Deepa's Jottings

The Sloth Bear Foundation presents: Wildlife Conservation and You at S Hotel 60, 13th Cross, 2nd Main, Phase III, J P Nagar Bangalore 560078 +91 80 4245 6060 and at Aloft Hotel 17C, Sadaramangala Road · • Off Whitefield Main Road, Opposite ITPL · Bengaluru 560066 Phone: (91)(80) 6670 7777 · (Click on the name of each hotel to go to the website) Click to see some of the speakers A 2 day seminar with eminent speakers from the sphere of wildlife conservation seeks to address the questions you may have across multiple facets of the topic. The two days…

The Sloth Bear Foundation presents: Wildlife Conservation and You at S Hotel 60, 13th Cross, 2nd Main, Phase III, J P Nagar Bangalore 560078 +91 80 4245 6060 and at Aloft Hotel 17C, Sadaramangala Road · • Off Whitefield Main Road, Opposite ITPL · Bengaluru 560066 Phone: (91)(80) 6670 7777 · (Click on the name of each hotel to go to the website) Click to see some of the speakers A 2 day seminar with eminent speakers from the sphere of wildlife conservation seeks to address the questions you may have across multiple facets of the topic. The two days…

For two years now the oldest film studio in town has been home to our work… It is time to leave…but before we go… Sign-out rafiki presents a series of performances as a tribute to the space. March, 2013 Thursday 28th The Fabulous Adventures of Aditi and Friends rafiki 7pm Friday 29th Somewhat Like a Balloon Just Theatre 7pm Saturday 30th Woza Albert! rafiki 7pm Sunday 31st Full Meals Tahatto 6pm Jannal & Seethaimark Seeyakkaai Thool Koothu-p-pattarai and PERCH 7pm All performances will be at our space: c/o K K Foundation and Public Charitable Trust 48/3 (Opp. Al Ameen Hospital)…

For two years now the oldest film studio in town has been home to our work… It is time to leave…but before we go… Sign-out rafiki presents a series of performances as a tribute to the space. March, 2013 Thursday 28th The Fabulous Adventures of Aditi and Friends rafiki 7pm Friday 29th Somewhat Like a Balloon Just Theatre 7pm Saturday 30th Woza Albert! rafiki 7pm Sunday 31st Full Meals Tahatto 6pm Jannal & Seethaimark Seeyakkaai Thool Koothu-p-pattarai and PERCH 7pm All performances will be at our space: c/o K K Foundation and Public Charitable Trust 48/3 (Opp. Al Ameen Hospital)…

All of us have problems with our banks from time to time. But when the problem lasts, unresolved, beyond 30 days, many of us are not aware that we can turn to the Banking Ombudsman at the Reserve Bank of India.Please click here to go to the Reserve Bank Ombudsman's website, and file your complaint. One of my techie friends was very impressed by the quality of the site...there's a provision to send the whole mail trail of your correspondence with the Bank as a pdf, too, or send a screenshot. click here for the list of Ombudsmen.Hope this helps…

All of us have problems with our banks from time to time. But when the problem lasts, unresolved, beyond 30 days, many of us are not aware that we can turn to the Banking Ombudsman at the Reserve Bank of India.Please click here to go to the Reserve Bank Ombudsman's website, and file your complaint. One of my techie friends was very impressed by the quality of the site...there's a provision to send the whole mail trail of your correspondence with the Bank as a pdf, too, or send a screenshot. click here for the list of Ombudsmen.Hope this helps…

Click here for the website of an NGO called Sarvodaya. They help Bangalore citizens with issues regarding stray dogs, and implement the ABC (Animal Birth Control) process instead of killing the dogs.The mobile no. is 91 98801 19900The landline is 080- 65340127Email: info@strays.in There is no political will in Bangalore to permanently solve the issue of stray dogs; though every now and then, there are instances of feral dogs attacking, and sometimes killing, children, BBMP has not taken a single step to curb this menace. Hence, citizens have to look towards NGO's like this for help.    ⊕

Click here for the website of an NGO called Sarvodaya. They help Bangalore citizens with issues regarding stray dogs, and implement the ABC (Animal Birth Control) process instead of killing the dogs.The mobile no. is 91 98801 19900The landline is 080- 65340127Email: info@strays.in There is no political will in Bangalore to permanently solve the issue of stray dogs; though every now and then, there are instances of feral dogs attacking, and sometimes killing, children, BBMP has not taken a single step to curb this menace. Hence, citizens have to look towards NGO's like this for help.    ⊕

Bird watchers know that all Flycatchers catch bees, wasps, dragonflies, butterflies and other insects as part of their diet. (Indeed, so do many other birds.)So...you'd expect the personnel manning the Butterfly Park in the Bannerghatta Zoo area to know that as well. And, when they see a bird catching a butterfly, they would just catch it with a net and release it elsewhere, wouldn't you?You'd be...'dead' wrong.That's the right word to use in the circumstances.Srikant VK writes:"The employers of the butterfly park saw the flycatcher catching some butterflies,the only crime this innocent little bird did was to fill its belly…

Bird watchers know that all Flycatchers catch bees, wasps, dragonflies, butterflies and other insects as part of their diet. (Indeed, so do many other birds.)So...you'd expect the personnel manning the Butterfly Park in the Bannerghatta Zoo area to know that as well. And, when they see a bird catching a butterfly, they would just catch it with a net and release it elsewhere, wouldn't you?You'd be...'dead' wrong.That's the right word to use in the circumstances.Srikant VK writes:"The employers of the butterfly park saw the flycatcher catching some butterflies,the only crime this innocent little bird did was to fill its belly…