P Sainath to be key speaker at Mela Ghadri Babeyan Da in Jalandhar

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, September 29

Renowned journalist, winner of the Ramon Magsaysay Award and founder of the People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI) P Sainath will be the keynote speaker at the 30th Mela Ghadri Babeyan Da which be held at the Desh Bhagat Yadgaar Hall this year.

The Mela Ghadri Babeyan Da in 2021 will be held from October 30 to November 1 and dedicated to the centenary year of the Babbar Akali Movement and farmers protest.

Three-day mela from oct 30

• The Mela Ghadri Babeyan Da in 2021 will be held from October 30 to November 1 and dedicated to the centenary year of the Babbar Akali Movement and farmers protest
• In the first session on October 31, farm laws, farm crisis and kisan andolan will be discussed
• On November 1, Desh Bhagat Yadgaar Committee Trustee Bhagat Singh Jhungian will hoist the Ghadar Party Flag
• Jhande Da Geet penned by Amolak Singh on Babbar Akalis, Jallianwala Bagh and Kisan Andolan would be performed at the mela

In a meeting held under Ajmer Singh, president of the Desh Bhagat Yadgaar Committee today, committee general secretary Gurmeet Singh and Cultural Convenor Amolak Singh said in the first session on October 31, farm laws, farm crisis and kisan andolan will be discussed.

On November 1, Desh Bhagat Yadgaar Committee Trustee Bhagat Singh Jhungian will hoist the Ghadar Party Flag and an address will be delivered by the President and the General Secretary of the committee.

Jhande Da Geet penned by Amolak Singh on Babbar Akalis, Jallianwala Bagh and Kisan Andolan would be performed. P Sainath would be the key speaker on the first day of the mela. ‘Sees Tali Te’ a play penned by Gursharan Singh on Babbar Akalis will be performed in the evening by Chandigarh School of Drama (Ekattar). Folk and cultural music performnces will be performed till 4 pm and at 6 pm Phulwari Kala Kendra (Jagir Josan) will present a Jago.

On the night of November 1, plays including Prof Ajmer Singh’s theatre team Lok Kala Manch, Mansa’s ‘Ain Kiven Khoh Lainge Zameenan Saadiyan’; Man Rang Amritsar under direction of theatrist Kewal Dhaliwal will present ‘Khooni vaisakhi’; Adakar Manch Mohali (Dr Sahib Singh) Dhann Likhari Nanka; Suchetak Rang Manch, Mohali, under Anita Shabdeesh shall present Italian playwright Dario Fo’s play’s Punjabi adaptation “Eddan Tan Fer Eddan Hi Sahi’; and Rang Manch Sirora (Ludhiana) will present the play ‘Ghaseya Hoeya Admi’ under the direction of Sherry Siora and Pavel Sirora.

A painting exhibition will also be held in the mela this year. A book fair starting October 30 will also continue till the dawn of October 2 at the Mela Ghadri Babeyan Da.