Malleswaram Mirror Special: Around Town: A twist in the tale
Malleswaram Mirror Special: Around Town: A twist in the tale
Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: Jul 3, 2021, 06:00 IST
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While driving through the market area on 8th Cross Malleswaram during the non-peak hours, Rajeevi Shyam, a resident spotted a group of
vegetable vendors playing the
traditional dice board game. Nothing new you might think, but on closer inspection, she saw that they were using vegetables and their seeds as pawns for the game. The improvisation impressed her and she shared it with her friends on social media. “The creative take on the traditional game moved me. The vendors used
Malleswaram Mirror Special: Care unlimited
Malleswaram Mirror Special: Care unlimited
Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: Feb 13, 2021, 06:00 IST
nursing care and
Manjula Sridhar is on many people’s speed dial
For those staying in and around 17th Cross Malleswaram, Vaishnavi Medicare Trust is a familiar name. Residents of
Malleswaram and many areas of
Bengaluru have come to depend on the 10-year-old institution and its founder Manjula Sridhar. Her name is synonymous with geriatric and nursing care.
The in-house nursing care facility spread over five buildings houses
patients who are mostly terminally ill. “Patients who suffer from some sort of disability, age-related ailments or health conditions like cancer, kidney failure, etc and require constant support and monitoring come to us. Sometimes, such people cannot afford to stay in hospitals but need nursing care round the clock,”says Sridhar, adding that many patients get discharged from the hospital and get admitte
Malleswaram Mirror Special: Experiments with tech
Malleswaram Mirror Special: Experiments with tech
Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: Dec 12, 2020, 06:00 IST
Government Boys’ school is helping
students develop interesting prototypes
ANITI Aayog initiative, the Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL) was established at the Government Boys’ High School on 18th Cross Malleswaram in 2018. The aim of this lab was to give students of Classes 8 to 10 ample opportunities to explore the world of technology.
Facilitating this is MA Parthasarathi, a former associate vice president of Infosys, who calls himself a “well-wisher” of the students. “Equipment like 3D printer, Lego Mindstroms, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, sensors and more are a huge attraction for the young minds. The lab helps economically-backward children who cannot afford to work with such advanced technology elsewhere. I got involved with the school over a year and a half ago. After retirement, I help shape their ideas and turn the