New Delhi: The nationwide stir against CAA-NRC-NPR has attracted attention from across the world and now the future generation of India has come together irrespective of their religion in fight against this discrimination in ‘Secular India’.
Surprisingly the Youth have turned to ‘Music’ in these crucial times to express they are here and would not allow the Hindutva leaders to suppress any community based on religion, Quint reports.
‘Resistance’ Music has always been a voice in the history to express their protests against tyranny.
From The Beatles to Tupac Shakur, music as a means of protest has picked up momentum over the years.
Indian Youth taking a cue from history, witnessed the power of music as it played a crucial role in the nationwide anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests this time.
From famous songs like “We shall overcome” to contextual adaptations of famous songs like “Bella Ciao”, the CAA protests saw it all.
While others took inspiration from the desi rappers, sang songs like ‘Azaadi from Modi, ISIS’.
The rappers compared India to Lanka in Ramayana stating it was Hanuman who had set fire to Lanka, but now people were setting fire in the name of Hanuman.
National capital Delhi witnessed protesters took up an adaptation of a famous Bollywood song “Woh Chali” and turned it into “Modi Ji Modi Ji, dekho democracy ki tumne, aisi tasi kar di” (Modi ji, look what a mockery you have made out of democracy).
In Kolkata, it was Bella Ciao with a Bengali twist “ Karte ailan hain hum thukrate tumhe wapas jao wapas jao ”
However it was “We Shall Overcome” that predominated the charts at every protest as most protests saw the song play out at least once – sometimes in different languages.