Guwahati, July 19 -- More than 30 theatre groups, playwrights, lyricists, visual artists, and concerned citizens in Assam staged a protest on Friday outside the closed premises of Rabindra Bhawan in Guwahati, demanding its immediate reopening.

Organised under the banner of the Cultural Unity Forum, Assam (Sanskritik Aikyamancha, Asom), the protest saw participants holding placards, raising slogans, and performing street theatre to highlight the impact of the auditorium's closure on the cultural community.

Rabindra Bhawan, a prominent venue for performing arts in Assam, has remained shut since early 2022. Local artists said the prolonged closure has disrupted regular cultural activities, particularly affecting smaller theatre groups that...