JANAM presents "Role of culture and the arts in the working-class movement (mazdoor andolan mein sanskriti ki bhumika)" seminar at Meenamal ki Dharamshala, near Seth Mukundlal Collge, Hapur Road, Ghaziabad > 2pm on 26th October 2013

Time : 2:00 pm

Entry : Free

Place : Meenamal ki Dharamshala, near Seth Mukundlal Collge, Hapur Road, Ghaziabad
Venue Info : Map | Nearest Metro Stations (more than 10 kms away) - 'Vaishali (Blue Line)' & 'Dilshad Garden(Red Line)'

Event Description : JANAM presents Seminar on the role of culture and the arts in the working-class movement (mazdoor andolan mein sanskriti ki bhumika)
There will be an open discussion at the end.

Speakers : Hasan Imam, of Prerna, Patna (Bihar) and Badal Saroj, vice-president, CITU, MP. 

Chairperson : well known writer and Marxist thinker Kantimohan 

Background : On 1st January 989, Janam was attacked by goons backed by the ruling political interests, when we were performing our play Halla Bol for the Central Indian Trade Union (CITU) in Jhandapur, Sahibabad. Safdar Hashmi and Ram Bahadur, a migrant Nepali worker, were killed in this attack. 

Since 1989, on every 1st January, we go back to Jhandapur, to the same spot, and perform to reaffirm our commitment to people's theatre and the unity of the working people and artists. Thousands of well wishers and comrades have joined us, including many artist friends who have performed at Jhandapur over the years.

On the 25th year of his martyrdom, we will celebrate Safdar's red-hot, luminous life with a series of events in and around Jhandapur. 

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