State records 1,580 new cases
The Hindu
Coimbatore leads the table with 204 cases, followed by 185 in Chennai
The daily tally of new COVID-19 cases fell below the 1,600-mark in Tamil Nadu on Monday. A total of 1,580 people tested positive for COVID-19, taking the State’s tally to 26,35,419. A number of districts saw the daily cases fall marginally. In Coimbatore, 204 people tested positive followed by Chennai, where 185 tested positive. Erode’s daily infections fell from 160 to 137. There were 109 cases in Thanjavur and 105 cases in Chengalpattu. The remaining 33 districts recorded fewer than 100 cases each. Among them, Tiruppur recorded 84 cases while there were 68 cases in Tiruvallur, 55 in Salem and 50 in Namakkal.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.