[Reader-list] Bant Singh: Celebrating Resistance

[Shivam Vij]

[ Please spread the word. Info on Bant Singh here:

1) http://tehelka.com/story_main18.asp?filename=Cr052706An_appeal.asp

2) http://www.flonnet.com/fl2302/stories/20060210003703300.htm

3) http://www.himalmag.com/2006/october/profile.htm

4) http://www.petitiononline.com/Bant06/petition.html ]


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Bant Singh: Celebrating Resistance

Sun Oct 15, 2006 4:00 pm JNU City Centre, Near Mandi House
35, Feroze Shah Road
Delhi, Delh, India
Phone: 9868038981

Forum for Democratic Initiatives invites you to an evening of cultural
performances to celebrate resistance.

Bant Singh, a Dalit singer and an agrarian worker, who continues to be
defiant even after the amputation of three limbs, is currently being
treated in St. Stephen's Hospital, Delhi. The doctors are hopeful that
with artificial limbs, Bant Singh will be able to walk again.

An evening of cultural performances to honour Bant Singh's courage and
defiance and to raise funds for his rehabilitation will be held on
15th October 2006 (Sunday)

venue: jnu city centre, near mandi house, 35, feroze shah road, new delhi

time: 4:00 pm

* an exhibition of photographs by raghu rai and others
* 'video letter from bant singh'
* musical performance by rahul ram of indian ocean
* sufi songs by dhruv sangari
* bhojpuri songs by hirawal, a patna-based cultural group
* ragini and haryanvi folk songs
* akarmashi: a play based on saran kumar limbale's story
* dastangoi: the lost art of urdu story telling by mahmood farooqui
and danish husain
* protest poetry by balli singh cheema and others
* revolutionary Punjabi songs by iqbal udasi

Contributions for the programme will be directed to the 'bant singh relief fund'

Entries are through coupons ranging from Rs. 100/- to Rs. 500/- For
further details, coupons and contributions contact: Forum for
democratic initiatives

9868038981/ 9811625577 / 9910074470/ 9810252416/ 9818416968/ 9871338943