[WSMDiscuss] When Music becomes Voice of the Voiceless

[Umakant]

Dear Friends

Greetings! Music has always playedan important role in mass awakening and struggle for change. On the links givenbelow you would find some new and not so old musical journey in the anti-castemovement and also a new initiative about guitarist playing against racism facedby people from Northeastern States in India.  

 

Do pass it on to others in yourcircle/network. 

 

Meet Vedan,whose Malayalam anti-caste rap song is a hit

The News Minute, June 16, 2020 

https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/meet-vedan-whose-malayalam-anti-caste-rap-song-hit-126676

 

The song comes from long years of discrimination that peoplein his community have been through, the rapper says. 

 

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On the You Tube: "Voice of voiceless" (Official Music Video) -Vedan | Malayalam Rap

You Tube, June 13, 2020 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPzY3ekoIrA

 

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Guitarists joinhands to play a tune against racism

Andrew W. Lyngdoh, The Telegraph, June 13, 2020 

https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/north-east/guitarists-join-hands-to-play-a-tune-against-racism/cid/1780682?ref=northeast_home-template

 

Attacks on northeastern people will end when people from allover India speak up, says Rahul Rajkhowa

 

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Willuwandi Black

https://www.youtube.com/user/balakrishna2502/videos

 

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Wake-up songs: Across the south, bands are using folk to rock theboat

Vanessa Viegas, Hindustan Times, November 09, 2019 

https://www.hindustantimes.com/more-lifestyle/wake-up-songs-across-the-south-bands-are-using-folk-to-rock-the-boat/story-TCcb4EcKZyv1EAbqi7MQKO.html

 

Groups like Willuwandi, Oorali Express and CastelessCollective are merging tradition with death metal and rap to sing of votebankpolitics, crimes against women and climate change.

 

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Thalaivaa -The Casteless Collective

April 14, 2019 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPSKWOBWc2E

 

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They CalledHim A 'Dalit Rapper', Now He's Owning The Tag 

InUth, August 15, 2018 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjWSK9yyDBI

 

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Oorali: Anart tribute to Rohit Vemula

April 20, 2016 

Oorali: An art tribute to Rohit Vemula


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With Regards 

Umakant, Ph. D 

New Delhi 



 






My final words of advice to you are educate, agitate and organize; have faith in yourself. With justice on our side I do not see how we can lose our battle. The battle to me is a matter of joy. The battle is in the fullest sense spiritual. There is nothing material or social in it. For ours is a battle not for wealth or for power. It is battle for freedom. It is the battle of reclamation of human personality. 
B.R.Ambedkar
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