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22SNIPPETSFor a change, we bring you in this issue ofBrigade Insight a Snippets of the morelighthearted kind. It’s about Bangalore—asseen through the eyes of one very observant(and gifted) local resident: Paul Fernandes.The world that Paul brings to delightful life islargely that of the Cantonment Bangalore ofthe 70s. What’s truly curious is how his illustrationscross boundaries of time and space;culture, religion and social background. Itdoesn’t really matter how old you are; whichlocality or social group you claim associationwith; which language you speak—the storiesPaul’s pictures tell resonate. They cause allkinds of almost-forgotten Bangalore memoriesto spring joyously to the surface. They makeyou smile. If you are an Old Bangalorean,enjoy this trip down memory lane. If you’veonly heard about the Bangalore of old, enjoythis brief glimpse of the way we were.HE WAY WE WEREWe have in Paul Fernandes' celebrationof Bangalore-turned-Bengalooru the floweringof a legacy launched by Mario Miranda inhis tributes to Bombay and Goa, a joyfulimmersion in the energy and the humancomedy of the city, its colonial hauteur,its Cantonment cool, its modern chaos, ...roisterous, ... in masterly lines, burstingcolours and bafflingly insane compositions.—Girish KarnadCubbon Park Police StationThe newly created Cubbon Park PoliceStation opened its doors not only to thebusiness of crime control, but also to theintermittent stream of reluctant guests whowere its by-products. Under the new PoliceStation’s watch were the large compounds andbungalows of Lavelle Road, Museum Road,Church Street, Rest House Road and, ofcourse, Cubbon Park itself. Station limits weredefined by two nearby stretches of commercialsignificance: M.G. Road and Brigade Road.The Custodians of Law—khaki clad, themore impressive with vintage World WarII rifles slung casually on their shoulders—couldn’t complain of a heavy work load. Thiswas not a high-crime area. Of course, a stricteye had to be kept on the non-horticulturalgoings-on in the park: countless romanceswere always budding, blooming and fadingin the ambience (and relative privacy) thepark offered. The fading phase occasionallysaw a dejected lover deciding to end it all insurroundings that carried memories of happiertimes. This had to be prevented at all costs. Itusually was.Sadly, into every life of sunshine, a littlerain must fall sometime. Bad weather camenot in the form of hardened criminals orviolent street gangs, but in the shape ofmischievous cyclists who took evil pleasure inknocking a policeman’s hat off his head andthen racing away before their victim couldreact. It came in the guise of wicked schoolgirls who brazenly looked up the starched,wide-bottomed shorts of policeman standingon duty atop foot-high traffic circles. Drunks,argumentative beggars, victims of criminalsand the criminals themselves were addedirritants to a policeman’s peace-loving life.—Excerpts from Paul's forthcoming publication.Paul Fernandes was born and raised inBangalore. After his schooling at St Joseph’s,he went to Baroda to study commercial art atM.S. University. Paul worked in advertising, butis now immersed in his first love: illustrationsand cartooning. His work has appearedin books such as Multiple City – Writingson Bangalore by Aditi De, Peter Colaco’sBangalore, On a High Note (in collaborationwith Colaco), Hung by my Family Tree by AjitSaldanha and in magazines. Apart from art,he loves music, gardening, cricket and cyclingaround the city.aPaulogy—A Gallery of CuriousIllustrations (close to Brigade Hallmark andBrigade Heritage) is on Clarke Road, nearthe entrance to Richards Park, and oppositeAu Bon Pain. aPaulogy is open from 11 am to7:30 pm on weekdays and Saturdays.
23Bangalore City Corporation turns 150!On March 27, 1862, the city’s first civic body, named the BangaloreCity Municipality (BCM), was formally established. The city, fifth largestin the country today with a population of nearly one crore, was hometo just over one lakh people in the early 1860s when the British rulersperceived the need for a self-governing civic body to manage its affairs.It required the citizens’ involvement and monetary contribution.In October 1861, nine prominent citizens of the time came togetherand involved other citizens to sign a “Declaration” and submitted itto the British authorities expressing their intent to set up a municipalboard under the Improvement of Towns Act of 1850. The declarationwas an important first step as the act required the government to getconsent of a good number of citizens before establishing a municipalbody. After considering the declaration, the British rulers gave a goahead and subsequently on March 27, 1862, the city’s first municipalboard led by the nine eminent citizens came into existence, andwith that the first civic administration of Bangalore. Among the ninemembers were Indian officials, non-officials and British officials.Bangalore multiplicityreleased by CMSubsequently, the British modified municipal acts several times.The changes led to legalising the two bodies in 1881, but continuedto function independent of each other. A year later, the concept ofelection was introduced to induct non-official members and, for thefirst time, property tax was introduced in the city. Property tax payersbecame eligible to elect non-official members to the board of each ofthe two civic bodies.Until 1913, when philanthropist K. P. Puttanna Chetty became BCM’snominated non-official president, the British did not allow non-officialIndians to head either of the civic two bodies.Seven years later, however, the British acceded to the idea ofan elected president. This system generally continued until 1949,when, post-Independence; the two the boards were legally mergedto form the Corporation of the City of Bangalore, then to BangaloreMahanagara Palike, and then to its present name—Bruhat BangaloreMahanagara Palike.—Excerpted from Deccan Herald, March 26, 2012More fromBrigade's b k shelf ...Bengaluru / Bangalore is a photobook on Bangalore by editorial anddocumentary photographer MaheshBhat. Mahesh is a long-timeresident of the city and this bookis his very personal interpretationof Bangalore’s transformation inthe last 25 years. The subjectsMahesh has chosen to cover maybe very specific to his experienceof Bangalore, but they will strikea chord with anyone who hasknown the city.Bangalore multiplicity, by Dr A. Ravindra, IAS (Retd), was released by theChief Minister, Hon’ble Sri D. V. Sadananda Gowda, at a small functionheld at his home office, Krishna, on22 February. Dr Ravindra is one ofthe most respected bureaucrats inthe state and his book explores thedifferent aspects of Bangalore, pastand present, with a combination ofscholarly perspective and engagingease.Bangalore and BrigadeGroup share a warm and happyThis book is, indeed, aCelebration of the beauty andspirit of Bangalore ...If you claim to be a proudBangalorean, you must readthis book."—Justice M. N. Venkatachaliah,former Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Indiaconnection that goes back 25 years. Having been involved with the cityand the city’s development, it gives us special satisfaction to be able tosponsor this book on our hometown.Heritage Trees covers 'thefabulous tree wealth ofBangalore': 140 trees found inand around the city. Author VijayThiruvady, Trustee at the BangaloreEnvironment Trust (BET) and leaderof the Lalbagh Green HeritageWalks, wears the hats of historianand naturalist as he takes you ona tour of tree discovery. Apartfrom information on Bangalore’strees, the book also contains mapsshowing their locations. Photographshave been taken by Mahesh Srinivas.
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