<p>Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the city have usually manifested themselves along three lines: marches, sit-down protests or candlelight vigils. On Sunday, however, protesters took to music to rally supporters to the cause. </p>.<p>Two musicians, a theatre artiste, a writer and a well-known city music band, teamed up for a concert called 'Music for Harmony' at Banashankari on Sunday evening. The aim of the concert, according to Dwiji Napm, who helped organise a music concert, was to celebrate Indian pluralism. </p>.<p>"For some time now, we have been seeing this move towards unitarianism, a movement heightened by politics. We decided to use music as a means to instead showcase the diversity of our culture," he said. </p>.<p>Among those who took part were Kannada-language playback singer M D Pallavi, writer Zui Kumar Reddy, classical musician Gurupriya Atreya, theatre artiste Kafeel Jafri and Thermal and a Quarter, an Indie rock band. </p>.<p>The works of these diverse artistes, representing a mixed bag of genres, were able to effectively offer a metaphor on India's pluralistic nature, Napm explained. </p>.<p>According to the Hum Bharat Ke Log campaign, which was behind the event, the concert was free of charge and attracted about 350 people. </p>
<p>Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the city have usually manifested themselves along three lines: marches, sit-down protests or candlelight vigils. On Sunday, however, protesters took to music to rally supporters to the cause. </p>.<p>Two musicians, a theatre artiste, a writer and a well-known city music band, teamed up for a concert called 'Music for Harmony' at Banashankari on Sunday evening. The aim of the concert, according to Dwiji Napm, who helped organise a music concert, was to celebrate Indian pluralism. </p>.<p>"For some time now, we have been seeing this move towards unitarianism, a movement heightened by politics. We decided to use music as a means to instead showcase the diversity of our culture," he said. </p>.<p>Among those who took part were Kannada-language playback singer M D Pallavi, writer Zui Kumar Reddy, classical musician Gurupriya Atreya, theatre artiste Kafeel Jafri and Thermal and a Quarter, an Indie rock band. </p>.<p>The works of these diverse artistes, representing a mixed bag of genres, were able to effectively offer a metaphor on India's pluralistic nature, Napm explained. </p>.<p>According to the Hum Bharat Ke Log campaign, which was behind the event, the concert was free of charge and attracted about 350 people. </p>
