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Karanth's release ends Bhawans stupor

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NK SINGH Bharat Bhawan, the controversial "House of Arts" at Bhopal, has started limping back to normalcy with the release on bail of B.V. Karanth—the noted drama director who was recently arrested on the charge of attempted murder. The lake-side multi-arts complex, constructed with public funds and run by a private trust headed by the ruling Congress (1) leader, Mr Arjun Singh, became the centre of unsavoury public attention in the wake of the sensational Vibha-Karanth affair. Normal functioning of the cultural complex was disturbed and the Bharat Bhawan repertory, Rangmandal, was almost paralysed following the arrest of its director, Karanth, and the serious burn injuries sustained by the leading actress of the troupe, Vibha Mishra. Over the last month, little had happened in Bharat Bhawan apart from two minor programmes and a campaign launched to defend the institution against public criticism. Now with Karanth back in action, Bharat Bhawan is restarting its cultural activ...
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Bomb attack on anti-Maoist rally at Patna

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Representational image courtesy Foreign Policy
 

NK SINGH

Bomb attack on anti-Maoist rally at Patna on 7 August 1970 kills one, injures nine.

In retaliation, Vidyarthi Parishad attacks Muslim shops, burns one, loots three.

CPI(ML) takes responsibility for bomb attack.

Earlier, they had bombed Gandhi Darshan train at Patna, attacked a rightist convention at Patna on 25 April 1970 and assault RSS student leader on April 30 1970. They also hurled bombs on the house of the Principal of Patna Commerce College.

Police have arrested some students in the Commerce College case. One of the arrested Naxalite students had topped the secondary school examination in 1969. 

Excerpts from Frontier 29 August 1970

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