[Reader-list] performances by 300 cultural activists

[arshad amanullah]

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> Aj shahidon ne hai tumhein, ahle watan lalkara.
> Todo ghulami ki zanjeerein, barsao angara…
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> (Today the martyrs call out to you, the people of this land,
> Break the shackles of slavery, rain fiery embers…)
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>                                                                                     Azimullah Khan, 1857
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> To consolidate the spirit of resistance that comes with the 150th anniversary of the Great Indian Revolt of 1857, the birth Centenary of Shahid-e-Azam Bhagat Singh and 40 years of of Naxalbari…
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> You are invited to performances by 300 cultural activists from across the country, representing the glorious history of struggles, on 21st and 22nd of March 2007 at Ambedkar Stadium .
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> 21st March:  5.00 p.m. onwards
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> Songs of Protest, 1857 and protest poetry in Bhojpuri Hirawal, Patna
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> A Peasant's life, dance-drama troupe Karbi Anglong
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> Songs of Tebhaga and Naxalbari, Paschim Banga Gana Sanskritik Parishad
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>  Life of Bhagat Singh, a drama by Gursharan Singh and group
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> Tribal Rebellion in Songs, Jharkhand
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>  Songs by K. Nirmohi (Bhojpuri), Loknath Goswami and group (Assamese), theatre by Yuvaniti( Arrah) and Ala by Caravan, Patna
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> 22nd March: 3.30 p.m.
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>    Theatre from Begusarai and by Yuvaniti, Arrah,
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> Ballads in Bhopuri.. Ala by Caravan, Patna
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> Bihu , Assam Gana Sanskritik Parishad
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> A dance drama in Chau, Jharkhand
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> Ballad of struggle, performers from Andhra and Telangana
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>   Rebellion in Tea Estates: A Drama in Mime, Paschim Banga Gana Sanskritik Parishad
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> Duniya Roz Badalti Hai: A Musical Play, Hirawal, Patna
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> A theatrical presentation of poetry by Faiz and Brecht, Asmita
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> Songs of resistance in Punjabi, Bant Singh
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> A Woman Peasant's Life, dance troupe Karbi Anglong
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> Assamese Songs of resistance, Loknath Goswami
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>  Several groups will also be putting up cultural performances throughout the day on 21 st and 22nd March at Parade Ground where several thousand people are arriving for the rally.
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>   On 23rd March , we also invite you to join the rally moving towards Delhi and reaching Ramlila Maidan at 12.00 p.m .
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> And let us call for
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> • Scrapping of the SEZ policy and the SEZ Act 2005 and guaranteeing cultivable
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> land for peasants.
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> • An end to peasant suicides and starvation deaths and put in place a pro-poor
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> peasant agrarian policy.
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> • Strict implementation of NREGA and its extension to the whole country.
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> • Legal guarantee of the Right to Education, Right to Work, Right to Health
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> • Restoration of alienated tribal land and rehabilitation of all (project) displaced
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> • An end to indiscriminate foreign investment, especially in education and retail
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> trade.
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> • Regularisation of Unorganised workers and a guaranteeing their basic rights.
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> • An end to all violence and discrimination against dalits, adivasis, women and
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> minorities and ensure greater opportunities for all disadvantaged sections.
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> • Scrap Black laws like Armed Forces Special Powers Act and an end to State sponsored terror like Salwa Judum in Chhatisgarh. Freeing the people's leaders
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> held and victimized under TADA, POTA and other draconian Acts.
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> • Scrapping the Indo-US Nuclear deal and reversing the pro-US foreign policy.
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>  Revolutionary Greetings,
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> CPI-ML, Central Committee