Street art in Bengaluru: These walls have ears and a voice | Bengaluru News

Enter Majestic bus stand, the city’s pulse, and you’re greeted by large murals on what were once stained and broken walls, peeking through the rhythmic whirring of tyres with slogans urging people to keep the surroundings clean and large murals depicting environmental issues. For Let’s Be The Change, the Bengaluru-based nonprofit behind these artworks, street art is much more than just aesthetics. IPL 2025 mega auction “What does this area represent? What does this community want to say? These are the questions we ask ourselves before our brushes even touch the wall,” says founder Anirudh S Dutt.Each project starts not with a blank canvas, but with a dialogue — an exploration of the essence of a neighbourhood and the identity of its people.Their artworks at Victoria Hospital, where murals focus on the importance of waste segregation, and on walls around L R Nagar slum depicting people coming together to place waste in dustbins, are a testimony to this sentiment.Tucked away in busy traffic squares, bustling metro stations and quiet neighbourhoods, murals are aplenty in the city, often blending into the streetscape despite the playful motifs and bright hues. But for many artists like Dutt, street art is reflective of local...