Today, as I was informed in passing by a colleague in Bangalore, is the Karnataka bandh. From Wikipedia I’ve learned that Karnataka is the region of India in which Bangalore is situated, and a bandh is a closing down of shops and offices to mark some kind of event. In trying to find out what the bandh was for, I found the following brief article:
BANGALORE: The Karnataka bandh, called by pro-Kannada organisations, will now be observed on Oct 4 and not Sept 30.
The bandh has been called under the aegis of Border Agitation Committee to protest against Centre’s decision to withdraw an affidavit in the Supreme Court on Karnataka-Maharashtra border issue.
“Preparations prior to the Ayudha pooja, which falls on October 1, should not be hampered by the bandh. Since pooja is followed by Vijayadashami and Dasara celebrations, we have postponed the bandh to October 4,” committee president and MLA Vatal Nagaraj said.
Karnataka Film Chamber and Commerce president H D Gangaraj said the film industry will support the bandh
The bolding is mine, to draw your attention to the parts that left me utterly bewildered. So much I don’t know, so little time to Google it all.