Farmers to stage rasta roko in Karnataka
The Hindu
They are seeking law guaranteeing Minimum Support Price
Farmers under the aegis of Samyukta Kisan Morcha will stage a rasta roko across the State and block traffic on the State and National Highways on Friday.
This was stated by Kurubur Shanthakumar of the Federation of Farmers’ Associations here on Thursday. As a result, road transportation may be affected as the morcha members in different parts of the State would take part in the agitation.
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.