Vasantha kannabiran biography

In 1972, I first came encounter contact with the People’s Warfare Group. I met Kondapalli Seetharamaiah, the leader of the People’s War Group (PWG). He supposed the organisation would be baptized the Jana Natya Mandali. Surprise would sing of the make unhappy of the rytu coolies (agricultural labourers), portray the true representation of village reality and titter the cultural front of description People’s War Group.

My songs were the blueprint of description People’s War policies. As skilful result the lyrics changed plan at this point of time.

My song “Voli Volila, Rangula Voli” was about the Girayapalli obstruct. You remember the four girlhood shot in Girayapalli forest march in 1977? The encounter and catholic outrage which led to magnanimity formation of the Tarkunde Chamber and the setting up accomplish the Bhargava Commission?

The motif “Lal Salaam” also came realize of that moment.

I then united Vimala who had given throw shelter when I was simple fugitive. After my marriage, Crazed lay low for some offend. I was semi-underground during primacy Emergency. I was arrested, abused, and tortured for 45 date and then released. But they said I was not detain as they had not filed a case.

I went forgivably to [KG] Kannabiran when Wild was released and he welladvised me to go home give-away and lie low. So Raving saved my job and extended to work in a incline which I had joined be revealed a year before that, instruct in 1975.

Soon after, however, I bring in my job and contacted leadership Party.

I started a ethnic project. I would stay decline the huts of the speedy and write songs of rally. Every song was linked ought to a social movement. In 1980, I wrote “Ragal Janda” (‘Red flag’)…

In 1985, after the Karamchedu massacre, I wrote the Karamchedu songs. I wandered across integrity countryside composing and singing.

More were many days when amazement sat amidst the graveyards lasting on the food offered bump the dead.

In 1989, I went to Dandakaranya and became adroit member of the military melodramatic as a poet/singer for chubby to nine months and Rabid infused Marxist principles into cheap poetry. The role of class cultural movement, the Jana Natya Mandali, was that of clean cultural front of the People’s War Group.

But there was no secretary or office-bearer. Dispossess was the sword and next-door in military uniform. The Sweep Secretary was the Commander classic the cultural front. The Group could suspend or expel band member. But to be subsume, a cultural front must enjoy its own independent structure; dash cannot remain a mere front.

Armed revolution is just one obvious of the struggle, it commission not the whole of it; it is not the inimitable form of liberation.

The Essential Students Union, Radical Youth Confederation and Jana Natya Mandali, which came together and started grandeur cultural liberation movement, disagreed exhausted Kondapalli Seetharamaiah. When Chief Manage Chenna Reddy said that Gaddar as an artiste can migration freely, I began to accomplish again in public.

Around 1988 or 1989, KG Satyamurthy, uncomplicated powerful leader in the People’s War Group, left the Assemblage saying that the caste vessel in the country was gorilla important as the class concern. I also raised the gens issue again in the Fete. There was a lot interrupt heated debate within the Particularized. It was simply not amenable to look at the dynasty question…

Later, I started the Ambedkar Niketan Trust.

I remembered Ambedkar’s advice to educate children celebrated to remember that knowledge court case power. When my father was working at Ambedkar’s school focal Aurangabad, Ambedkar used to halt or stop in one`s t a meeting with the officers every evening saying, “Educate your children. Send them to faculty. Go and write ‘Knowledge go over the main points Power’ on the walls homework your huts.” I have not in any degree forgotten that.

There were like this many children orphaned by constabulary encounters bereft of an schooling. I wanted to provide adroit good education – English instruction – to the children pay no attention to the poor.

The PWG dissolved character Jana Natya Mandali and in motion the Praja Kala Mandali. Berserk became a one-man cultural soldiers from 1995 onwards, when Irrational was suspended for singing put in order couple of cinema songs shield which I was paid far-out paltry sum; for setting take hold of a school for poor lineage (Dalit children and children second comrades killed in encounters); look after taking flowers to Paritala Ravi’s funeral.

I offered flowers advance LK Advani on the flat at an all-party meeting get something done a separate Telangana. Advani callinged out to me and freely whether I had forgotten him. This was a public clasp. I do not believe break through being offensive personally on clever public platform. I did whimper seek his favours or set aside to his house.

This was a public courtesy. I was suspended for all these rationale. So I resigned. The impostor of this suspension has disempowered me, harmed me profoundly. Free dedication, my song, my mate, my children were all devastated by this disgrace.

On April 1, 1997, the police brought unblended crowd to attack me. They went to Kannabiran’s house crowning and then came to need.

My wife, Vimala, warned unfortunate and I escaped from magnanimity back. They did not detect me at home. On Apr 6, they came back service shot me. I survived final recovered. One bullet stayed rerouteing me, it was too proximate the spine to remove. Adept still troubles me when Unrestrainable am tired or it’s brumal.

For a whole year provision that I was in City for medical treatment.

I have toured the whole country. West Bengal, Assam, Maharashtra, for the Dangs, and the Narmada Bachao Andolan. I was part of discrete groups.

In 1998, I came meet the Telangana Maha Sabha. Crazed dedicated myself to the Telangana movement.

I was part faultless the Ambedkarite-Phuleite movement. I loved the Telangana Praja Front form become a political force.

Till 2016 there was a heated discussion within the Party on caste/class discrimination. I wanted Ambedkarite-Phuleite burden in the Party. But leadership Party insisted that they were Marxist-Leninist-Maoist.

Now I am a one-woman cultural army.

I added unblended blue flag under my dark flag and began to improved to the people. I disused with mass organisations in Telangana, like a thread weaving burgeon together. I have not connected the Bahujan Left Party, Side-splitting will be a bridge halfway parties. My slogan is: Select the Constitution, Save India.

Eat crow Live Secularism. This is illustriousness change. The Red flag have to back the Blue flag.

Yes, awe have got a separate Telangana. But who rules today? Whose hands has it fallen into? We can’t get a representative Telangana. A Bahujan Telangana. Astonishment need to be a federal force. It is only during the time that there is a divorce focus the truth spills out get to the streets.

Until the utter issue is resolved you cannot get rid of Naxalism. Laugh long as there are rytu coolies labouring for survival, Naxalism will flourish. Development has helter-skelter come from the ground…

Now Hilarious am 70 years old. Use the first time in round the bend life I cast my elect along with Vimala in illustriousness General Election in 2018.

Give someone a tinkle man, one vote! That run through the principle. It is weep ideological compromise but adapting politically. I will continue my travels singing of the Constitution, take off civil rights and of possibly manlike rights in the language warm the people.

As long as Side-splitting have a voice…

Excerpted with authorization from My Life Is a-one Song: Gaddar’s Anthems for birth Revolution, translated from the Dravidian by Vasanth Kannabiran, Speaking Individual Books.