Month: November 2022

Kiran Tandon, Feb 9, 2022

Feb 9: Day 1 of my fast, day 716 of our chain.

Am fasting for the farmers and small traders like Rajiv Tomar who attempted suicide to escape massive debt and over-burdened by GST. This is so unutterably sad and heartbreaking. The government figures on the number of small business owners and vendors who have died in the last two years is shocking. #Satyagraha

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Amit Dhawan, Feb 4, 2022

Feb 4: Day 1of my fast, day 711 of our chain.

“People write because no one listens.”

कितनी गहरी और सच्ची बात लिखी है, “लोग लिखते हैं, क्योंकि कोई सुनता नहीं” ।

मैं भी बरसों पहले नहीं लिखता था, क्योंकि तब मुझे किसी से कुछ कहना नहीं होता था। लेकिन जब कहने की कोशिश की तो सुनने वाले नहीं मिले। जो थोड़े बहुत मिले भी, तो वे भी टाइमपास टाइप के लोग ही मिले, जिन्हें मेरे कहे से कोई मतलब नहीं होता, केवल टाइम पास करने चले आते थे।

फिर जब समझ में आ गया कि मैं जो कुछ कहता हूँ, वह परलौकिक है अर्थात इस दुनिया के लोगों के मतलब की बातें नहीं हैं, तो फिर कहना बंद कर दिया और लिखना शुरू कर दिया।

अब आप पूछेंगे कि आप कौन सी परलौकिक बातें करते हैं ?

तो मैं जो कुछ भी लिखता हूँ वह परलौकिक ही है। जैसे कि देश लूटने और लुटवाने वालों के विरुद्ध आवाज उठाओ। और देश की जनता तो भक्त है देश को लूटने और लुटवाने वालों की। इसलिए लोग पारलौकिक बकवास सुनकर कन्नी काट जाते हैं।

जैसे कि मैं कहता हूँ कि सभी सरकारें और राजनैतिक पार्टियां गिरोह होती हैं अपराधियों और माफियाओं की, जिनका उद्देश देश की जनता का कल्याण करना नहीं, बल्कि फ्री की चीजें देकर देश व जनता को लूटना और लुटवाना होता है।

और यह भी देश की जनता के लिए परलौकिक बाते ही हैं, क्योंकि देश की जनता तो लुटेरों, माफियाओं की भक्ति के नशे में धुत्त रहती है।

ऐसी बहुत सी बातें मैं कहता हूँ, जो देश की जनता के समझ के परे होती है और केवल पारलौकिक जगत के लोग ही समझ सकते हैं।

कभी-कभी तो यही लगता है कि मैं ही गलत जगह पर आ गया हूँ, मुझे तो परलौकिक जगत में होना चाहिए था। जहां देश व देश की जनता को लूटने और लुटवाने वालों को देश द्रोही माना जाता है।

~ Vishuddha Reborn

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Suniti Sanghavi, Jan 28 – Jan 30, 2022

Jan 28: Day 1 of my fast, day 704 of our chain.

As I embark on my 19th fast since the start of our chain on Feb 25, 2020, I’ll take a moment to take a brief stock of what we have collectively achieved:

  1. We have formed a community of 58 individual fasters.
  2. We have kept our fasting protest going for over 700 days now, even though this is no easy or comfortable experience.
  3. We have covered a number of issues – starting with the NE Delhi pogrom, and then extending to the migrant crisis, and the farmers’ protest, amid a daily commentary on issues that truly affect us which are being whitewashed by the Modi government.
  4. We withstood personal tragedies and demoralization through the ups and downs of the Covid pandemic, but our chain continued to keep the voice of sanity and humanity alive against the constant bombardment of lies and propaganda that we were subjected to.
  5. Most importantly, in an atmospheric of toxic hate, division, and violence, we are today a diverse family of different religious, caste, national, gender, occupational, and age backgrounds. Together, we create an equitable space of love, empathy and inclusion – the single best antidote to their attempts to divide us.

If you would like to join us in this effort to keep love, sanity and togetherness alive as we battle the destructive forces of hate, fanaticism and division, please do get in touch ❤️

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Jan 29: Day 2 of my fast, day 705 of our chain.

Fasting is a deeply personal experience. The way my day goes while fasting is so often a reflection of my state of mind. Today was a day that could have gone badly (dealing with people in difficult situations), but it went much better than I expected. I am so thankful that I’m not the nervous mess I feared I could be.

Sometimes it is so important NOT to want to win against another person, even when you have a full arsenal of perfect arguments. So often, our biggest barriers are not those caused by our apparent weaknesses, but by others’ fear of us using our perceived strengths to render them voiceless. That was my biggest lesson today, and I’m so thankful for it.

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Jan 30:

Day 3 of my fast, day 706 of our chain.

Today, I read a story about a boy in India who won an art competition. When his mother shared the news with a friend, the response was dry, reducing the recognition to its modest monetary value. The story highlighted the cult of “becoming a doctor or engineer” in India to have a even a modicum of respectability in Indian society, while devaluing everything else an individual may have to offer.

From what I see around me, this leads to parents in India measuring their children by their school grades at first, and then sickeningly, by their paychecks.

People measuring their own self-worth by the size of their home, their car, their bank balance.

And while they’re busy with that, they forget to answer their own children’s questions, take pleasure in their discoveries on the way to adulthood, see them blossom into the unique individuals they were always meant to be.

Heck, let alone others, no one appreciates themselves for their own unique interests, abilities and goals. Everyone just goes through life jostling for acceptance from others as if struggling for space on a jam-packed Mumbai local train.

Here’s hoping we can slow down, breathe deeply, and give ourselves a pat on the back for simply being our own unique self.

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