Treading on the same path as my previous post - there is another welcome change in the street art scene in Bangalore. Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat (CKP as it is popularly known as) is now putting some art pieces ie. Metal murals etc on it's fence.
The art school used to be a great "poster" for the movie ads and now will show some real art.
Other than some street art in front of the ING building on Bangalore's MG road - there has been little movement on this front and CKP's new initiative is a welcome change.......
Let us hope that others take this up as a clarion call and get to more street art. This, IMHO, will help build Bangalore's character
Monday, November 23, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
The new street art in Bangalore : BBMP sponsored paintings on the roadside
There has been hectic activity by BBMP over the last month where there have been teams "painting" the walls across the city.
In a welcome move, BBMP seems to have sponsored a new form of street art that is a BIG welcome difference to the various "movie" posters that used to adorn these roadside wall-space.
The motif seems to be from a wide range of topics - eg. Animals (Elephants etc) in the region to the cultural / heritage sites (Halebid, Gol Gumbaz etc) and natural scenic sights (eg. Jog falls).
What I really liked with this is that for a lot of people (esp. Children) is that this provides a welcome diversion during the infamous traffic jams.
Maybe it is an intentional distraction ?
In a welcome move, BBMP seems to have sponsored a new form of street art that is a BIG welcome difference to the various "movie" posters that used to adorn these roadside wall-space.
The motif seems to be from a wide range of topics - eg. Animals (Elephants etc) in the region to the cultural / heritage sites (Halebid, Gol Gumbaz etc) and natural scenic sights (eg. Jog falls).
What I really liked with this is that for a lot of people (esp. Children) is that this provides a welcome diversion during the infamous traffic jams.
Maybe it is an intentional distraction ?
Friday, November 6, 2009
Catamaran : Not another Hotmail style rush ?
I read bemusedly this morning's news "flash" on Mrs. Sudha Murthy's Infy stock sale and announcement on it's intended deployment into Catamaran ventures.
I just hope that all the aspiring entrepreneurs (esp. in Bangalore / KA) etc do not think that these amounts of money is available for the "taking" ?
While I do know that there is a huge gap in the valuation expectation and actual reality when it comes to startup, am reminded of the time when Sabeer Bhatia made the millions on Hotmail. Almost overnight, I saw every Mani, Swamy and Shah walk around with a harebrained dot.com idea on their lips. Everyone seemed convinced that their idea was worth a few million at the very least........
I agree with the vast majority that in India, real "angel" and "seed" funding has been sparse, but, what it has also done is enhanced our ability to leverage "Jugaad".
People need to remember that a very small bank balance is a very high leverage on sales effort :-)
I just hope that all the aspiring entrepreneurs (esp. in Bangalore / KA) etc do not think that these amounts of money is available for the "taking" ?
While I do know that there is a huge gap in the valuation expectation and actual reality when it comes to startup, am reminded of the time when Sabeer Bhatia made the millions on Hotmail. Almost overnight, I saw every Mani, Swamy and Shah walk around with a harebrained dot.com idea on their lips. Everyone seemed convinced that their idea was worth a few million at the very least........
I agree with the vast majority that in India, real "angel" and "seed" funding has been sparse, but, what it has also done is enhanced our ability to leverage "Jugaad".
People need to remember that a very small bank balance is a very high leverage on sales effort :-)
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
The announcement of Namma Bengaluru Awards
Just got a email in my inbox - calling for nominations ....
The list of people who are going to be judging is both impressive and looooong ? So, how are they going to rate the feedback ?
Am wondering if one person's feedback in a certain area would matter more than another - simply because that individual may know more about that area ?
Conceptually though, I think it is a very good start. Simply because it fills up a gap that I've often expressed in these blogs - ie. "Role models". We, in India certainly lack role models especially when it comes to public life ?
Will be interesting to go through the complete list of nominations though ?
The list of people who are going to be judging is both impressive and looooong ? So, how are they going to rate the feedback ?
Am wondering if one person's feedback in a certain area would matter more than another - simply because that individual may know more about that area ?
Conceptually though, I think it is a very good start. Simply because it fills up a gap that I've often expressed in these blogs - ie. "Role models". We, in India certainly lack role models especially when it comes to public life ?
Will be interesting to go through the complete list of nominations though ?
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