Interview with Bant Singh

Bant Singh is a Sikh labor rights activist and singer from the Jhabhar village in Mansa district, Punjab. He has been singing since the age of 10, his songs mostly revolve around the ideas of revolution and social change. He has fought against the power of the landowners through his songs. Bant Singh, who dared to take his minor daughter’s rapists to court, had to pay a heavy price for the same. He lost his arms and legs in 2006 when he was assaulted by upper-caste youth of his village. Despite this, he went on to become a symbol of Dalit resistance. His Biography titled The Ballad of Bant Singh: A Quissa of Courage came out in 2016. In his interview with the archive, he talks about his journey so far, and what has changed for caste-based gender violence in North India.
Interviewer: Dhrubo Jyoti
For Dalit Art Archive

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