Swati's Blog

Dear friends,  #mahadsatyagrah March 20, 1927 Dr. Ambedkar led people to visit a public tank and those people were able to drink water from that public tank. Before that they were denied access to water from this tank and many such in the country, on the basis of they being born into specific castes.    Today marks the 95th anniversary of this day which brought a revolutionary change. It was the first public attempt to overthrow the caste system. And claim access to the public good, (water, in this case), as a right. Are we doing enough now today? After 1961, in Maharashtra there was a movement led by socialists, "ek have ek panvatha", i.e., one village one well / source of water. As a result many villages got a properly constructed well financed by the state government of Maharashtra.  It helped all those who did not own a well, to be able to get access to water as a right. Irrespective of their caste or religion or gender. An act fully supportive of that historic ...

 What makes me write a poem? - Anger (Period) Here is a new one, doesn't end with anger but lest be assured it is fuelled by anger. Please read from text or from image.  Other Side Post truth world  Mocks at you  With its lies, damn lies  And pseudo-narratives Spitting venom on targets To bring out facts  From narrated stories With only heroes and the enemy One must dig out  All the dirt and filth  Hidden behind walls Full of discarded files  Counter the narrative  By digging up the debris  Of the silenced past Bring out the story  Of the other side. - Swati March 14, 2022 After writing this poem, I remember Urvashi Butalia's book "The Other Side of Silence", the kind of digging of records and files while researching for the book she did, guess it's upon us to bring out several facts discarded as useless, unwanted, uncomfortable debris.

In times of chaos Full of noises And voices that scream Tales of injustices Carelessly crushing Every bug that roams free There is a gaze Which fails not to belittle Everything that can be seen Capturing all details In dark times, digging graves Bringing evils to justice, in silence.   -        -  Swati March 12, 2022 15.57  

  #Jhund Spoiler alert. मगर यह फिल्म इतनी विशाल है, की एक बार emotional sharing से कुछ नहीं पता चलने वाला। फिल्म देखो तो जानों। ----- दो दिन पहले देखी थी फिल्म, और अभी तक नजर के सामने आ रहे हैं कुछ दृश्य जो दिल और दिमाग दोनों को छू गए । सैराट फ़िल्म में जिसने आर्ची का किरदार निभाया, उस प्रसिद्ध अभिनेत्री ने #झुंड़ में एक आदिवासी लड़की का किरदार निभाया हैं। उसके घर जब विजय सर और उनकी पत्नी जाते हैं, उस यात्रा के सारे प्रयासों को कैसे दिखाया है। वहां दिखता है असली भारत और भारतीय लोगों के असली मुद्दे।‌ लड़की के घर पहुंचने के बाद उसे बताते हैं की फूटबॉल खेलने के लिए उसे विदेश जानेवाली टीम में शामिल किया हैं और उसका पासपोर्ट बनाओ। सर की पत्नी पैसे देती हैं, समझदारी से।‌ मगर लड़की को पासपोर्ट बनवाने में जो कागज़ जरूरी है उन्हें बनाते किस तरह अपने पिता के साथ यहां वहां भटकना पड़ता है यह जो दिखाया, उन दृश्यों ने आंखों में पानी भर आया। उसे जो व्यवस्था नचा रही थी वह भी है दिखाया और कुछ सीधे लोगों ने उस लड़की के कागजात बनवाने में कैसे सरलता से की है मदद, यह भी दिखाया है।‌ लेकिन समय या शब्दो...