Ragi Kana to reopen on Gandhi Jayanti
The Hindu
A wide variety of handmade products will be on sale over two days
Ragi Kana Santhe, the cultural hub and Sunday market for handmade products, will be reopened on October 2, with a two-day santhe on the theme of handloom and khadi. Retired IPS officer Dr. Ajai Kumar Singh will inaugurate the two-day programme.
Nishanth Gurav, a research fellow in the field of ethnobotany, will render songs in memory of Mahatma Gandhi. There will be a Bharatanatyam performance by Suhasini Koulagi on issues related to degrading the environment and ecology, the plight of farmers, among others.
Everyone talks about the Airport Metro, but one look at the pillars and completion seems nowhere in sight. Meanwhile, a faster, cheaper, roomier alternative called the Suburban Rail Airport Corridor is finally getting off the drawing board. This dedicated corridor with its specialised coaches will link the airport to vast stretches of Bengaluru, where the metro connection is still years away.