Poojan Sahil

Karwan e Mohabbat Media Team

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Editor’s note:This song (and video) are a brilliant Punjabi adaptation of the long-famous Italian folk protest song Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful) that originated among women peasants in the Po valley of northern Italy in the late 19th century. Much later, members of the Italian anti-fascist resistance would change the lyrics and adapt the song to their struggles against Mussolini’s dictatorship. Versions of it have since continued to be sung worldwide as an anti-fascist hymn of freedom and resistance.This rendition in Punjabi is written and wonderfully sung by Poojan Sahil. The video has been superbly shot, edited and produced by the media team at <a href="https://karwanemohabbat.in/">Karwan e Mohabbat</a>, a campaign led by Harsh Mander, and devoted to the universal values of the Constitution of India, of solidarity, equality, freedom and justice. Over recent weeks, sustained and widespread protest in Delhi-Haryana, Punjab, and other parts of the country have continued against the three new farm laws rammed though Parliament in September by the central government – though agriculture is a state subject – which severely disadvantage farmers. The video and song featured below demand, as do the protests, the repeal of those laws:

The Bella Ciao of the farmers at Delhi’s gates

দিল্লির দরবারে কৃষকদের বেলা চাও

দিল্লীৰ দুৱাৰমুখত কৃষকসকলৰ 'বেলা চাওঁ'

டெல்லி நுழைவாயிலில் விவசாயிகளின் பெல்லா சியோ பாடல்

દિલ્હીના દરવાજે ખેડૂતોનું  બેલ્લા ચાઓ

ഡൽഹിയുടെ പടിവാതിൽക്കൽ കർഷകരുടെ 'ബെല്ല ചൗ'

ದೆಹಲಿಯ ಹೆಬ್ಬಾಗಿಲುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ರೈತರ ಬೆಲ್ಲಾ ಸಿಯಾವೊ

ଦିଲ୍ଲୀ ଦ୍ୱାରରେ କୃଷକମାନଙ୍କର “ବେଲା ସିଆଓ”

दिल्ली के द्वार पर किसानों का ‘बेला चाओ’

دہلی کے دروازے پر کسانوں کا ’بیلا چاؤ‘

ਦਿੱਲੀ ਦੀਆਂ ਬਰੂਹਾਂ 'ਤੇ ਕਿਸਾਨਾਂ ਦਾ ਬੇਲਾ ਸਿਆਓ (ਮਿਹਨਤਕਸ਼ਾਂ ਦੀ ਅਵਾਜ਼ ਨੂੰ ਦਰਸਾਉਂਦਾ ਗੀਤ)

दिल्लीच्या वेशीवर शेतकऱ्यांचे 'बेला चाओ'

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