Songs of Resistance
Shital Sathe is a prominent Dalit singer from Maharashtra. This is her song on food and hunger, as a dialogue between a child and the mother during the Songs of Resistance workshop held in November of 2021. This performance is a part of the workshop ‘Songs of Resistance’ with socio-cultural activists who work with social movements using music and performances. Opia Films is an independent production house that creates short non-fiction independent films and news materials focusing on caste, gender, migration, development, environment, health, honour crime, law and, others.
As a street theatre artist from Maharashtra, Dhamm is a part of Yalgaar Sanskrutik Manch, and his group performs songs on caste, trolls, mythology, etc. Here, he sings about secularism and love.
Prem and Mamta were fellows from the School for Democracy and were part of this spontaneous jamming session held during the Songs of Resistance workshop in November 2021.
Tu Dil to Khol Jara – Aashima Chadha
During on open mic in the Songs of Resistance workshop in November (2021), we had Priyanshu (from Karnataka) and Daanish (from Mohali Punjab) perform a duet. The song is written from the perspective of a river and each line is what the river would say or ask and this thought of listening to someone we would never imagine to voice makes it powerful! ‘Pyaasi’ is written by Vasu Dixit of Swarathma, and Hitesh Kewalya And sung along with Shubha Mudgal. The word ‘Pyaasi translates into thirst. Vasu Dixit was inspired to write this song after hearing a conversation on a train about the Kaveri River dispute, of how a river should be allowed to flow free. This was when the two states Karnataka and Tamil Nadu had faced severe droughts in 2009. The dispute continued for years bringing difficult times and riots with rulings of the Court, in the “The river asks, ‘Kahan se aayee, kahan hai jaana, kiski boli bolna hai ab?’ I’m coming from here [Karnataka] and then I reach Tamil Nadu, so what language should I speak?” The song stresses on the issue of water scarcity and how water is not to be commodified, or belonging to a particular political agenda.
Hum Zulmaton se Desh ko Aajaad Karaenge – MKSS
Jalalo Bilalo (Awaiting Beloved) – Prem and MKSS
KAY SANGU TULA MAZYA PILA RE – Shital Sathe
Ladane ka Jajbaat hai, Jeetane ka Khwaab hai
Rapper Sofia Ashraf speaks about staying authentic as an artists in an era of pandering to social media. She speaks about a campaign they created in 2007 about the Bhopal Gas Tragedy.
Anil Tharayath and Atlee
Dynamic Action Friends
Anil Tharayath and Dynamic Action Friends
