Kodagu disaster: A pall of gloom descends on marriages, festivals
Madikeri, August 22: The disaster that shook the people of the district has now affected the marriages and festivals. The life was thrown out of gear in most part of the district. People are worried about their future as they have lost everything.
However, those who are in safe place compared to the distressed people, have no interest in celebrating the festivals or conducting the marriages. Because of this worst ever disaster, some of the marriage programmes were postponed.
In Kodagu district, the marriage programmes would start soon after the completion of the Ati month. As per this, the marriages were fixed after August 15. Now, majority of the marriages were postponed and parents have been sending messages to their relatives.
Many of the families have given advertisements in the Madikeri Radio about the postponement of the marriage programmes. Many engagements were also postponed.
The election scheduled for Agriculture Credit Cooperative Society was also postponed. Many general body meetings of the associations were also postponed. Following the disaster, the election to be held for Virajpete, Somawarpete, and Kushalnagar town panchayats on August 29 were also postponed.
In Madikeri and Somawarpete, the Ganesh festival committees have decided to celebrate the festival in a simple manner. The disaster shadow cast on major festival of Kodagu, Kail, to be held on September 3.
Villagers of Mukkodlu, Makkandur, Kalur and other villages who were in preparation for the festival, have lost everything and they are not in a position to celebrate any festival. If their shattered life is improved with the planned decisions and executions, then they could celebrate the festivals.
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Donald Trump sends Diwali greetings, condemns attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh
Washington, Oct 31: Sending Diwali greetings, former president Donald Trump, who is the Republican presidential candidate, on Thursday condemned the attack on Hindus in Bangladesh, vowed to strengthen ties with India and described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as his good friend.
Bangladesh, he said, remains in a total state of chaos and alleged that his Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris and her boss President Joe Biden have ignored Hindus across the world and in America.
“I strongly condemn the barbaric violence against Hindus, Christians, and other minorities who are getting attacked and looted by mobs in Bangladesh, which remains in a total state of chaos,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
This is for the first time that Trump has spoken on the issue of Bangladesh. Hundreds of Hindus were killed in July-August in Bangladesh when a students’ agitation turned into massive protests leading to then prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee the country on August 5.
“It would have never happened on my watch. Kamala and Joe have ignored Hindus across the world and in America. They have been a disaster from Israel to Ukraine to our own Southern Border, but we will Make America Strong Again and bring back Peace through Strength,” he said.
“We will also protect Hindu Americans against the anti-religion agenda of the radical left. We will fight for your freedom. Under my administration, we will also strengthen our great partnership with India and my good friend, Prime Minister Modi,” Trump said.
“Kamala Harris will destroy your small businesses with more regulations and higher taxes. By contrast, I cut taxes, cut regulations, unleashed American energy, and built the greatest economy in history. We will do it again, bigger and better than ever before and we will Make America Great Again,” he said.
“Also, Happy Diwali to All. I hope the Festival of Lights leads to the Victory of Good over Evil,” said the former president, who is in a close fight with Harris for the November 5 presidential elections.
