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Bangalore Floods – A Call for Open Data
A few days of rains in the first week of September and India’s IT capital, Bangalore, got the attention of the international media. The Wall Street Journal headline read – India’s Silicon Valley Flooded by Rains, Exposing Infrastructure Woes. BBC was more dramatic – Boats and tractors replace cars in India’s Silicon Valley. A week…
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Ideas from diverse lenses: Facilitating an ideation workshop for OpenCity
“Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when it’s the only one we have .” — Émile Chartier Just like in many areas of life, this famous quote by French philosopher Émile Chartier holds a lot of truth when it comes to the design and development of technology. While ideas are the life-breath of any…
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#Covid-19 explainer: Guide to documenting migrant workers in need
Even as NGOs and government agencies are involved in providing immediate relief (cooked food or dry ration) to the most vulnerable, the gap in their efforts is in the last-mile delivery of services. Janata audits can be a way to fix this. It is important to document local conditions of the community to which you…
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Bangalore Metro Phase 1 Tracker
Is Namma Metro on a safe track? Experts and officials respond to questions and concerns around the safety and design controversy surrounding the Bengaluru Metro’s construction. Metro work chugging along But rather wearily, and with many hiccups. Recent update is that 11 cases against land acquisition on CMH Road were dismissed in just three days.…