{"id":6046,"date":"2016-07-11T02:50:06","date_gmt":"2016-07-10T21:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=6046"},"modified":"2016-07-11T02:50:06","modified_gmt":"2016-07-10T21:20:06","slug":"kaagaz-nahi-dikhayenge-spoken-fest-poetry-caa-nrc-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=6046","title":{"rendered":"\u201cKaagaz Nahi Dikhayenge\u201d: From Streets to the Spoken Fest, Protest Poetry is Everywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"\nL<\/span>ast weekend, the grassy lawns of Jio Gardens played host to another edition of Spoken Fest. Under the thick envelope of soothing poetry and flowing conversations featuring artistes of all sorts, there was a belligerent undercurrent of rebellion. The <\/span>anti-CAA<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>anti-NRC<\/span><\/a> protests that have permeated Indian society ever since December wove their way into a festival pulsing with creative voices. After all, Spoken Fest, last weekend, was a celebration of words in any form, a place \u201cwhere words belong\u201d.\n\nWords then were weapons on the tongues of wounded artistes. <\/span>Varun Grover<\/span><\/a>, however, took his time to throw in his punches. The writer-comedian-lyricist charmed the audience with a little story on how he cracked the mystery of his tabloid going missing every morning during his early days in the city. Grover drew first blood by describing his matchbox-sized apartment as, \u201cDilli police ke dil se bhi chhota tha\u2026\u201d\n\nAs Grover declared, \u201cAur ab\u2026 Kaagaz nahi dikhaaenge\u201d, a frenzied wave of cheer ran through the audience. Much to their delight, Grover had penned a couple of new verses of his anthem that has been lighting up nationwide protests:\n\nTum bhed bhaav ke chaalak toh,<\/span><\/i>\n<\/span><\/i>Hum samvidhaan ke baalak hain<\/span><\/i>\n<\/span><\/i>Tum Khilji, Hitler, Tughlaq toh,<\/span><\/i>\n<\/span><\/i>Hum ik bachche ke gulakkh hain<\/span><\/i>\n\nJo gulakkh baahar maati hai,<\/span><\/i>\n<\/span><\/i>Jo gulakkh andar chaandi hai<\/span><\/i>\n<\/span><\/i>Tum gumma, loha, laathi toh,<\/span><\/i>\n<\/span><\/i>Hum Bhimrao aur Gandhi hain<\/span><\/i>\n\n

As Grover declared, \u201cAur ab\u2026 Kaagaz nahi dikhaaenge\u201d, a frenzied wave of cheer ran through the audience.<\/p><\/blockquote> \n\nAs the crowd lapped it all up with claps and whistles, the plush open-air BKC venue could have been any of the dusty protest sites. For Grover, it was all the same, as was for his audience.\n\nPhir ek din aisa aayega, tum prem se lais ho jaaoge,<\/span><\/i>\n<\/span><\/i>Hum Dekhenge gaao na gaao, khud bey-Faiz ho jaaoge<\/span><\/i>\n<\/span><\/i>Uss din ki aas mein hum paagal, chup-chaap se chalte jaaengey,<\/span><\/i>\n<\/span><\/i>Hum kaagaz nahi dikhaaenge, Hum kaagaz nahi dikhaaenge\u2026<\/span><\/i>\n\nMore applause, louder cheers. It seemed as if words were literally dispensing small packets of joy, hope, and strength. Earlier in the two-day festival, Delhi-based visual artist Sumit Roy had similarly electrified the crowd by rapping his band RollsRoy\u2019s anti-establishment compositions, including \u201cPoorna Swaraj\u201d. Underlining the \u201csentiments of a broken nation\u201d, the eerily prescient lyrics \u2014 the track was released last April \u2014 reflect the recent turn of events:\n\nPoorna Swaraj\u2026 Par shabdon pe laathi kyun; <\/span><\/i>\n<\/span><\/i>Poorna Swaraj\u2026 sawaalon pe kyun ho bawaal?\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\n\nAt one point, Roy unified the crowd by continuously rapping \u201cModiji\u201d and holding a particular finger up in the air.\n\nIn a poetry session with Mohammed Sadriwala, poet Rakesh Tiwari acquainted the audience with the prolificacy of 18th century Indian poet Nazeer Akbarabadi\u2019s verses. Pointing to how inclusive the \u201cFather of Nazm\u201d was, Tiwari said, \u201cHumein secularism mat sikhaaiye, hum tab hi seekh liye hain.\u201d To illustrate his point, Tiwari recited Akbarabadi\u2019s poem in praise of <\/span>Lord Krishna<\/span><\/a>, in which he alludes him to Allah. One line goes: \u201cHai sab ka khuda, sab tujh pe fida\u2026 Allah-o-Ghani, Allah-o-Ghani\u201d. Somewhere in its contemplative applause, the crowd appeared to appreciate the simplicity of Akbarabadi\u2019s times.\n\nGiven that most writers, poets, story-tellers have an opinion on the troubled times we live in, Festival Director Roshan Abbas mentioned on stage that this edition of Spoken Fest reflected the mood of our times. This explains how behind all the podcasting workshops and pop culture discussions, a decidedly defiant force shadowed the event; then be it in Sabika Abbas Naqvi\u2019s visceral, rousing poetry, or Tess Joseph, Sheena Khalid, and Aamir Aziz pulling off an English version of \u201c<\/span>Kaagaz Nahi Dikhayenge<\/span><\/a>\u201d.\n\nFrom Peter Cat Recording Company sporting anti-CAA\/NRC badges during their performances, to even <\/span>Harsha Bhogle<\/span><\/a>, sneaking in a clever punchline during his conversation with Gaurav Kapur on cricket and memories. Recounting Mohammad Azharuddin\u2019s \u201cmiraculous\u201d innings driven purely by faith, Bhogle said, \u201cSometimes faith drives you to violence\u2026 I don\u2019t know why.\u201d On cue, the crowd erupted in applause.\n\n

From PCRC sporting anti-CAA\/NRC badges during their performances, to Harsha Bhogle, sneaking in a clever punchline during his conversation with Gaurav Kapur on cricket and memories.<\/p><\/blockquote> \n\nLyricist Kausar Munir recited a poem in three parts, touching upon the three generations of her family \u2014 grandmother, father and daughter \u2014 punctuated by a haunting line:\n\nBirth certificate hai magar, jaan ka kaagaz kahaan se laaun<\/span><\/i>\n<\/span><\/i>Death certificate hai magar, pehchaan ka kaagaz kahaan se laaun<\/span><\/i>\n\nTowards the end of her poem, Munir had a powerful thing to tell her girl: \u201cYour place in this country is defined by the Constitution. It won\u2019t be denied by an amendment.\u201d Poet Hussain Haidry\u2019s words were more unsparing, asking the audience to not sleep:\n\nJo darr ke bhaagte hain hamaare sawaal se,<\/span><\/i>\n<\/span><\/i>Unsey jawaab maangna hai, soeeyega mat<\/span><\/i>\n<\/span><\/i>Jo huqm de rahe hain, huqumat ke nashe mein,<\/span><\/i>\n<\/span><\/i>Unka nasha utaarna hai, soeeyega mat<\/span><\/i>\n\nBefitting her profession and reputation, the most wholesome speech had to come from journalist <\/span>Faye D\u2019Souza<\/span><\/a>. With a premise devised funnily around a building gathering full of pliant, conservative \u201cUncles\u201d advising her to toe the line, D\u2019Souza dropped truth bombs by the dozen. \u201cCorporate India is so afraid to tick off the government. They are worried their files might not move through North Block and they will be punished into not making as much money as they are used to. So they are completely silent.\u201d\n\n

Befitting her profession and reputation, the most wholesome speech had to come from journalist Faye D\u2019Souza.<\/p><\/blockquote> \n\n\u201cOur streets are now littered with human rights violations, with attempts to change the fabric of this secular country,\u201d D\u2019Souza continued. \u201cOur streets right now are full of crime, and the people who have access to education, information, and communication, have covered those streets with a blanket of silence,\u201d she said, referring to <\/span>Kashmir<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Assam<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Jamia<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>JNU<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Uttar Pradesh<\/span><\/a>.\n\nPlaying off on the ridiculous apprehensions of the \u201cUncle\u201d, D\u2019Souza said, \u201cYes, Uncle, that\u2019s true. The government is tracking everybody, reading everything.\u201d A pause later, to a roaring cheer from the crowd, she asked: \u201cIs the government reading the Constitution?\u201d D\u2019Souza ended her piece on a high, recalling how the young stood guard for the Constitution through that cold winter night. \u201cThe young kept us safe. The young stood and fought,\u201d she said. \u201cUncle was with us in spirit.\u201d\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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