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Cet article a été écrit par une femme transgenre étasunienne en réaction à un article sur la communauté transgenre du Cachemire sous administration indienne.

9 mai, par OpenDemocracy , STROOP Chrissy

Inspired by the historical traditions of Jalsa and lok shahiri (folk performance and poetry), several anti-caste cultural groups are active in Maharashtra today. Samata Kala Manch and Yalgaar Sanskrutik Manch are part of the pan-India Relaa collective, using their songs to raise voices against inequality and oppression faced by marginalised communities.

4 April, by GURLHOSUR Geetanjali

Relaa, a pan-India collective of cultural artists and activists whose songs and music are born out of their lived experiences and struggles struggle to keep their activism alive in the ongoing Pandemic. Their struggle finds resonance amongst the larger cultural resistance to growing state oppression.

4 April, by KUMAR Madhuresh

Kabir Kala Manch founded in early 2000s has been at the receiving end of the state. As it grew in popularity its members faced incarceration for long years and continued oppression under successive governments.

4 April, by GURLHOSUR Geetanjali

In the winter of 2019, a group of Muslim women protesting the new citizenship amendment act at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi soon became the face of the resistance. Shaheen Bagh fuelled similar protests across the country, brought together social movements, trade unions, and politicized ordinary citizens.

4 April, by KUMAR Sunil

In the north eastern state of Assam, a community marginalised historically on the grounds of ethnicity and religion, Assamese Muslims of Bengal-origin find their voice through poems in the wake of a new citizenship act and reclaim the term ‘miyah’, an Urdu word for ‘gentleman’ turned a word of abuse. Young women poets from the community go further to raise questions of gender equality and violence.

4 avril, par GURLHOSUR Geetanjali

As the Muslim community is being targeted with the emboldening of the right-wing Hindutva groups, a group of feminists came together to collectively read and revive historical texts as an act of resistance and being a witness.

4 April, by KUMAR Madhuresh

In the conflict-torn state of Manipur, where children have grown up amid the violence and terror of the Indian state and non-state actors, The Imphal Talkies N The Howlers, a folk-rock band, has been raising their voice against state atrocities, asserting their ethnic identity and searching for peace.

4 April, by GURLHOSUR Geetanjali

The consistent rise of stand-up comedians, cartoonists, mimic artists has provided much-needed humour and reflections in these challenging times, but at a cost. Many have faced terminations, police cases and arrests as India descends in the global freedom and democracy indices.

4 April, by THOMAS Rosamma

Anhad is synonymous with the cultural resistance to communalism and fascism. For more than two decades it has given platform to new artists, actors and cultural performers and used cultural expressions to spread awareness on constitutional values and challenge the rising right-wing narrative.

4 April, by KUMAR Madhuresh

16 janvier 2017, par CEDIDELP

16 janvier 2017, par CEDIDELP

16 janvier 2017, par CEDIDELP

16 juillet 2018

30 août 2012, par CDTM 34