This episode captures the history of Bengaluru from over a 1000 years ago. Small settlements created fertile pastures in an otherwise arid region. The ingenuity they used to build a series of lakes and tanks is to be much admired. This is all the more evident in the backdrop of how we squandered centuries of efforts and destroyed all of it in less than 50 years. The story of Bengaluru is narrated in three parts Part 1: How the settlements were formed from 1000 - 1500 AD Part 2: Formation of modern Bengaluru by Kempe Gowda ~1500 AD Part 3: British settlement post 1800 till modern times Pioneers who are restoring lakes in Bengaluru a) Anand Malligavad - Click here to reach out to him b) Harsha Tej - Click here to reach out to him c) Usha Rajagopalan - Click here to read about her pioneering work To support this show, please click here Do you like to read stories? Read our newsletters here Get Whatsapp alerts here Follow us on Instagram Email your comments at [email protected].