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Oct 17, 2024 | 
deccanherald.com | Tini Sara Anien
Bow wow! Here’s where you find cab rides for your pets in BengaluruMetrolife checked out other ride-hailing options for pets in the city.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
deccanherald.com | Tini Sara Anien
From depicting Indian culture to Kannada words, they are trying it all.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
deccanherald.com | Tini Sara Anien
All you need to know about unique Dasara doll displays in BengaluruAt Prithvi Prabhu and his mother’s Sheela’s home in Thyagarajanagar, scenes from Dr Rajkumar’s films are displayed in the living room.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
deccanherald.com | Tini Sara Anien
Loneliness is widespread among the elderly. They find themselves isolated because their children often stay away, say city groups for the elderly. Bengaluru has various groups for the elderly to socialise, go on trips together, and learn new hobbies. Metrolife takes a look at these initiatives ahead of International Day for Older Persons, which falls on October 1. Silver Talkies Club brings the elderly together to engage in new activities and make friends.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
deccanherald.com | Tini Sara Anien
Videos of a security guard getting assaulted for not allowing guests to enter an apartment complex in Doddabele went viral on social media recently. While they condemned the assault, netizens were taken aback by the entry restriction, which prevents outsiders from entering the premises after 12 am. Varun, a final-year LLB student of KLE Law College, wanted to bring guests to his flat in Provident Sunworth City past midnight. “When the guests were not allowed in, he hit the security guard.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
deccanherald.com | Barkha Kumari |Tini Sara Anien
The growing call for inclusion in education and at the workplace is inspiring more able-bodied persons to learn Indian Sign Language (ISL). Mostly corporate companies, schools and colleges are coming forward for ISL training, NGOs working with persons with disabilities in Bengaluru told Metrolife. They offer a mix of offline and online training — some paid; some free. EnAble India trains 15 corporate companies on an average every year. The group size varies from 30 to 200.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
deccanherald.com | Tini Sara Anien
Getting the right TV unit for your entertainment or living room can be difficult. With multiple styles available in the market, here are some factors to consider when selecting the perfect stand. It is important to factor in your television set’s exact size, including its frame, supporting parts, and speakers. Gunjan A, a Mumbai-based interior consultant says, “Just knowing the total screen (diagonal) size of your TV screen isn’t enough.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
deccanherald.com | Tini Sara Anien
The Internet has been abuzz with memes after a recent spat between a woman passenger and an auto driver. One of them suggested Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh should pick up Kannada ahead of his concert in Bengaluru. Many are reacting to the insinuation that the city is inhospitable to those from other states. Lyricist Kaviraj, founder of the Kannada language group Namma Naadu Namma Alvike (Our state, our governance), feels Delhi-based TV channels have been unfair.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
deccanherald.com | Tini Sara Anien
City restaurants and hotels are bustling with orders for Thiruvonam day, which is on September 15. Home chefs are flooded with orders. Metrolife lists sadyas that offer something unique from different regions of Kerala. Valluvanadan styleSinu Swaminathan, who runs a home-based cloud kitchen Aakraantham, is preparing a Valluvanadan sadya (a traditional meal served in certain areas of Palakkad, Malappuram, and Thrissur). “Most of the items I am preparing are influenced by my grandmother’s cooking.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
deccanherald.com | Tini Sara Anien
An IISc professor scaled two of the seven summits of the world in the last two months. She aims to cover all seven by 2026. Hailing from Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal, Arpita Patra climbed Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, in July and Mt Elbrus in Russia, in August. She started a personal project called ‘Expedition Aparajita’ earlier this year. It is “dedicated to all girls who are denied their life, right, respect, dream, and passion”.
