artists should be allowed extra degrees of freedom, no prison can ever arrest the growth of their imagination. During mccarthyism era in USA, similarly left leaning professors and artists were hounded. An organisation was set up to support the education of children of prisoners of conscience so that nobody hesitates in standing up for their values just because of worry about childrens education. We need similar initiatives for supporting writers, artists and others who have the fortitudinous capacity to say what the world doesnt want to hear. Tribute to Dabholkar by Sachin Mali (KKM)* On the edge of a footpath In a pool of blood lies the 20th of August, 2013 But you obscurantist messengers of darkness from my jail cell I witness the beginning of your defeat. If you wanted to strike and annihilate Dhabolkar why didn’t you use your black magic tricks putting a curse on him by crossing out his image or offering a chicken sacrifice? Why didn’t you organise a Mahayagya with 108 Brahmins at the doorstep of his Committee Against Blind Faith and reduce his rationality to ashes? With hands folded and eyes shut why didn’t you ask for a boon to a millionaire god somewhere? Why didn’t you build more mathas and ashrams and gather hordes of people for your satsangs’? Why didn’t you denounce Dabholkar there and brand him the atheist demon? Did we stop you from doing this? Today your crumpled faces are evidence that exhausted by your own failed fakery bent in your spine, you have collapsed. Your bag of magic tricks and all your vile powers could not contain the unstoppable storm of Dabholkar’s rebellion. Facing the harsh sun, strong winds, lashing rains Dabholkar marched on his path of reason a song of equality upon his lips Brushing cobwebs of blind faith from our eyes plucking out the worms of fanaticism that crawl in our minds he rode the darkness sowing seeds of hope and light. From crematoriums to mathas of charlatan sadhus fighting casteists and caste panchayats demanding common water sources for Dalits Dabholkar kept up his relentless campaign But you obscurantist ghosts of darkness none of your vile deeds and bags of black magic could obscure his clear vision. Your so called power of the netherworld could not finish the thought that is Dabholkar. Then finally you wielded the ultimate weapon the Bramhastra much used in your history. Stained already by the blood of Charavaka and Tukaram today it is soaked once again in the blood of Dabholkar This is the latest chapter of your terrible deeds This the bloodied metal of your inhumanity This the latest link in your history of cruelty. On the edge of a footpath in a pool of blood lies the 20th of August, 2013 But you obscurantist messengers of darkness I witness the beginning of your defeat. From my jail cell I still see a Narendra Dabholkar, undefeated. Sachin Mali Sept. 2013, Arthur Road Jail, Mumbai
Posted on: Tue, 06 May 2014 17:13:30 +0000
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