MP inaugurates news capsule of freedom fighters at AIR
The Hindu
The Visakhapatnam Regional News Unit (RNU) of All India Radio (AIR) is broadcasting stories and quiz on the lives of unsung heroes as part of Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav (AKAM) celebrations.Visakhapatnam
The Visakhapatnam Regional News Unit (RNU) of All India Radio (AIR) is broadcasting stories and quiz on the lives of unsung heroes as part of Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav (AKAM) celebrations. Visakhapatnam MP M.V.V. Satyanarayana inaugurated programmes of Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav on news capsule of freedom fighters related stories and places and quiz contest at All India Radio, Visakhapatnam, on Monday. These two programmes are being conducted with the support of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. Chief General Manager R.P. Sharma and Station Director, Subba Rao, spoke.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.