[Reader-list] Fwd: Dastangoi and other performances for Bant Singh's fund raising

[mahmood farooqui]

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From: Dan Husain <dan.husain at gmail.com>
Date: 08-Oct-2006 22:25
Subject: Dastangoi and other performances for Bant Singh's fund raising
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Hey Everyone,




We're doing a Dastangoi performance as part of a fund raiser for Shri
Bant Singh. I am sure you must have heard about him. If you're curious
then you may click here for details. I'd request you to join us at the
fund raiser and contribute to Bant Singh's rehabilitation funds. If
you cannot make it then you may, if you wish, tip your friends about
this fund raiser.




Thanks & warm regards,




 Danish








 Bant Singh Can Still Singh Sun Oct 15, 2006 4:00 pm JNU City Centre,
Near Mandi House
35, Feroze Shah Road
Delhi, Delh, India
 Map & Directions
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.

Bant Singh was assaulted by powerful landlords in Mansa, Punjab for
consistently pursuing the legal battle against the rapists of his
daughter and for organising the rural poor under the banner of Mazdoor
Mukti Morcha (of the All India Agriculture Labour Association).

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

http://punjabdalitsolidarity.blogspot.com

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