It’s been a while since I did an Ugly Indian update. To be precise, three months since Volume 9. I’d like to highlight two key developments in this edition. The start of ‘engagements’ (for lack of a better word) with Bangalore’s technology firms. Dell, Netapp and Sasken (Spotfix videos below) are the early adopters who are [...]
You can probably surmise what the 3 pictures are all about. Scroll down just a bit and any lingering doubts will be dispelled by the 10 second video. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. This scene played out in front of Costa Coffee in Koramangala 5th Block. The woman is one of Bangalore’s [...]
[Editor's Note: This is Part 3 of a series on Koramangala's Street of Shame.] It’s been 16 days since I posted the last picture in this photo album - Koramangala 5th Block 1st Cross. 65 pictures, numerous conversations with shopkeepers, and a month-long vigil later, I believe there are sufficient data points to document (what I’d [...]
This past week, I shifted my theater of operations — from Koramangala 3rd Block cafes on 80 Feet Road to Koramangala 5th block cafes on 1st Cross Road. Why did I do that? Maybe I needed a change… maybe the traffic gnarls on 80 ft road due to the 7th Cross road dig was finally getting [...]
This post marks a “first” — reproduced almost entirely (with a few edits and formatting) from a comment I posted to this New York Times article on my favorite community organization (The Ugly Indian). There are so many things amazing about The Ugly Indian that it behooves us to highlight the most important. Attitude Change: [...]
This is Part 2 of the two-part series and continues from Calling Bangalore: Birthday Presents for The Ugly Indian. Nov 10 (Thu) 4pm: Second visit to playground Hmm… What do we have here? A quick examination of TereBins #1 and #2 show that the bins have not been emptied since my visit 28 hours ago. [...]
On Tuesday, The Ugly Indian (TUI) posted the following message on their Facebook page (~ 7,000 fans). We want a birthday present! Show us you are more than a FB fan – go out and do a small spotfix this week. Outside your home or office. Whichever city you live in. If you’ve enjoyed seeing [...]
[Editor's Note: If you've stumbled onto this post without viewing Part 1 and Part 2, we strongly encourage you to view this 3-part series in sequence to fully appreciate the pictorial narrative which reads like a detective story.] Act 3 Scene 7: Chat with 4 store managers Here is our conversation with Imtiaz, Store Manager [...]
[Editor's Note: If you've stumbled onto this post without viewing Part 1, we strongly encourage you to follow the 3-part series in sequence to fully appreciate the pictorial narrative which reads like a detective story.] Act 3 Scene 3: The security guards speak We then talk to all the Security Guards. All the guards are [...]
[Editor's Note: The Ugly Indian, an uncategorizable Bangalore-based community organization, has been on my radar for more than a year. They have a fresh approach towards solving the problem of urban cleanliness; an approach that starts with acknowledging that we ("us Indians") have abysmal standards of public hygiene; an internalization that "WE Ugly Indians are [...]
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