Congress holds rallies across State
The Hindu
Jan Jagaran Yatra seeks procurement of paddy
The Congress held protests across the State, as part of Jan Jagaran Yatra, demanding that the government procure paddy and other issues related to farmers, and submitted memorandums to district Collectors.
In Nizamabad, TPCC working president Mahesh Kumar Goud, former Minister Peddi Sudarshan Reddy, former MLA E. Anil Kumar and others led a rally and later submitted a memorandum to the Joint Collector. They demanded that the government register the suicides of farmers and pay compensation due to them apart from buying discoloured and sprouted paddy.
In Nagarkurnool, district TPCC vice president Mallu Ravi, DCC president Chikkudu Ravikrishna, Jagadeeshwar Rao and others visited the market yards to interact with farmers and later submitted a memorandum to the Collector.
Hampi, the UNESCO-recognised historical site, was the capital of the Vijayanagara empire from 1336 to 1565. Foreign travellers from Persia, Europe and other parts of the world have chronicled the wealth of the place and the unique cultural mores of this kingdom built on the banks of the Tungabhadra river. There are fine descriptions to be found of its temples, farms, markets and trading links, remnants of which one can see in the ruins now. The Literature, architecture of this era continue inspire awe.
Unfurling the zine handed to us at the start of the walk, we use brightly-coloured markers to draw squiggly cables across the page, starting from a sepia-toned vintage photograph of the telegraph office. Iz, who goes by the pronouns they/them, explains, “This building is still standing, though it shut down in 2013,” they say, pointing out that telegraphy, which started in Bengaluru in 1854, was an instrument of colonial power and control. “The British colonised lands via telegraph cables, something known as the All Red Line.”
The festival in Bengaluru is happening at various locations, including ATREE in Jakkur, Bangalore Creative Circus in Yeshwantpur, Courtyard Koota in Kengeri, and Medai the Stage in Koramangala. The festival will also take place in various cities across Karnataka including Tumakuru, Ramanagara, Mandya, Kolar, Chikkaballapura, Hassan, Chitradurga, Davangere, Chamarajanagar and Mysuru.