Following police objections, Trinamool changes rally date
The Hindu
We will move High Court if permission for programme on September 22 is not granted, says party
The Trinamool Congress has deferred its rally-cum-padayatra here after the police raised objections to its scheduled dates. Party’s national general secretary Abhisek Banerjee was to lead the rally on Wednesday to mark its first big political programme in Tripura after a gap of four years.
“The police rejected our application for the rally scheduled for Wednesday citing a programme of another political party in the city. They have also rejected our application to hold the rally on Thursday pleading security arrangements needed for Biswakarma puja next day,” party leader Kunal Ghosh told newsmen.
He said the programme would be held on September 22.
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.