Voices Rejoice for another world!!
To the rythym of heart beat, shedding the blood throughout march forward for another world!! was the tune that was played in the warm air at the oizam College grounds for the inaugural of the Asian Social Forum. Members of the cultural mass organisations dance to the tunes and songs of the revolutionary poet Sri Sri welcome the delegates who assembled across the borders. The folk dance performed by the artists of Praja Natya Mandalui depicting the socio political economic situation of India and espousing the struggles against neoliberal dominance and communalism touched deep into the heartas of those present. Deprived masses forbidden of all rights breaking the ice ad hitting back hgard at the triumvirate got a loud applause at the venue. Symbolically, more than a hundred artists came from the masses as the tunes started playing, all the words from the mouth of the singers were reflected in the dance by the artists. Prior to the folk dance and dappu performed by suresh's troop won accolades. 100 drums converging to a single tone with the fists high depicted the spirit at the venue. With the ballad by the Andhra Pradesh Praja Natya Mandali, the cultural sesion convulged into the plenary.