As November 29 marks the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, a Palestinian theatre group called for a worldwide artist solidarity action. In response to this, artists from Bengaluru planned to gather at Ranga Shankara to read poems, short plays and other readings on Palestine.
However, a day before the event, on Tuesday, the J.P. Nagar police asked Ranga Shankara for details of the event, and later denied permission to conduct it.
The event was a curation of a set of poems, short stories and a letter, all written by renowned Palestinian poets and authors and performed by singer and actor M.D. Pallavi and theatre makers Ramneek Singh and Swetanshu Bora. The artists said they were asked to submit their ID proof to the J.P. Nagar police, along with details of what was to be performed at the event, before denying permission.
