When Roger Waters recited Aamir Aziz, Imran Khan could contain his inner Pink Floyd fan. The Pink Floyd co-founder recited verses by the Delhi poet and activist opposing Modi’s ethnopolitics. So Imran Khan had to share it with the rest of Pakistan.
Roger Waters was at an event in London when he recited Aamir Aziz’s work.
“He is a young poet involved in fight against Modi and his fascist, racist citizenship law.”
Even the verses he recited told a story of resilience against oppression.
“Everything will be remembered.
Killers, we will become ghosts
and write off your killings,
with all the evidence.
You write jokes in courts,
we will write justice on the walls.
We will speak so loudly that
even the deaf will hear.
We will write so clearly that
even the blind will read.
You write injustice on the earth,
We will write revolution in the sky.”
At a time when U2 went ahead and toured in India despite the ongoing siege in Kashmir and an ongoing communications blackout, Pink Floyd’s stance is laudable.
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No wonder Prime Minister Imran Khan pointed out how it’s vital to ‘stand up on the right side of history‘.
When musicians who have all their lives rallied for peace, start taking notice of the massacres in India, it is time the world must stand up and take notice. Stand up on the right side of history. pic.twitter.com/WdYv4YBSmT
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) February 27, 2020
The 1960s rock band is famed for its deep and philosophical lyrics. Roger Waters is known to be vocal against Israeli policies toward the Palestinians.
He later stated ‘The Wall‘, the song he penned 1979, is actually about people who suffered ‘loss in some kind of conflict, whether it be war or something else‘.
The CAA 2019 Crackdown
So far there have been 38 reported deaths in the crackdown on protesters in New Delhi. Meanwhile, hundreds of others are injured.
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The BJP is known for preaching Hinduvta Supremacy and it’s recent efforts to marginalize Muslims come as no surprise.
CAA 2019 comes paired with the National Registry of Citizens (NRC 2019). The last time NRC was utilized in 1971, Bengal Muslims in Assam were targeted and deported to Bangladesh. Meanwhile, Bengal Hindu refugees were granted citizenship.
CAA 2019 and NRC 2019 are expected to be a repeat of 1971.
These citizenship laws aim to increase the number of religious demographics other than Muslims to further marginalize the religious minority.
