mumbai will this years kala ghoda festival be held without music concerts the answer will be known on january 28 when the bombay high court hears the organisers plea to allow the use of loudspeakers at the popular annual cultural extravaganzathe kala ghoda precinct falls in a silence zone as it is within 100 metres of elphinstone college according to a september 2003 high court directive loudspeakers are banned theres h i r i n bharucha secretary of the kala ghoda association is not going to let her labour of love be silenced without a fight stating that there cannot be a concert without sound ms bharucha and her lawyers janak dwarkadas and jamshed lentin have sought an injunction against antinoise activists obstructing the weeklong art fest that starts on february 7in an affidavit filed in the high courtms bharucha stated that preparations for the arts festival start almost a year in advance moreover she clarified that the performances and concerts are held only after working hours or on weekends and necessitate the use of loudspeakers she added that since the entire refurbished area including the gardens of the david sassoon library has no residential premises no one would be inconveniencedaccording to her the ban on loudspeakers by the hc would stifle the cultural movement in the city the favourite openair theatre of rockers and music lovers in the cityrang bhavanhas already been a casualty of this ban