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Category Archives: Protest
Royal Challengers Is Obvious Surrogate Advertising For Alcohol
It’s good to know that the Health Minister has challenged the name of the Bangalore Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket team, “Royal Challengers”. It’s however sad that it takes the Health Minister of the country to speak up before the … Continue reading
Posted in India, Media, Protest, Reform, Society, Sport
Tagged alcohol, Cricket, indian premier league, royal challenge, royal challengers, surrogate advertising, tobacco
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Measuring Social Unrest – Revolutionary new OakTyre scale shows the true impact of protests
Everyday we read stories about protests in the country where buses are burnt, trains are stopped, public and private property is damaged and so on. However one often feels that the creators of these protests do not get due credit … Continue reading
Pune Corporation egovpmc.com becomes PuneCorporation.org
For reasons only known to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), the PMC has now changed the official website from http://www.egovpmc.com to http://www.punecorporation.org and killed egovpmc.com. PuneCorporation.org is definitely a better name than egovpmc, but why kill the established egovpmc.com? They … Continue reading
Posted in India, Internet, Protest, Pune City, Software, Technology
Tagged Corporation, Dotcom, E-Governance, PMC, pune, Technology, Website
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The art of grabbing public spaces
Article about improper use of parking spaces and builders tricking the city administration by just converting public parking into private parking spaces. — As per construction rules in cities, all buildings need a certain parking capacity to be approved by … Continue reading
Power Politics – Divide and Rule in Maharashtra
This year the state of Maharashtra again suffers from acute electricity shortage and extended power cuts. While cities are facing 2-6 hours of cuts, the villages have to go without power for 10-16 hours a day. As most in India … Continue reading
Congress NCP reject electoral verdict – Do a policy volte-face
The Congress led by Suresh Kalmadi and the NCP led by Ajit Pawar had both promised the electorate that they would not join hands with each other post elections, as they thought the other party was responsible for the ruin … Continue reading
Using Right To Information Act To Get Better FootPaths for Pune
Anybody who has been to Pune would know that the Pune Municipal Corporation is not a very competent body. The city is going down rapidly and hardly anything is being done to stop the slide. I have been reading up … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, India, Information, Protest, Pune City, Reform
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Pune Corporation – The Art of Converting Public Parking Spaces Into Private Property
As per construction rules in cities, all buildings need a certain parking capacity to be approved by the corporation. Although even these standards seem inadequate to handle the traffic mess in Pune, builders have found a way to make it … Continue reading
Posted in Protest, Pune City, Reform, Society
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