Dastangoi and other performances for Bant Singh's fund raising

[Dan Husain]

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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