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The latest report is that there were 7 blasts in the city. As of now, they seem to have been low-intensity. The areas are Nayandahalli, Madivala, Adugodi on the outskirts, near Mallya Hospital, Langford Road and Richmond Circle. Two blasts were reported in Madivala. The news is still coming in .. read full article »

INTACH Bangalore is organizing a walk through Ulsoor A reminder about the upcoming Parichay event. We will visit the Someshwara temple and then walk through parts of the Ulsoor area. You probably already know that the Someshwara temple is one of Bangalore’s oldest temples. It dates back to the .. read full article »

3.00 pm > CNN IBN reports > Five low intensity blasts Bangalore outskirts at 1.30pm afternoon in a matter of 12 minutes One in Madiwala check post - (Hosur road), (several injured and one women dead) another in Nayandhahalli (Mysore road) and Ashok Nagar, Langford town(Raja Ram Mohan circle), .. read full article »

Bangalore Gayana Samaja, K R Road, Basavanagudi, is holding the centenary celebrations of the great Carnatic musician, Semmangudi Dr R Srinivasa Iyer, with its 40th music conference being held from July 27 to August 3. 14 experts will hold lecture-demonstrations on Semmangudi’s life and music. .. read full article »

It continued to pour all night. The morning is damp, cold and one really needs to put an effort get out of bed... This corner tea shop provides 'hot' beverages to help warm up the mood, perhaps a common sight in the nearby localities....From :Bangalore Daily Photo - Rajesh Dangi read full article »

A midday meal van from a charitable organization plying from their kitchen to the school carrying mid mday meal. Such initiative are helping children going to govt schools get a quality meal at no cost as it is financed by social contributions recd from corporate houses and charities. One such .. read full article »

In Brief about this event: We are back in action after a short break with brand new topics that have never been discussed in an IT Pro UG. We brings to you the latest technology and how to provide good service using the technology through better management and quality service.How to build a .. read full article »

Speaker : Ankita Garg Date & Time : Saturday, 26-July-2008. 10.00am - 12.00am. Venue : Computer Society of India, Bangalore Chapter, NO.201, IInd Floor, MBC Complex, Infantry Road, Bangalore-560001. Phone : 22860461/22862215 Talk Abstract : With the advent of multi-processor systems, the .. read full article »

This food blog has been getting quite a bit of attention over the last year. I've received a handful of review requests from restaurants, catering services, lounges, and websites over the past few months, but haven't been able to keep up due to my work schedule. However, a recent enquiry stood .. read full article »

Theatre for children: active canvas presents a theatre course for children aged 7-9 years. The focus of the course will be on teaching basics of theatre like expression, movement, performance, and skills such as collaboration, listening, visualizing and designing.  The course starts on July .. read full article »

The next Bangalore Open Java Users Group (BOJUG) (http://bojug.dev.java.net)  meet has been planned for July 26, 2008. Venue: Himalaya Conference Room,  Divyasree Chambers, Sun Microsystems Time: 11.30 AM Session Details: Continuous Integration - What you need to know before implementing it .. read full article »

Almost every day late evening this week, clouds thunder and it pours heavily all night. The low lying areas have already seen flooding. Perhaps monsson is catching up with it's seasonal quota for sure!!From :Bangalore Daily Photo - Rajesh Dangi read full article »

Monday, July 28, 2008 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Akamai Technologies, #77, Salarpuria Ascent, Jyoti Nivas College Road, Near Bhima Jewellers, Koramangala, Bangalore, Karnataka 560095 Category: Education Website: http://bangalore.mobilemonday.in/ July Event: Delivering rich media the Internet, Enterprise .. read full article »

* Lo-Fi Prototype - Use & Benefits: 26th July, Saturday. - 1 messages, 1 author  http://groups.google.com/group/ThoughtWorks-Bangalore-Geek-Nights/browse_thread/thread/fa1c441ba5d2ef5e?hl=en ============================================================================== TOPIC: Lo-Fi Prototype - .. read full article »

It’s a long time since we had Hindi theatre here…and now it’s in the offing…. Mashaal brings to you Sanchay. Sanchay (meaning ‘Collection’ in Hindi) is a new initiative by Mashaal which aims to showcase on stage, a few short pieces of theatrical performances, different from one .. read full article »

It is perhaps one of the most important attraction for school kids to see the movie stars and track the latest, these kids while on their way to school watch their favorites on a roadside movie poster ...From :Bangalore Daily Photo - Rajesh Dangi read full article »

J.B.Hubli is one artist from Karnataka who has defined his own canvas - except that the workspace here is not canvas, but veneer on wood. He has the rare ability to recognize shapes and artforms in pieces of wood that are normally discarded or recycled by saw mills. Jayant’s favourite .. read full article »

Commercial cab drivers are said to be protesting in and around few parts of the city and preventing the employee cabs of different companies from commuting to various places as per schedule. It is said that as a part of the benefits, the cab drivers are not eligible for accident benefits which .. read full article »

So true, I BELIEVE IN BANGALORE! Some catchy advertisement creating an preempt some producy launch for sure...From :Bangalore Daily Photo - Rajesh Dangi read full article »

Venue, Gothe-Institut Bangalore @716, CMH Road witnessed an interaction with four participating artists ( photographers) who are part of the workshop that was conducted by German photographer Andrea Künzig and was designed to document the changes wrought by urbanization in Indian cities - .. read full article »

As the day is almost setting, the workaholics get to mingle out at corners and crossing's over some coffee and ciggies... the favorite time pass for many to catch up with friends and coworkers in the surrounding neighborhood and remained informed about the happening's around...From :Bangalore .. read full article »

Venue, Gothe-Institut Bangalore @716, CMH Road witnessed an interaction with four participating artists ( photographers) who are part of the workshop that was conducted by German photographer Andrea Künzig and was designed to document the changes wrought by urbanization in Indian cities - .. read full article »

An intense, absorbing play…that was “The Woman In Me”, by Pawan Kumar , that was staged on Thursday and today at Ranga Shankara. A view of the various plays that ACTof has put up, displayed at the Ranga Shankara foyer. Rajiv and Nina are a married couple…and Nina is raped and murdered .. read full article »

Sun Microsystems, India and OSSCube are organizing a MySQL camp on 29th July, 2008. A highlight of the event is the keynote by Kaj Arno, VP for Community Relations from MySQL AB. The venue for the camp is: Hi-Tech Seminar Hall, DES Block (Dept of Electrical Science) M S Ramaiah Institute .. read full article »

One of my regular readers My3 (Mythri) is visiting India from the USA. Shes been in Bangalore for a few weeks. She suddenly surfaced today.. commenting from Bangalore. If you folks have had vendors like Subbamma telling you that they are running short, its because My3 has been shopping for .. read full article »

Just as the sun sets behind trees (a rare sight for many metro’s); sky continues to remain cloudy and temperatures cool the city down, i miss a hot piping coffee while traveling back from office to home!From :Bangalore Daily Photo - Rajesh Dangi read full article »

Today, Environment Support Group, which is working in many ways for the commons of Bangalore and Karnataka, organized a lecture on ‘Rethinking the Indian city, reclaiming its Commons” by Professor Michael Goldman. Here’s the background about Prof. Goldman that ESG gave in their invitation .. read full article »

There are few reasons like someone’s birthday invite, weekday evening window shopping mood, my son's urge to shop etc that makes me visit few such shops that offer variety of handicrafts, the city offers avenues for different regional craft sellers to display their produce and keep pace with .. read full article »

Date: 27th July, 2008 Starting time: 8 am Starting point: Alankar Plaza, Kempe Gowda Road, Gandhinagar, Bangalore 560009 Ending time: Approximately 10:30 am Ending point: Malleswaram Circle To participate mail Karthik S at skthewimp [at] yahoo [dot] com. (more…) read full article »

Mornings are busy perhaps to everyone! The family has limited resources and longer distance to ply. Kids may need to get dropped off to school; wife perhaps wants to be dropped near market and finally an office duty to catch!From :Bangalore Daily Photo - Rajesh Dangi read full article »

I went today to watch “The Final Rehearsal” by ACTor Productions, Bangalore , and came away very impressed with a theatre group that seems to have got its…er…act together, with a very talented team, led by Pawan Kumar. The play is all about competition, winning and losing….acceptance .. read full article »

UPA Bangalore and Aditi Technologies presents DCamp Bangalore 2.0, the second edition of the wildly popular Dcamp design unconference series. To see themes and pictures from the first Dcamp please go to the 2007 DCamp siteand UPA DCamp blog postWhat is DCamp Bangalore? DCamp is an unconference .. read full article »

My friend KTN only wears suits when hes overseas on business visits. Once before a trip to Japan, he goes into a Raymonds showroom and buys a rather expensive suit. Since the trouser waist was too big (and he really liked THIS suit) he asked for the waist to be reduced. He then stops off the .. read full article »

Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore, is the venue for “Urban Changes”, and exhibition of the photographs of three people– Clare Arni, Mahesh Shantaram, and Vivek M., from July 18 to 31, from 9.30 am to 6.30 pm each day. There are also a few photographs by Sohail Abdullah, a Pakistani .. read full article »

Pawan Kumar is staging two of his plays, “The Final Rehearsal”, and “The Woman in Me”, at Ranga Shankara; the first on July 15 and 16 at 7.30pm, and the second on July 17 and 18, at the same time. “The Final Rehearsal” is a dark comedy about a reality show, which was written in .. read full article »

Ranga Shankara and DHNiE (Deccan Herald Newspapers in Education) are staging a theatre festival, which will kick off on July15, and will feature a total of 35 shows till the end of August. The festival starts off with “Gumma Bande Gumma” (an adaptation of the German play, “Max Und .. read full article »

Early morning is the best time to catch up these carts getting ready for the customers. Fresh fruits that are carried from wholesale markets to these smaller markets are then properly set on carts. all set to start a busy selling day!!From :Bangalore Daily Photo - Rajesh Dangi read full article »

OSScamp Bengaluru Mobile 2008 is for Developers/Designers/Entrepreneurs working on Mobile Applications/Widgets/Games, Embedded Applications, Operating Systems leveraging Open Source Software. It is an attempt to bring together mobile enthusiasts and professionals, alike, to share their vision .. read full article »

I happened to visit the Bangalore campus of India's second largest IT services provider, Infosys last week and .... WOW! The India IT story really sunk in and I felt that I must recount the experience of my visit.There is the usual check-in formality at the security at the gate with one .. read full article »

We've started to explore the nicer (called "flash" here) restaurants in Sydney. Previously we'd been to Tetsuya's, Bird Cow Fish, Danks Street Depot, and Atelier. This time we decided to visit The Boathouse on Blackwattle Bay.This is supposed to be one of Sydney's best seafood restaurants, so .. read full article »

We've been trying out the restaurants near us, mostly on Glebe Point Road. Most recently it was "Saigon Saigon" a Vietnamese (no really) restaurant. It's slightly upscale, we started with the crispy pancake appetizer that was quite deliciously crispy and filled with bean sprouts, chicken, and .. read full article »

There's a branch of the noodle/dumpling chain "Din Tai Fung" here in Sydney. Debbie and I went, and were very pleased. We had Dan Dan Mein, Steamed Pork & Shrimp Dumplings (Jiao Tze), and shanghai soup dumplings (Xiao Long Bao). All of the dishes were excellent, though I prefer my Dan Dan Mein a .. read full article »

As most you know.. Events Bangalore is my personal hobby project and not full time job. Some times I will not be able to publish the events in time due to my regular work. So for those who send me the events regularly…you can now get trusted “contributor” access to eventsbnaglore so you .. read full article »

Yours truly theatre presents Sunday brunch an interactive theatre performance Sunday and food come together to make this show of ours more exciting, as we interact with audience, listen to their hopes, dreams, aspirations, memories and experiences. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to be part .. read full article »

The play revolves around a hapless husband caught between a dominating wife and uncompromising mother. Needless to say, it has got all the ingredients of Kailasam’s wit and a wry sense of humour. The drama is a hilarious comedy with a social message. Kailasam Nenapu Kailasam in a nutshell. .. read full article »

Yeah! I'm starting off on Wednesday ... I'll be in Pune on Wednesday. Bombay when I get bored of Pune, followed by Delhi. There are plans to do road trips in and around all the cities. if you're in anyone of the above and have nothing better to do. Ping me :). read full article »

He and his pet seemed very close to each other, his obsession to pet a ‘tiger’ turned his pet with few brush strokes… though other street dogs kept barking on this unusual sight, his master said that the colors would fade in the next shower and he would get back all his 'barking' friends .. read full article »

Whenever I get chance to drive along the canopies, I feel blessed, the beautiful roads of this city do provide a pleasant experience with it’s green wealth…unfortunately new roads being build may not have such a ‘wealth’ to showcase…From :Bangalore Daily Photo - Rajesh Dangi read full article »

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I live in south Bangalore, and there was a time when Chowdiah was *the* venue for all theatre. But, after having gone yesterday (Friday, 11th July 2008) for a play at Chowdiah, I have resolved not to go there again, if it is a weekday. This, of course, is a purely personal decision, but here are .. read full article »