Amandeep Sandhu » Bengaluru

DailyO: A Punjabi living in Bangalore explains why BJP should not win Karnataka elections

aman — Sat, 12 May 2018 03:48:51 +0000

Friends, except for Facebook and intense talks with journalists, I did not report or speak on the Karnataka elections. Being born Sikh, it was hard for me. Until Jairaj Singh pushed me to stick out my neck.

So, here it is because I love Bengaluru and Karnataka.

Please read here …

TNM: What Happens When My Protest Is Located on My Street?

aman — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 04:17:18 +0000

Friends, on Sunday namma Bengaluru demonstrated our joint voice from our own locations. The scale of the number of sites, people participation, our own agency was an example in itself for urban landscapes.

Arundhati Ghosh and I try to articulate our combined protest and experiment for which each of us was an organizer, mobilizer and participant. Thank you The News Minute for carrying the piece.

Please read here …

#MyStreetMyProtest

The Hindu: A sense of belonging

aman — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 07:31:31 +0000

Friends, ‘prominent’ I am not but thankful that Nikhil Varma from The Hindu chose to talk to me for this short piece on belonging in Bengaluru.

‘The Bull temple is another location where I love to take people, mostly friends from abroad, and they wonder how the huge bull got into the temple. It is my private practical joke.’

Please read to see me become a little philosophical about active/passive voice and what it means today in the city.