Category: May 2022

Motika Anand, May 29, 2022

May 29: Day 1 of my fast, day 823 of our chain.

Can we hope for peace with violence? Lot of people believe so and all we get are lives cut short.

Uvalde tragedy reminded me of 149 Pakistani school children shot dead in 2014.

Historically peaceful measures have brought peace violence has not.

In this hope that one day peace will reign earth, I conclude my 24 hour fasting period.

#ChainFastingForPeace

#FastingAgainstFascism

#ResignAmitShah

#FreeSanjivBhatt

#ResignModi

Kiran Tandon, May 28, 2022

May 28: Day 1 of my fast, day 822 of our chain.

On my evening walks in the colony, I sometimes listen to shabad with frequent references to Kabir, or switch to listening to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan who sings, koi bole Ram Ram ….

There really is no difference in the fervour, the devotion, the love. And no matter the name, Ek Onkar or Brahman or Allah or God, all our hopes, our devotion go to the formless, nameless, unfathomable being/non-being. Why do people hate at all? Why can’t we choose love?

#ChainFastingForPeace

#FastingAgainstFascism

#ResignAmitShah

#FreeSanjivBhatt

#ResignModi

Suniti Sanghavi, May 20 – May 22, 2022

May 20: Day 1 of my fast, day 814 of our chain.

Today, at least 10 people died due to flooding in Assam. Over 200,000 people have been affected. And yet, what do Hindutva goons do? They have a school principal arrested on suspicions of eating beef, a reportedly conventional food item in the region.

Why solve real problems when you can make up imaginary ones of your own choosing? 😡

ChainFastingForPeace

FastingAgainstFascism

ResignAmitShah

FreeSanjivBhatt

ResignModi

May 21: Day 2 of my fast, day 815 of our chain.

The first step towards solving any problem is to acknowledge it. India’s unsolved problems keep accumulating because we keep refusing to see them for what they are.

Our social injustices keep piling up because instead of calling them out for what they are — calling out the bully — we keep piling the blame on the bullied. Why? Because when everyone caves in to the bully, solidarity is too rare to be counted on. We capitulate to bullies even before they attack us.

ChainFastingForPeace

FastingAgainstFascism

ResignAmitShah

FreeSanjivBhatt

ResignModi

May 22:

Day 3 of my fast, day 816 of our chain.

The words may be Diderot‘s, but the confession is mine as a descendant of Gujarati banias:

“In any country where talent and virtue produce no advancement, money will be the ultimate God. Its inhabitants will either have to possess money or make others believe that they do. Wealth will be the highest virtue, poverty the greatest vice.”

As an insider from this world where everything is measured by money, I can only warn against its wretchedness. The world is far far richer than the singleminded pursuit of riches.

ChainFastingForPeace

FastingAgainstFascism

ResignAmitShah

FreeSanjivBhatt

ResignModi