All Day Long #JU and #SRFTI symbolic hunger strike in solidarity with #FTII

Yesterday twenty students sat on a day long symbolic hunger strike that took place in Kolkata, at Jadavpur University. A senior professor from the Film Studies dept went hungry too, along with the students from many departments of ‪#‎JU‬ and ‪#‎SRFTI‬. Provoking posters were put up on all the walls of the university, and numbing performances by four performers of PI(Performers Independent) left everyone disturbed … Continue reading All Day Long #JU and #SRFTI symbolic hunger strike in solidarity with #FTII

Starving to live, not die – Goutham Shivshankar & Suhrith Parthasarathy

Hunger Strike is no crime. To convey one’s point of view to one’s government is everyone’s right. This right is enjoyed not only by Indians but by citizens of all democratic nations. Leaders of Freedom movement and many social- political leaders have gone on Hunger Strikes to make their demands heard. Many have also died during Hunger strikes. In any civilized state the government and … Continue reading Starving to live, not die – Goutham Shivshankar & Suhrith Parthasarathy

National Conscience On Vacation Today- Dibyesh Anand (Translated by Khurshid Anwar)

राष्ट्र की जनभावना आज छुट्टी पर है साझी सामूहिक भावना है हिन्दुस्तानी कौम की अवकाश लिए मदमस्त सी है बल्ले और गेंद में डूबी है इरोम शर्मिला जांबाज़, बहादुर, गरिमामय अब तेरह बरस के अरसे से इस मुल्क के हाकिमों के हाथों जबरन खिलवाई जाती है वह औरत जिसने जंग छेड़ी कानून के और फौजों के विरुद्ध साज़िश के नकाबें धज्जी कीं कानून ने जिन … Continue reading National Conscience On Vacation Today- Dibyesh Anand (Translated by Khurshid Anwar)