[WSMDiscuss] [vikalp-sangam-list] Re: Announcement: Publication of Cultural Resistance in Times of Rising Authoritarianism in India: A Dossier

Mon Apr 11 20:09:26 CEST 2022

Congrats to you al,lMadhuresh, Rosamma,Anil kama and team.

On 9:01PM, Mon, Apr 11, 2022 Jai Sen <jai.sen at cacim.net wrote:

> Monday, April 11, 2022
>
>
>
> Great to see Madhuresh, congratulations !
>
>             I look forward to reading the essays.
>
>             In solidarity !
>
>             Jai
>
> On Apr 11, 2022, at 9:16 AM, Subhash Gatade via WSM-Discuss <
> wsm-discuss at lists.openspaceforum.net> wrote:
>
> Dear Madhuresh
>
> Congratulations for the publication of this dossier which is very much
> needed in today's times
>
> In solidarity
> subhash
>
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 4:37 PM Rajendra Ravi via WSM-Discuss <
> wsm-discuss at lists.openspaceforum.net> wrote:
>
>> Congratulations!
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 11, 2022, 16:05 Madhuresh Kumar <kmadhuresh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Friends.
>>>
>>> Happy to announce the publication of a dossier on cultural resistance
>>> against the rising influence of Hindutva politics and growing
>>> authoritarianism in India.
>>>
>>> Cultural Resistance in Times of Rising Authoritarianism in India
>>> <https://www.ritimo.org/Cultural-Resistance-in-Times-of-Rising-Authoritarianism-in-India-A-Dossier>:
>>> A Dossier, editor Madhuresh Kumar, Published by Ritimo, France, March
>>> 2022.
>>>
>>> La résistance culturelle face à la montée de l’autoritarisme en Inde
>>> <https://www.ritimo.org/La-resistance-culturelle-face-a-la-montee-de-l-autoritarisme-en-Inde>,
>>> éditeur Madhuresh Kumar, publié par Ritimo, France, Mars 2022
>>>
>>> The compilation published in French
>>> <https://www.ritimo.org/La-resistance-culturelle-face-a-la-montee-de-l-autoritarisme-en-Inde>
>>> and English
>>> <https://www.ritimo.org/Cultural-Resistance-in-Times-of-Rising-Authoritarianism-in-India-A-Dossier>,
>>> can be freely circulated, republished and translated. Please do share
>>> in your networks. Thanks everyone…
>>>
>>> *Excerpts from introduction*
>>>
>>> *"This volume is an attempt at capturing a part of the much broader
>>> cultural resistance unfolding in the country, a response to the cultural
>>> attack by the Hindutva [1
>>> <https://www.ritimo.org/Cultural-Resistance-in-Times-of-Rising-Authoritarianism-in-India-A-Dossier#nb1>] brigade
>>> when the mainstream political parties have bowed to the pressure by
>>> pandering to the majoritarian agenda. However, social movements, cultural
>>> organisations, singers, artists, writers, cartoonists, comics, theatre and
>>> film personalities have sharpened their tools to resist and adhere to the
>>> fundamental values of secularism, love, non-violence and communal harmony
>>> and most importantly, to challenge growing authoritarian tendencies. The
>>> rallying cry to protect constitutional and democratic values has given
>>> boost and direction to their efforts, with occasional support from
>>> autonomous institutions and opposition political parties.*
>>>
>>> *Are these cultural resistance tendencies new? Certainly not, but
>>> definitely, the current political oppression has breathed a new lease of
>>> life in them. History has shown us that the best of art, songs and cultural
>>> expressions have emerged in times of adversity, and India is no stranger to
>>> this.*
>>>
>>> *The stories of resistance in this volume show the continuity of
>>> oppression and marginalisation that some communities have faced for years
>>> and their desire for change through struggle. Each of the initiatives and
>>> stories of cultural groups is rooted in history, in their context and
>>> struggle with the dominant ideas of our times, nation-states, nationalism,
>>> citizenship, power, culture, labour, love, caste and capitalism. The essays
>>> capture the courage and the dilemmas, hopes, despair, strength, and
>>> weaknesses of those in the movement. It’s not always a celebration since
>>> movements go through cycles of mass euphoria and defeat at times. This was
>>> visible in the farmer’s movements too, camping away from their homes on the
>>> borders of Delhi and countless other places, they received massive support
>>> but were also called anti-national or paid political agents rather than
>>> hardworking farmers in their own country, by a section of political
>>> representatives, media and the public."*
>>>
>>> Introduction
>>> <https://www.ritimo.org/Cultural-Resistance-in-Times-of-Rising-Authoritarianism-in-India-A-Dossier>
>>>
>>> Singing on the beats of resistance : Relaa collective and the cultural
>>> activists of Maharashtra
>>> <https://www.ritimo.org/Singing-on-the-beats-of-resistance-Relaa-collective-and-the-cultural-activists>,
>>> Geetanjali Gurlhosur
>>> <https://www.facebook.com/geetanjali.gurl?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZUQb00FY8D3IP-Jloqge6Vqd1ErStaO2LgDl3JmN4ALqZxRu73wkTLVcxuLKOMTu-c_V2gpBmD1IffIu7lgnEEFFoT9ub286QtzErbbXsQdXHTnWVdjw7IOHOhqBRNqE74&__tn__=-%5DK-R>
>>>
>>> Relaa Collective, Resisting Hindutva and Oppression
>>> <https://www.ritimo.org/Relaa-Collective-Resisting-Hindutva-and-Oppression>,
>>> Madhuresh Kumar
>>> <https://www.facebook.com/kmadhuresh?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZUQb00FY8D3IP-Jloqge6Vqd1ErStaO2LgDl3JmN4ALqZxRu73wkTLVcxuLKOMTu-c_V2gpBmD1IffIu7lgnEEFFoT9ub286QtzErbbXsQdXHTnWVdjw7IOHOhqBRNqE74&__tn__=-%5DK-R>
>>>
>>> Kabir Kala Manch: A History of Revolutionary Singing and State Repression
>>> <https://www.ritimo.org/Kabir-Kala-Manch-A-History-of-Revolutionary-Singing-and-State-Repression>,
>>> Geetanjali Gurlhosur
>>>
>>> India’s Anti-Citizenship Act Protests Inspires and Politicises a
>>> Generation
>>> <https://www.ritimo.org/India-s-Anti-Citizenship-Act-Protests-Inspires-and-Politicises-a-Generation>,
>>> Sunil Kumar
>>>
>>> On the Riverine Islands of Assam : the Resistance of Miyah Poetry and
>>> the Women Writing It
>>> <https://www.ritimo.org/On-the-Riverine-Islands-of-Assam-the-Resistance-of-Miyah-Poetry-and-the-Women>,
>>> Geetanjali Gurlhosur
>>>
>>> Raschakra: Reading Dissent, Resurrecting History and Being Witness
>>> <https://www.ritimo.org/Raschakra-Reading-Dissent-Resurrecting-History-and-Being-Witness>,
>>> Madhuresh Kumar
>>>
>>> The Imphal Talkies N The Howlers: From the Hills and Valley of Manipur
>>> <https://www.ritimo.org/The-Imphal-Talkies-N-The-Howlers-From-the-Hills-and-Valley-of-Manipur>
>>> , Geetanjali Gurlhosur
>>>
>>> PM Modi: The Joke Indians are Not Allowed to Crack
>>> <https://www.ritimo.org/PM-Modi-The-Joke-Indians-are-Not-Allowed-to-Crack>,
>>> Rosamma Thomas
>>>
>>> ANHAD: Carrying the Torch of Resistance for Two Decades
>>> <https://www.ritimo.org/ANHAD-Carrying-the-Torch-of-Resistance-for-Two-Decades>,
>>> Madhuresh Kumar
>>>
>>> India’s Farmers Movement, Defeating Fascism, Heralding a New Protest
>>> Culture,
>>> <https://www.ritimo.org/India-s-Farmers-Movement-Defeating-Fascism-Heralding-a-New-Protest-Culture>Sunil
>>> Kumar
>>>
>>> --
>>> ==================
>>> National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM)
>>> <http://www.napm-india.org/>
>>> Resistance Studies Fellow, University of Massachusetts Amherst
>>> <https://www.umass.edu/resistancestudies/>
>>>
>>> Read weekly column *Deshaantar* on people's struggles for freedom and
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>>> Mobile : (+91) 98 1890 5316
>>> email : kmadhuresh at gmail.com | Twitter / Skype @kmadhuresh
>>> <http://www.napm-india.org/>
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>>>
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