Subject(s): Privatisation of water -- Participatory democracy -- Water-supply in India in Bangalore. -- Privatization in India in Bangalore. -- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING in Environmental in Water Supply. -- Reforms for sale- privatisation of water supply -- Neutering democracy - world class visions -- Privatization - the global hydra -- Insidious institutions: reform stakeholders in Bangalore -- Misplace compassion: an illusory participative democracy -- Emerging resistance - people fight back