<p>Greens, young and old alike, on Sunday gathered at People’s Park in Nazarbad in the city, to register their protest against the ongoing works on library.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The protest, which is snowballing into a movement with Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) taking the lead, was mixture of creativity. From a street play to rendering of songs, venting anguish against the system, the agitation, though silent showed all signs of making the authorities concerned hear.<br /><br />The play ‘People’s Park Ulisi’ by Ranga Sinchana troupe lasted nearly half-an-hour. It depicted the love of birds for nature, woodcutters, whose livelihood depends on trees among others who are connected with nature in one or the other way.<br /><br /> The play directed by K N Vasudevamurthy carries the message loud and clear. For records, it was for People’s Park, but resonated the pulse of the happenings in other parts too — irrespective of cities.<br /><br />Shashikala, a retired professor created a soothing atmosphere binding the students with nature. ‘Ella Maaya Naale Naavu Maaya...’, a Kannada song which takes on multi-national companies for eroding natural resources, filled the air with the protesters adding chorus.<br /><br />Students of Kautilya Vidyalaya, Sri Cauvery Educational Institution, among others, clad in their uniforms carried placards with a common message ‘Save park for the future’. A group of students stood apart by turning their drawings on nature into placards for the day.<br /><br /> MGP distributed pamphlets printed in both Kannada and English explaining the need for an agitation to protect People’s Park, one of the several landmarks in the city. Bhanu Mohan-led group of activists of Parisara Samrakshana Samithi planted saplings, hoping to add to the existing green cover.<br /><br />Major General (retd) S G Vombatkere, Bhamy V Shenoy, Dr R Balasubramanian of Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, Vasant Kumar Mysoremath and others were present.</p>
<p>Greens, young and old alike, on Sunday gathered at People’s Park in Nazarbad in the city, to register their protest against the ongoing works on library.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The protest, which is snowballing into a movement with Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) taking the lead, was mixture of creativity. From a street play to rendering of songs, venting anguish against the system, the agitation, though silent showed all signs of making the authorities concerned hear.<br /><br />The play ‘People’s Park Ulisi’ by Ranga Sinchana troupe lasted nearly half-an-hour. It depicted the love of birds for nature, woodcutters, whose livelihood depends on trees among others who are connected with nature in one or the other way.<br /><br /> The play directed by K N Vasudevamurthy carries the message loud and clear. For records, it was for People’s Park, but resonated the pulse of the happenings in other parts too — irrespective of cities.<br /><br />Shashikala, a retired professor created a soothing atmosphere binding the students with nature. ‘Ella Maaya Naale Naavu Maaya...’, a Kannada song which takes on multi-national companies for eroding natural resources, filled the air with the protesters adding chorus.<br /><br />Students of Kautilya Vidyalaya, Sri Cauvery Educational Institution, among others, clad in their uniforms carried placards with a common message ‘Save park for the future’. A group of students stood apart by turning their drawings on nature into placards for the day.<br /><br /> MGP distributed pamphlets printed in both Kannada and English explaining the need for an agitation to protect People’s Park, one of the several landmarks in the city. Bhanu Mohan-led group of activists of Parisara Samrakshana Samithi planted saplings, hoping to add to the existing green cover.<br /><br />Major General (retd) S G Vombatkere, Bhamy V Shenoy, Dr R Balasubramanian of Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, Vasant Kumar Mysoremath and others were present.</p>
