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Mukul Verma

Mukul Verma

Mukul Verma has spent three decades telling complex stories and shaping civic projects. He was a reporter at The Advocate and Business Report, and was communications lead at Baton Rouge Area Foundation.

The art of noticing early

The art of noticing early

A Baton Rouge Magnet High School senior has won one of the city’s more heartening cultural prizes. Sophia Zhu took top honors in the 2026 REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCE High School Exhibition, a juried show at Baton Rouge Gallery that gathers student work from across East Baton Rouge Parish. The

City Park meeting pushed back

City Park meeting pushed back

“In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” wrote John Muir, whose words sit on BREC’s website and now feel like an accidental explanation for the latest move over City-Brooks Community Park plan. Why it matters: City-Brooks Community Park and the University Lakes

Drifting to Bay St. Louis

Drifting to Bay St. Louis

A second home for Baton Rouge's well-to-do welcomes all.

Night Market BTR

A new flavor

Immigration is offsetting a decline in the native population, making Baton Rouge more varied and interesting.

311 tells on Baton Rouge

311 tells on Baton Rouge

The biggest complaints residents send to City Hall are not glamorous. They are the daily irritations that make a place feel worn down. The big picture: East Baton Rouge residents mostly use 311 to ask city-parish government to do the basics, consistently and well, a RedEye analysis shows. By

Perils of a good breakfast

Perils of a good breakfast

A friend is worried RedEye is about to ruin a good thing. Too many people will find out about breakfast at City Pork, and the place will fill up with the rush of discovery. Then he’ll have to fight for a seat, and a place he treasures for its

BR angry driving explained

BR angry driving explained

Long and hard to spell word says it all about the psychology of rage