies of health records, medical reports and doctor diagnosis.

Take all this to our lawyer and start a case. They will ask for specific plans of proposed buildings http://environmentclearance.nic.in/timeline.aspx?pid=SIA%2fKA%2fNCP%2f29534%2f2018&type=TOR&ID=66311 (the documents are no longer visible but we have downloaded what was there 3 months back and have in drive)

For folks who want to contribute for our PIL and related legal actions like asking for stay of specific commercial properties (for immediate relief). We are not against Dev just against over unplanned Dev that cannot be sustained.


What we need is mass transport, upkeep of current roads, living within the budget and then think of corridors after 3-4 years. And for car, bike and taxi users to use them at least 60% of journeys a week.


Sample video https://youtu.be/Y5xL3xd5fCI

Time line : around 2 months to get case going. Step 1 is collect money and a group who will sign.
step 2 send notice to government, we sent before but they ignored all, one point we will add is for reassessment of this area with water, traffic, air pollution, commute time on peak time during days when school, givernment, pvt all offices are working at 8:45-10am and 5:30-8pm
Get papers that lawyer asks.
3. file case, lawyer has to appear on our behalf in this type of case. We only need to give all facts in writing and sign
Will be good to have individuals and RWAs to sign with a set protocol to follow if a few leave during the case. There will be no refund of money but they can change mind. atleast 20 people should be 100% committed to each word before we proceed.

2019 vote info Karanata

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Register to Vote

Different form’s for voter registration: https://goo.gl/FBY8jd URL : http://voterreg.kar.nic.in/Home.aspx

Procedure to Fill Form 6 : https://goo.gl/dgiqnR
Procedure to Fill Form 7 : https://goo.gl/1qCqVw
Procedure to Fill Form 8 : https://goo.gl/WsHiEp
Procedure to Fill Form 8a : https://goo.gl/bVRvxp
Form 6 Declaration Section : https://goo.gl/WDddnG
Hard Copies for Submission :https://goo.gl/Jk2G19
How to Get Voter’s Info : https://goo.gl/ooa4ZN
Don't send by post. It is either comig back to u or getting lost. In last kasavanahalli camp 2 people showed me the returned form with cover.

Whoever is applying online has to give his hard copy with proofs to the bbmp office where he is paying property tax

Bellandur area yes u can give in Marathahalli BBMP Office.
518, Varthur Rd, Marathahalli Village, Marathahalli, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560037.
https://goo.gl/maps/DN5M9VC41m72
It is above a hotel. Entry is to the side of fashion tree ethnic wear.

After get registered : 


Minimum to do is take any Govt id card can be aadhar also to polling booth and vote. Voter id card is optional.

Aadhar is not accepted when applying for voter id but its accepted identifier in voting booth as long as name and photo matches what was giving in voting application and what appears in their list.

Voter id card : they have less stock. Please call 1950 from mobile or landline and complain if not got. Can go to their office. Folks who had camp do not plan to go. There is a small chance that they will drop ids at our flats. But we do not know more about that.

Do encourage you to check names and vote;  Karnataka date NOT annoucned i, but plan to be here in Arpil/ May!

Voters should check their names on voter list, note down part and serial number. As it might change every time new list is released. Pl note it down a week before voting as it will help u find the name in polling booth easily.

Fyi Usually if Id card is ready the ward office will call and intimate the person.id cards r ready but hologram is yet to come. Hence delay.


ELECTION DATE NOT Yet DECLARED...

Civic competition

Friday 4 to 5pm painting and poster competition (or do posters at home)

Theme : civic issues, like roads, congestion, travel time, pollution, dying lakes... Prizes for first 3 places. Open to all from 8 years up.

Poster competition : same theme. Can prepare at home. This is for working population. A good poster should be easy to read from 5 feet away.

To help the process we have kept 10 posters and few felt pens with Ananth in the club house. please take them and give them back by Thursday night or Friday morning to club house or e-204. If you need more send me a whats app msg.

Painting : Please get own paints and paper.

You can use your poster at a peaceful silent civic protest planned on Saturday 10 to 11am all around Bellandur. We will stand near Eco space. Or you can give your poster to us if you cannot attend.

We need young and old at the protest. We are organising car and taxi pooling. Please get in touch to attend protest/ volunteer car/ if you need transport (we will go near the Central Mall) Can also join this group :

Links

Twitter : https://twitter.com/kdevforum/status/1052840808267767808?fbclid=IwAR07VW3s-OTwqIL1ovtclyY6FOqmW5Bz2eXD0HPYe3gwNI5pPaEk0QrIGh8

Fb event : https://www.facebook.com/events/343787982852640/?active_tab=discussion

FB post with info : https://www.facebook.com/savebellandur2018/posts/3513...

Sample poster attached (made on computer, you can design on computer and print on big sheet or hand make yours, good clear content is the goal)

Another poster in high res and low res https://drive.google.com/open?id=15oHfLU5nqNSZZzjdDFFUsu6puNO3GRJ7 (for printing better to save with 120 pixels per inch can use free GIMP https://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-tutorial-quickie-scale-print.html

Whats app group for APR Civic :
https://chat.whatsapp.com/HyuMJz4OTF7DtLr0rjClpD

poetry by my mother, Prem Lata Kapila written in the 1990s

Love on Wings
His clasp so warm the tender touch
the probe, the vertigo circulates to a pinnacle
we merge we merge - we fall deep.
there are no angles no hard bones.
feelings chaotic settle to a rhythm
the rhythm widens to encompass the whole world.
thy whole being circulates to cometo a pinnacle.
We sway All emotions are drawn to widen out again and again
I rise above this mundane world.
I circulate , I sway , Iam away
away far far away into infinity.

 

-Lata Kapila

The one love

 

Oh the feel - the joy - the anticipation
On seeing the fresh white - crisp
so transparent O so nice

 

the unparalleled one to own
to save it you need it

 

the everyday love of our lives
the one thing that adds to our savings
the uncrushable - the unbreakable
the see through - the preserver of my love
the savior of one and all
the bane of environmentalists
the unfathomable the die hard
the preserver of the modern world
be it the kitchen or the office - the road too

 

You and I all of us need it,
the plastic packet
THE ONE IN ALL PACKINGS
Use cloth bags - use coir bags shun plastic

 

On the location of the Cantonment Metro Station

I got this from a few people:

https://www.change.org/p/1-shri-s-siddaramaiah-the-hon-ble-chief-minister-the-metro-will-kill-us-metro-will-run-through-my-house-thousands-will-be-homeless
My reply
Re the Cantonment station metro and how its going to destroy a few houses. As far as I know, from a friend who lost his factory to the phase 1 - they give you 2.5x of BBMP rate so its market rate after taxes plus enough to cover expenses of moving. So no financial loss.
Unfortunately where ever you put it, its thru Shivaji nagar and other parts of a full city, so there are going to be displacements. I would think it would be less if via Queens Road ... a wife road?
Also see
https://www.change.org/p/cpronammametro-bmrcl-namma-metro-with-namma-consultations/

40,000 people have signed this petition regarding the Cantonment Metro station location. Not sure who is more correct. The original plan till May of this year was to have at Cantonment station parking. Few 100 people, including me, protested when it was announced by BMRCL to move it to the BBMP playground. I do not like it cause if you go on any day after 3pm will see 100s of kids and adults playing there. They are poor people, who cant afford expensive gyms or paid play areas and there is no other park or playground in that area.
40,000 people have signed that petition. Besides the playground some people have doubts that the walk way will ever be built or maintained.

Might have read how Yesvantpur metro and railway station integration is not great even now. Even though close by its not easy to go in crowded time from one to another. Small lift, many people with suitcases... See https://goo.gl/aVi1jT and https://goo.gl/y3EDp4 for some of the difficulties when lifts are full in Yesvantpur metro to the station.

So I hope you read both and then decide where you stand. Personally I'm not sure of the cost benefit of having it near the station. It will help commuters, especially those who use the new suburban trains. Railways is even planning a new platform in Cantonment in some empty space so that we can have more trains stopping here.
That will mean more people will use metro if its close by. Think about if the walkway does not come up and instead so many more people use own vehicles, autos and taxis.

At least I would use less for short distances if the time to go directly is much less.

In the end do some math and decide vs 800 crores saved and better integration.

Vs a playground being taken over and kids having no outlet for energy...to better integration for suburban, and other train users.

If you can, I urge you to go to Abdul Bari's High School Ground https://goo.gl/JSo3By see how narrows the roads are, not sure how homes wont be destroyed if it has to come here?

So metro station being near Jayamahal, Vasant nagar, spacious road in front of Cantonment station (and as far as I was told all the land belongs to the Indian railways and they are giving it to us free for the namma metro station as they know how important it is for public that has been clarified)

So I do not know if money savings or better integration will win. But I pray :
If we have to build it in the playground I at least hope we only take up 45% of land and leave rest for kids to play. And if we are really going to save so much money how about making a
multi-storey building with three floors 30 foot high so its a play area for cricket, football, etc a 365 day a year usable place with additional 4 floors for shops to recover the costs and give amenities in the area?

From another citizen who is in touch with experts: my heart bleeds for the residents , but this is a little reactive and may not be a fully researched piece- Many  of us concerned citizens have taken time and trouble via experts to locate alternative solutions for the Metro vent n shaft so that this home displacement doesn’t happen. So it’s already work in progress  & surveys that have been done there. The Blr Metro has ignored all these alternatives presented, choosing to continue an opaque POV and a panic button., . Sadly, what BMCL has cleverly done is use us  poor residents to create a fear factor of getting us and the large public  to believe that they have only one option- and  the ONLY choice  is between putting the Cantonment Metro at Bamboo Bazaar rather than at Cantonment - a slipshod, hasty recent option , which has already been dismissed by experts and public consultation  !
So the many alternatives ( from what I recall ) include  a slight change in curvature in one or two spots , shifting the shaft site to an empty plot diagonally opposite , request a small portion of Para Regiment Land nearly , slightly reduce the length to under 1500 mts . BTW, both Bby and Delhi Metros have 1700 and 2000 meters without a ventilator shaft, so why is this 1610 meter one causing an issue ?
And Rock blasting ? This was done at DPR Time when they knew what was there and the same blasting happened in Majestic area , perhaps with some additional work but was managed alright  .

Permanent Voting Centers

TIL you can petition the indian parliment

My petition :

Want permanent voting centers.
 Vote for MLAs, local bodies, over 2 weeks so more voters, vote % 70% or more, no holiday needed, just come and vote between 630am and 10:30pm. Two shifts.
No disruption to schools and teachers! More jobs. More representation.

 Permanent employees. Rest of time have votes on local things. Example: Bangalore Cantonment station metro station location.
Option 1 : have in parking lot near by- 1000 Cr more cost, but only 100 meters away from railway station

OR option 2 : 1.2 km away and destroy a play ground in a over crowded area, used by kids who are not well off?

Or option 3 save the 1,000 Cr but make a gymnasium fo the kids with 30 Cr multi storey in part of the grounds, so they end up with more playing space + can use it 365 days of the year + good PR for the government (50% central 50% Karnataka).

This vote should be for everyone in Bangalore district - max users of the station.

Other similar votes for your area's local issues. can have more than 1 subject open to voting, but with smart options. Not just yes/ no. some thought has to go to the options too.
-Tushar Kapila, Bangalore . https://twitter.com/Tushar_Kapila
Source :
https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/79flwd/til_you_can_petition_the_indian_parliment/
http://www.prsindia.org/theprsblog/?p=484

Touchy press!

Happened in a group. Not sure if sharing here is a crime. but since hardly anyone reads this blog i think should be okay. will ask a lawyer. Never know with our rules! Click each photo to see big version. UI is not good, need to press back/ open in a new tab

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 If this is how touchy they are, wonder how much news is ignored or under reported or mis-reported cause they did not like the person! But what mde it worse were my enligthened activists, running to placate them. Great team spirit! (sarcasm)

Rent receipt template with owner (landlord) address and pan, India

Consolidated rent for a period of months, use one per financial year (April to March), has place for owner PAN and signature

Or if want monthly: Google spreadsheet, can make a copy and edit online OR download as excel : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OGJTRl7qrZD_C394zreUnyMsBdDRW0tgJ9xbWSZFbo8/edit?usp=sharing or use image (tap or click to see full image and download):

Old image

Solid Waste

Dear Mr. K J George,
MLA- Sarvagna Nagar, Minister for Bengaluru Development and State Town Planning Gov't. of Karnataka.

It was great to hear you speak yesterday about our Solid Waste Management issues. Hope you will come out with soon with dates and have regular updates about city wide activities.

* Look forward to seeing all our pourakarmikas on government rolls.
* A good attendance system over looked by good BBMP officers so they are pourakarmikas fairly and on time every time. I work for a salary, and in 1999 when my then company was late paying us, we were tired of working in 3 days! Am glad these people have more patience and continue cleaning up our mess.
* I hope to see your personally going to a few chosen people's homes in Blr who have been composting for more than a year and taking pictures and video with them (with press coverage). We need regular reminders and pats on the backs for these people. If more people see what they are doing, living in small indpendant homes and flats, they might start the same to?
* Also look forward to reading about BBMP officers and police officers taking part in koint drives every week. We have to keep the tempo up. We need reports on hours spent on field and how many people checked, besides what violations made.
* Look forward to Vidhan Soudha to shun plastic bottles in favour of steel glasses and jugs. Steel looks good. Though plastic is fine too if ministers are fine with it. But should be reused for a few months at lesat.
Better than the small plastic bottles that are not banned but still are solid waste that can be avoided.

Thank you for taking time to address us. Looking forward to regular meetings like this every 2 months at least. Need to make course corrections, thank volunteers.

Thank-you

Jai Karnataka, Jai Hind.


A timeless story on conservation and reuse:
A disciple of Buddha, said, "Oh Master! I have a request to make."

Buddha: "What is it; tell me?"

Disciple: "My robe is worn out. It is no longer decent enough to wear.Please, may I have a new one?"

Buddha looked at the disciple's attire and found that the garment was absolutely in tatters and really needed replacement. So he asked the store-keeper to give a new robe to this disciple.

The disciple offered obeisance to the great master and left the room.

Buddha kept thinking about the incident and felt that he had perhaps missed an opportunity to teach a valuable lesson to the disciple. So he went to the disciple's quarters to talk to him.

Buddha: Are you comfortable in your new robe? Do you need anything else?

Disciple: Thank you Master. I am very comfortable and do not need anything else.

Buddha: Now that you have a new one, what have you done with the old one?

Disciple: I have used it to replace my worn out bedspread.

Buddha: What did you do with the old bedspread?

Disciple: Master, I am using it as a curtain on my window.

Buddha: Did you discard your old window curtain?

Disciple: Master, I tore it into four pieces and am using them as napkins to handle the hot pots and pans in the kitchen.

Buddha: What about the old kitchen napkins?

Disciple: We are using them as mops to wash and wipe the floor.

Buddha: Where is the old mop?

Disciple: Lord, the old mop was so tattered that the best we could do was to take all the threads apart and make wicks for your oil lamp. One of them is presently lit in your room."

Buddha was content. He was happy that His disciples realized that nothing is useless. We can find a use for everything, if only we want to! Nothing should be wasted; not even time!

If all of us were to practice the habit of thrift, we can preserve the non renewable resources for our children, our grandchildren and our great grand children as our forefathers so thoughtfully did for us.

Let us vow together to leave at least one monument for our children: The Earth!

The real measure of a man's wealth is what he has invested in eternity.

In today's world we need to compost food waste. So we produce less wet waste that has to be handled by our local villages that are already reeling under the stink and health risks. Even if you do not have space to compost 100% of food waste, separate it from other waste and do a part of it. Rest give in separate bins.

Regards
Tushar Kapila

Wibmo

Where do you work son? Wibmo. Eh? Wireless Internet Banking and Money. Ah. We do financial services for HDFC and 25 other banks in India and 10 abroad. HDFC ? Yes heard of them.

Signs for Park

 

 Bangalore

To

Jayamahal Park

Dear Park in-charge,

Sub : signs on traffic safety, civic good and animail rigths

Heard on a whatsapp group of street dogs being hit with sticks. Also I notice that many in the park, get unneccessarily scared of the 2-3 street dogs. Would be good to have a 2-3 sign boards on animal rights and dog behaviour.

Message:

* Harming animals is a crime under Article 51A(g), . IPC Sections 428 and 429 . Don’t harm cats, dogs and other street animals. Also 11 (1) (a) to (o) of The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960.

* Don’t run from a dog, it sees that as playful behaviour. It can run much faster than us. Best to stay still for a few seonds, walk slowly and don’t look at them directly in the eyes.

11 (1) (a) to (o) of The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 http://www.dhyanfoundation.com/causes/animal-laws.php and http://www.thebetterindia.com/46721/humane-society-india-animal-laws-prevention-of-cruelty-act/ 

Next weekend I plan to collate information from :

http://www.thewayofslowtravel.com/2013/12/28/5-non-violent-tricks-to-deal-with-stray-dogs/

and http://www.wikihow.com/Protect-Yourself-from-a-Stray-Dog to make a few A3 posters on flexi board, then find 2-3 places to put them up.

Traffic safety : can see a few designs here https://goo.gl/Fp8MBo and see the ones I have brought along. Can we please put these up in the park?

More messages:

• Give way to pedestrians crossing the road. 50% of accidents involve pedestrians.
• Pedestrians : cross the road in a straight line. Diagonal crossing means tuffer for traffic to avoid you. Use foot paths and skywalks, where available, even if its more effort. Better than days suffering in hospital.

I will sponsor the work but do not want any credit/ name, besides this URL to a website on traffic safety http://lp5.in/

Generic messages: Kids falling ill? Wipe mobile phone, door knobs with mild soap/ salt water to disinfectant. Wash hands before eating.

When the revolution comes ...

I have this sentence stuck in my head. "When the revolution comes, you will do as your told". I think it came from an article I read in the Reader's Digest in the early 1990s. What a good magazine that is, except for the silly marketing of winning sweep stakes etc, put us off it with the misleading statements. Its marketing was the opposite of most of the articles it had. Gave a very "do as I say, not as I do", maybe that is what living in the over crowded, over used world today is. There are many good things, but in the end practical living is not on a predefined path used by someone else. Might not fit, most probably has changed a lot since it was experienced and written by.


Going to back the revolution. A lot of people want good change but seem to be able to focus on one or two big things only. They call that effective and what is possible by a small group. Maybe they are right about being quickly effective. But still makes me think about this statement and wonder.

In the story the revolutionary speaks about what they  are going to change and how things will be later. One common man says "But I do not want that, I want ..." to which the revolutionary says "When the revolution comes, you will do as your told!"

So besides one size does not fit all, seems the big revolutionaries can't cater to, too much choice, or to little even, as it makes everything complex and you have other wise faithful questioning the fairness and workability of the new system.

On the other hand, sometimes the way things are, are o unsustainable that change is needed. I hope the efforts of Citizens for Bangalore change for adding more buses, is fruitul and that in a year, we have fewer private vhecles taking people to office, instead using buses and other mass transport.

For that we need our tax money to subsidize bus rides, add 6,000 more buses, improve routes, have a few mini buses ... have drivers who stop at stops, not 15 feet out on the road, at least stop and not just pass by stops. More on this at Citizens for Bangaluru, their twitter and at facebook group citizens for bengaluru

Shivaji nagar RWA - why I left

I thought RWAs are such a good idea. But have left the Shivaji nagar one that i was part of.

The main leader Sufiyan supports the Bhratath bandh being called by a few parties 28th Nov 2016. What a regressive step. He posted an image on the chat group about it (there are 2 groups - one the main for civic issues and the other for forwards, chat, and personal/ political beliefs like this.)

He posted this:

Then I posted

Part of the chat follows without media:

 11/24/16, 22:57 - ‪Name Unknown:
11/24/16, 23:55 - Shrf Sharief: Housing prices to drop up to 30% in next 6-12 months, wiping off Rs 8 lakh crore in value - http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/55601210.cms
11/24/16, 23:55 - Shrf Sharief:
11/24/16, 23:55 - Shrf Sharief:
11/24/16, 23:55 - Shrf Sharief:
11/24/16, 23:55 - Shrf Sharief:
11/25/16, 08:20 - ASHWIN ARWA QUEENS:
11/25/16, 09:36 - ‪Name Unknown4  99452 00916‬:
11/25/16, 10:16 - Mrs. F :
11/25/16, 10:58 - ‪Name Unknown:
11/25/16, 10:59 - ‪Name Unknown:
11/25/16, 10:59 - ‪Name Unknown:
11/25/16, 13:40 - Mrs. F : http://time.com/4570237/person-of-the-year-poll-2016/

Guys start voting and forwarding to everyone  you know.

Indian PM Modi is at 5% so hit it hard. Because in India, nobody knows about this poll so forward to everyone
11/25/16, 14:43 - Name Unknown2 :
11/25/16, 17:12 - Name Unknown3 :
11/25/16, 17:16 - Tushar Kapila: :) tuff to do. but important. not evryone the same. and different opinions part of freedom and a bigger market (if we all wore, ate same thing, less restaurants, less designers...)
11/25/16, 17:22 - Mrs. F : मेरा देश बदल रहा है...

मोदी चुप हैं ।।
मनमोहन बोल रहा है ।। 😂😂
11/25/16, 17:25 - Tushar Kapila: interesting names :) ...Video plays, stop that, click on start poll. Can yes more than 1 Question. Combined vote...
11/25/16, 17:27 - Tushar Kapila: is a US site though. mostly americans voting trump the dodo
11/25/16, 17:28 - ‪Name Unknown4  98867 85132‬:
11/25/16, 17:28 - ‪Name Unknown4  98867 85132‬: B4 participating in the bharat bandh all participants should first choose the next  PM  of their choice
1.  Mamta bannerjee
2. Mayawati
3. Kejriwal
4.  Sitaram yechuri
5.  Rahul gandhi ....or
6  KING MAKER LAALOO PRASAD YADAV.
If you answer is "none of the above"  pl get on with your own jobs/business and let the comedians perform for those who are on off-duty or lot of spare time.
11/25/16, 17:30 - Tushar Kapila: true. we cursed former govt for inaction. lets give 6 months to this one to see how this money change works out. Maybe go 10km away witha pen and help some poor people open a bank ac
11/25/16, 17:30 - Tushar Kapila: tell them about banking
11/25/16, 17:30 - Mrs. F : Trump is low in the voting assange is higher and modi too
11/25/16, 17:30 - Tushar Kapila: show them how net banking works
11/25/16, 17:30 - Sufiyan:
11/25/16, 17:30 - Tushar Kapila: i helped my cook start an account. more of us can do the same
11/25/16, 17:31 - Tushar Kapila: go help some of them too Sufiyan
11/25/16, 17:31 - Tushar Kapila: protest - what do u hope - the suffering will go down?
11/25/16, 17:31 - Tushar Kapila: sad remedy
11/25/16, 17:32 - Mrs. F : But at the same time media is clamped as they won't get funding and shiv
11/25/16, 17:38 - Mrs. F : Some MPs of shiv sena were called and threatened individually as uddhav has said in today's paper and also except for mamta all the opposition members r scared of i t raids if they open their mouths and all this happened in Congress rule also for example with Amitabh  when he joined bjp, on his way to hospital he was served with a notice as they say power is v bad and absolute power will make u a dictator soon enough Janata has to decide
11/25/16, 17:38 - Tushar Kapila: so vote them out next time
11/25/16, 17:39 - Tushar Kapila: but lets help the poor now. a bandh is going to do what ?
11/25/16, 17:39 - Tushar Kapila: time pass politics
11/25/16, 17:39 - Mrs. F : Right absolutely
11/25/16, 17:42 - Mrs. F : I think one of the reasons why Raman resigned was he was not prepared to toe the line he wld have definitely debated the hardships people r facing it is my guess I cld be wrong
11/25/16, 17:42 - Mrs. F : Sorry arnab typo error
11/25/16, 17:44 - Sufiyan: When common people r facing hardship for their own hard earned money , an ex Minister celebrated his daughter 's wedding in an extravagant way ,
Time pass politics. ???
11/25/16, 17:45 - Mrs. F : What abt election money deposited in bjp account in Sept for u p elections
11/25/16, 17:48 - Sufiyan: All politicians r not worried about their ill gotten wealth , the ques outside banks is enough proof .
Maybe they don't have any black money ??
11/25/16, 17:49 - Mrs. F : How can u give a father his 9 yr old son back as he had 29000 in old currency but no transport available and walked 30 kilometers to the hospital only to have his son die in his arms and please dobt say that one or 2 incidents like this will happen   to his family their whole world has crashed
11/25/16, 17:53 - Tushar Kapila: To brong things notice. MKe a sign or afew signs and hold on road
11/25/16, 17:53 - Tushar Kapila: Why a bandh? Bandh is bad
11/25/16, 17:54 - Tushar Kapila: Two wrongs not needed
11/25/16, 17:54 - Sufiyan: A cat closes her eyes & drinks milk assuming that nobody noticed .
11/25/16, 17:55 - Sufiyan: It's a constitutional right of every citizen of India to protest
11/25/16, 17:58 - Tushar Kapila: Not to make.a bandh and stopother small.business
11/25/16, 17:58 - Tushar Kapila: Please protest
11/25/16, 17:58 - Tushar Kapila: But on road side without stopping otherd from working
11/25/16, 17:58 - ‪Name Unknown:
11/25/16, 17:59 - Tushar Kapila: It is my right to eork on that day
11/25/16, 17:59 - Tushar Kapila: It is my right to work on that day
11/25/16, 18:05 - Prakash Mall Plain St: How will protest help? 2 wrong doesn't make it right. We need to fight corruption but its deep rooted so we all need to chip in and help who is driving.
11/25/16, 18:07 - Prakash Mall Plain St: If a politician has money which btw all politicians would have I guess, that should be taken care off. And for that matter anyone with substantial unaccounted money. Rather than not doing anything
11/25/16, 18:07 - Prakash Mall Plain St: Government is also learning and constantly tweaking
11/25/16, 18:08 - Prakash Mall Plain St: I only hope that government come up with a plan to help folks who are poor and/or rightfully paying their taxes
11/25/16, 18:15 - Tushar Kapila: You were there for the fly over protest Sufiyan? Did we stop anyone from working or even using that road? Then why a bandh now? what is the motive? If common man is hurt, why hurt him more? and what about daily wage earned?
11/25/16, 18:16 - Tushar Kapila: yoiu want to help them by denying them a day's work? how is that helpful to them?
11/25/16, 18:18 - Name Unknown2 :
11/25/16, 18:19 - Mrs. F : No one stopping anyone fr working
11/25/16, 18:19 - Sufiyan: Tushar u admit that a common man is hurt ??
11/25/16, 18:20 - Tushar Kapila:
11/25/16, 18:21 - Tushar Kapila: I have not done a survey but what i hear in newspapers and from friends and 2 auto guys i spoke to yes. i showed the auto guys my payTm how it works
11/25/16, 18:21 - Tushar Kapila: one of them had a smart phone
11/25/16, 18:21 - Tushar Kapila: maybe he will use it (he did not have Ola app)
11/25/16, 18:22 - Sufiyan: To fight deep rooted corruption , why only we should chip in ??
U mean to say that all politicians & big industrialists r non corrupt ??
11/25/16, 18:22 - Tushar Kapila: i rather go about positive action then a bandh
11/25/16, 18:23 - Tushar Kapila: my present argument is one - to convince my friend Sufiyan to take back this dedcleration that he declaratoin that he supports bandh. I support your right to protest, i do not know big secrets. but am willing to listen. but plesae say you dont support a bandh
11/25/16, 18:23 - Tushar Kapila: \to who ever sent you that image and others who you forrwarded it to
11/25/16, 18:24 - Tushar Kapila: first i hope you will say - we can protest peacefully like we did against fly over - even for 8 hours , but not stop others from working. No to bandh
11/25/16, 18:24 - Sufiyan: When a bjp worker was murdered a few days back,  forcefully all business was stopped in Shivajinagar , even the Bmtc bus stand was closed for 2 days , was the common man not effected then ?
11/25/16, 18:24 - Tushar Kapila: so how does emulating right wing hindus make it right
11/25/16, 18:25 - Tushar Kapila: should I put a loud speaker outside my house towards the mosque?
11/25/16, 18:25 - Tushar Kapila: will that make you understand my ear pain?
11/25/16, 18:25 - Tushar Kapila: i beleive in many religions should i blast their prayers at 3am?
11/25/16, 18:25 - Tushar Kapila: is that okay?
11/25/16, 18:26 - Tushar Kapila: will my neighbours appreciate my copying?
11/25/16, 18:26 - Tushar Kapila: will it be fair and sensible?
11/25/16, 18:26 - Name Unknown2 :
11/25/16, 18:27 - Tushar Kapila: come on Sufiyan lets go have some tea and go for a walk to get some cubbon park air enough of this - copy bad
11/25/16, 18:27 - Tushar Kapila:
11/25/16, 18:30 - Sufiyan: Tushar pls don't bring religious issues  ,
I & my party don't have to copy from any neighbours , politics runs in my blood .
11/25/16, 18:30 - Tushar Kapila: its the same concept
11/25/16, 18:30 - Tushar Kapila: disturbing
11/25/16, 18:31 - Tushar Kapila:
11/25/16, 18:32 - Sufiyan: Tushar pls fix a loudspeaker towards Mosque , let's see ur guts .
11/25/16, 18:32 - Tushar Kapila: sure
11/25/16, 18:34 - Sufiyan: Fun starts now !!!
11/25/16, 18:38 - Tushar Kapila: Yes and you showed your true colors. Keep saying in ARWA meetings that you want good for neighbours all a lie to get into poltiics?
11/25/16, 18:38 - Sufiyan:
11/25/16, 18:39 - Tushar Kapila: And I'm telling you not to copy the bad, but your encouraging me to do bad
11/25/16, 18:39 - Tushar Kapila: that is your ARWA leadership?
11/25/16, 18:39 - Tushar Kapila: what a joker
11/25/16, 18:40 - Tushar Kapila: am sure you will do great in politics. people like you should be in jail for few days
11/25/16, 18:56 - Sufiyan: Tushar, pls mind ur language , Mahatma Gandhi ji was also jailed , it's a sign of great leaders ,
Pls if u can , send me to jail , I want to see ur reach .
11/25/16, 18:56 - Tushar Kapila: Lol
11/25/16, 18:57 - Mrs. F : Why r u getting personal tushar don't bring religions into open forums
11/25/16, 18:58 - Tushar Kapila: Not my job.
11/25/16, 18:59 - Tushar Kapila: Because its a civic problem. Dont stop you or anyone from praying. I went to Oman their they dont have loud speakers
11/25/16, 18:59 - Tushar Kapila: Wish it were same here
11/25/16, 18:59 - Tushar Kapila: My neighboir listened and spoke on my behalf. Sometimes its lowered
11/25/16, 19:00 - Tushar Kapila: Its not about one religion. In Delhi the day my dad died all night long Hindu lousld speaker. I complainedabout that too
11/25/16, 19:00 - Tushar Kapila: Anyway i had enough of this
11/25/16, 19:01 - Sufiyan: This is not the first time he is doing it ,
I consider our entire locality as one big family .
11/25/16, 19:01 - Tushar Kapila: People understand what they want to
11/25/16, 19:02 - You left


I left as to me he seems like a vile problem starter, encouraging hatred if its related to lowering volume of loud speaker at mosque. For me that is a civic issue. I know temples, churches, evaangelists, people celebrating Ganesha do it in India, but does that make it right? And do you encourage someone to start a fight or de-escalete it if your a leader?

Am happy to be out of the group. Hope we get better leaders.
Hope the government & schools makes situations where we have better KAS and IAS and lower wrung officers,s o we do not need RWAs to do part of the work of govt and few get powerful and further their politicial agenda.

And till that happens that we can stop people like this from getting to powerful by making our own groups for things that are good.

I had my doubts earlier too - when he had a cigarette and threw it on the groud the day we had the Union Street- and part of Bowring hospital road clean up. When I said - why are you littering just after helping cleaning up? All he did was grin! So mostly a show and less real intent?