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The Telegraph | Sonia Sarkar | September 9:
take Akhu Chingangbam. The focus of the Manipuri musician is developments in his state. His song, Eche – Irom Sharmila (My sister, Sharmila), is on the iconic Manipuri protestor’s ongoing fast against the army. The song Qutub Minar talks about stealing the 12th century Delhi monument and transporting it to Manipur. “I suppose we’ll be able to draw the Centre’s attention to Manipur only if we steal the monument and take it there,” says Chingangbam, whose 2009 album Tiddim Road has sold 2,000 copies so far.
But if music then was a political weapon, today’s protest singers stress that they have no larger political agenda. In fact, some point out that they don’t promise to bring in change through their music at all.
“If any artiste claims that protest songs are harbingers of change, it is an exaggeration. The idea is to provoke people to think, people who feel that everything is fine in this country,” says Chingangbam, who has a rock band called Imphal Talkies, named after a defunct cinema theatre in Manipur.
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