Uttar Pradesh to resonate with ‘Rang De Basanti’; youth to hold creative events in several cities from August 11 to 14

Ahead of Independence Day, the ‘Rang De Basanti’ campaign is being launched in Uttar Pradesh with the objective of providing young people a platform for creative expression and conveying a positive message against those spreading mafia rule and a culture of fear.

Under the themes #RangDeBasanti and #WohDarBhoolnaNahi, young people in various cities across the state will express themselves through poetry, art, music and dialogue from August 11 to 14.

The objective of this campaign by the youth organisation ‘Rang De Basanti’ is to reject a culture of fear and pressure while providing young people with a platform for expression, creativity and dialogue. Its core message is ‘brushes instead of guns, dialogue instead of fear’. Rather than gathering crowds on the streets, the campaign will place creativity and the voices of young people at the centre.