What do you generally do over weekend? If you are not sure how your time flies away, without doing anything useful, you might want to visit the Rangashankara .
Rangashankara hosts English and Kannada plays (performed by different groups) on regular basis. You can catch a few good plays every week. You can even get a chance to meet Girish Karnad , as he is a regular visitor to Ragashankara.
Next week, Rangashankara is also hosting its Annual Fest.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Sunday, October 7, 2007
What are roads meant for?
Some times I wonder - What are roads meant for?
The picture which you can see above is a day time snap shot of Bangalore’s busy MG Road. Surprised seeing no vehicles? The people which you see around are BJP (an Indian Political Party) workers, who are mourning their fate - they were denied a chance to rule Karnatka State by their coalition partners in the state. But is this the right way to show their frustration? Why can not they choose a play ground for such demonstrations? They were duped by their coalition partners, not by the ordinary citizens of Bangalore. Then why to cause misery to the day to day traffic?
Bangalore has the highest road tax and vehicle registration tax in India. But it also has narrowest roads (as compared to other Metro cities) in India. On most roads a considerable portion of the roads is used for vehicle parking. Such demonstrations further add to the vow of Bangalore citizens. These kind of political and religious processions are becoming common these days.
Indian Citizens are one of the most heavily taxed citizens. No other Asian country has such high income tax rates. On top of income tax, we need to pay other local taxes as well. What do we get in return. Poor infrastructure which is further burdened by poor administration.
The picture which you can see above is a day time snap shot of Bangalore’s busy MG Road. Surprised seeing no vehicles? The people which you see around are BJP (an Indian Political Party) workers, who are mourning their fate - they were denied a chance to rule Karnatka State by their coalition partners in the state. But is this the right way to show their frustration? Why can not they choose a play ground for such demonstrations? They were duped by their coalition partners, not by the ordinary citizens of Bangalore. Then why to cause misery to the day to day traffic?
Bangalore has the highest road tax and vehicle registration tax in India. But it also has narrowest roads (as compared to other Metro cities) in India. On most roads a considerable portion of the roads is used for vehicle parking. Such demonstrations further add to the vow of Bangalore citizens. These kind of political and religious processions are becoming common these days.
Indian Citizens are one of the most heavily taxed citizens. No other Asian country has such high income tax rates. On top of income tax, we need to pay other local taxes as well. What do we get in return. Poor infrastructure which is further burdened by poor administration.
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