IndianExpress.com :: Baba Amte laid to rest with state honours

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"Isliye rah sangharsh ki ham chune/
Zindagi ansuon me nahae nahin/
Shaam sehmi na ho, raat ho na dari/
Bhor ki ankh phir dabdabai na ho "
(We must choose the path of struggle, so life shouldn't get drowned in tears.
The evening shouldn't get enveloped by awe and night shouldn't be fearful.
And the dawn shouldn't crack with tears welled up in its eyes)

Even as an emotionally overwhelmed Medha Patkar wiped her tears to sing the lines in chorus with a group of activists, people stopped and listened.
“Haath lage nirman me, nahi marane, nahi mangane"
(let's use our hands to create, not beg or beat).

Bharat Jodo, Bharat Jodo
(Knit India),” she called out. People raised their fists in air and echoed it.
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