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Sandip Chakraborty
IPTA’s Lyrical Appeal to Protect Workers’ and Farmers’ Rights
22 Nov 2020
During the lockdown situation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, lokshilpis have performed mainly online. However, Somnath Mukherjee, a singer with the group said that ahead of the strike, some of…
A Mangai
“The Pandemic Reminds Us That Artists are the Conscience-keepers of Society”
09 Jun 2020
A Mangai is the pen name of Padma Venkataraman, who has been active in Tamil theatre as an actor, director and researcher for almost three decades.
PTI
IPTA’s Leading Light Shaukat Kaifi Passes Away at 93
23 Nov 2019
Shaukat Kaifi and her husband, Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi were stalwarts of the Left-leaning Indian People’s Theatre Association and Progressive Writers Association in their heyday.
ICF Team
Literature and Struggle: Folk Literature
04 Nov 2019
In this episode, we will listen to a part of Krishna Chander's story Kalu Bhangi, a composition by Sahir Ludhianvi which was later adopted as a song in the film Pyaasa and a song written by Vamik…
SK Pande
Centenary Tribute: The Melodious and Versatile Hemant Kumar
07 Aug 2019
He played a special role in the IPTA movement and remained a great sympathiser of the communist movement along with his contemporaries Debabrata Biswas, Suchitra Mitra, and others.
Abdul Alim Jafri
Jharkhand Gang-Rape Case: Four of the Five Victims Are Tribals, Say Police
25 Jun 2018
The National General Secretary of Indian People's Theatre Association has condemned the incident and demanded that accused should be arrested immediately.
Newsclick Report
National Convention in Lucknow for Safe-Guarding the Constitution
12 May 2017
A National Conventionfor Safe-guarding the Constitution for our Rights and Justice was held in Lucknowon 10th May, 2017. Many social and political activists from across the country were present. Here…
Githa Hariharan
Excluding the People
13 Oct 2016
The masks came off soon after condoling writer Mahasweta Devi’s death. Unmasked, the right-wing pseudo-nationalists were on the prowl for their daily target.
Sonali
IPTA Attacked: Saffron Cancer Continues To Spread
06 Oct 2016
RSS has always been dangerously aggressive when it comes to protecting their faulty ideology, but since May 2014 they have been under the protection of Central and BJP ruled states.
G. N. Devy
Mahasweta Devi: Living for Justice, Living Forever
29 Jul 2016
Mahasweta Devi wanted to live “forever”. On many occasions, we spoke about death; and invariably, in every such conversation, she said firmly, “I want to live forever.” These words were an absolute,…