“Vindictive conspiracies being launched against social activist Teesta Setalvad,” resolution passed
By TwoCircles.net, Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: Poet-scientist Professor Harjinder Singh Laltu has said the scientific traditions in the country have also suffered because people’s language of expressions built on local contexts has been wiped out.
“The cultural process through different dimensions which stretch too far backwards in history to develop the Indian identity preventing an understanding of why a large section of our society remains on the margins of society,” Laltu said during the inaugural session of the 14th national conference of Jan Sanskriti Manch here on July 31.
“One has to look at the exploitative contradictions of Indian society that has left dalits and women out of the cultural processes. Cultural organisations must seriously consider the question of language and disappearance of people’s control over them. The scientific traditions in the country have also suffered because people’s language of expressions built on local contexts has been wiped out. While rationality is important to introduce change, emotional associations also play an important role,” Laltu, who presided over as a chief guest at the inaugural session, attended by renowned writers, academicians, artists and organisation, said.
Professor Arun Kumar said in his key note address at the inaugural session spoke about the tremendous contradiction in the Indian society and economy. “There is a tremendous contradiction between our society and our economy. The government says that our country is one among the fast growing economies, but facts show that inequalities have increased.”
Commercialization has hastened since 1991 in our country. Among the world’s billionaires India stands at number 4, but 40 crore people are below poverty line. A majority of people in the country are marginalised. The situation of education, health and environment is terrible,” said Kumar Ali Jawed, general secretary of Progressive Writer’s Association in his solidarity message spoke about Hindutva agenda.
“Hindutva Talibanisation is increasingly visible in our public sphere, but many organizations that claim to be secular have not acted enough to protest,” he said that the struggle against fascist designs of the Sangh Parivar can be paved only through a socialist revolution,” said Jawed.
Meanwhile, a resolution was passed in the session which the organizers termed as “vindictive conspiracies” being launched against social activist Teesta Setalvad, who has courageously fought for the legal rights of Gujarat 2002 riots.