Light a Candle for Peace

Light a Candle for Peace is a brief event announcement published in The Hindu on 10 February 1993. The notice informed readers about an upcoming peace demonstration organised by Students for Peace, scheduled for Saturday, 13 February 1993, at Mahatma Gandhi Road in Bangalore.

Contents

  1. Article Details
  2. Full Text
  3. Newspaper Clipping
  4. Context and Background

Article Details

📰 Published in:
The Hindu
📅 Date:
10 February 1993
📄 Type:
Event Announcement
📰 Newspaper Link:
Not available

Full Text

BANGALORE, Feb. 9.

"Light a candle for Peace" will be organised by Students for Peace here on Saturday. The peace demonstration will start at 5-30 p.m. on that day with thousands of college and school students assembling near Gandhi statue. As dusk falls the candles will be lit from a common flame and passed on to others to form a line along M.G. Road at least up to the junction of Kamaraj Road.

Newspaper Clipping

Newspaper clipping titled 'Light a Candle for Peace' published in The Hindu on 10 February 1993, announcing a Students for Peace candlelight demonstration in Bangalore.
Newspaper clipping of "Light a Candle for Peace", The Hindu, 10 February 1993.

Context and Background

This announcement appeared three days before the demonstration took place on 13 February 1993. Published as a brief notice, it outlined basic logistics including timing, location, and the symbolic ritual of passing candlelight along Mahatma Gandhi Road. The announcement served as part of Students for Peace’s publicity efforts to mobilise school and college students across Bangalore.

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