Poets recite verses in solidarity with Jantar Mantar stir
Poets in Visakhapatnam held a recitation event to express solidarity with students protesting against examination irregularities in New Delhi. Participants criticized the government's handling of the situation and called for systemic changes in the education sector.
Why it matters
The event demonstrates the spread of student-led movements across different regions of India and the role of cultural expression in political dissent.
A poetry recitation titled “Boddinkala Kavana Bheri” (Cockroaches’ Poetic War-Cry) was held near the Gandhi statue opposite the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) office in the city on Sunday morning, in solidarity with the students’ and youth agitation at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi over irregularities in the NEET-UG and other examinations.
Poets from several literary organisations, including the Abhyudaya Rachayitala Sangham (Arasam), Sahiti Sravanthi, Sahrudaya Sahiti, the Visakha Rachayitala Sangham and the Amaravati Rachayitala Sangham, read out poems condemning what they described as high-handed action by the authorities against the protesters in Delhi, and lauding the students for what the organisers termed a successful agitation.
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