From the Editors:
Is this the India we want?
A country in which citizens are murdered or attacked for being rational; for being critical, for raising a voice of dissent; for just being themselves, Muslim or Dalit or women. Intimidation, threats. Hatred. Lynching. Sickening violence. Students and teachers given the choice between being leashed in thought and word, or being hounded as seditious. Institutions built over the years weakened. The economy and development turned into exercises that mock the needs and aspirations of most people. The secularism, the scientific temper and the rights promised in our Constitution subverted every day. Our democracy, our India, frayed.
But this is our country. It belongs to us, and we belong to it. We have each other for support. We have our poems and songs and films and essays and fiction and art. Our diverse voices.
What is the India we want?
Listen to our fellow citizens speak of the country they don’t want and the India they want on the series India 2019 on the Indian Cultural Forum and Guftugu.
कुछ समय पहले, दिल्ली के दीपालय लर्निंग सेंटर में कम्युनिटी लाइब्रेरी प्रोजेक्ट द्वारा कविता वाचन की एक शाम का आयोजन किया गया था जिसमें इंडियन राइटर्स फोरम भी शामिल था. मौजूदा अंश में, कवि मंगलेश डबराल अपनी एक कविता पढ़ते हैं, मगर उससे पहले, गुडगाँव स्थित कम्युनिटी लाइब्रेरी के लाइब्रेरियन, सुमित परेवा के आमंत्रण पर, वे कविता और राजनीति के सम्बन्ध पर चर्चा करते हैं। मंगलेश डबराल का मानना है कि हर कवि की भाषा के प्रति एक ज़िम्मेदारी होती है, ख़ास कर के ऐसे वक़्त में जब राजनेता शब्दों के मतलब ही बदल दे रहे हों।
Read more:
India 2019: Three Fragments
India 2019: Gestural Dialogue
India 2019: A Song From the Ruins
