DESCRIPTION:
"Tell them about our struggle"
"About the demon who came from the outside and ate our world"

Like many in Kucheipadar, Lima Majhi joined the movement as a young boy. Unlike Bhagbana, he does not come from a family of dhundka singers. Lima is very popular in the village and a good mobiliser among the womenfolk and the youth. He dedicated his life to the struggle and when the movement was at its height, he was a part of the core group that decided on the course of action and organised events.

Lima's song, Zamin Chori ba nahi is one of two songs written by Bhagbana Majhi. Movement songs were not only sung by a few specialists, but had become part of a common voice. This song, originally written in the primary phase of the movement, asserts that unity is strength and that people must be unified across the villages. One of Lima's lines that reads, 'immortal nectar will be turned into poison', can be interpreted on many levels. Bauxite rock formed over 40 million years can be demolished and turned into aluminium within decades.

LYRICS

LIMA

brothers and sisters we will come together
we will make unity our weapon
and lead the heroic struggle
we will call people from all the villages
and hold meetings in the sacred meeting places by the water
to discuss our joys and sorrows
we will form committees in all the villages
we will mobilize everyone in the country
we will maintain peace in our country
this alien government has come
to snatch away our motherland
and set up a factory here
our air and water will be poisoned
it will take immortal nectar away in exchange for poison
it will harrass us

DELHI SULTANATE

queen of England East India company
nowadays twenty more company come for me
names like Utkal - Norsk and Hydro
Aditya Birla and Larsen Toubro
death -- terrorise we community
blooshed - police -- beat with impunity
shot a bust -- fi scatter we strength and unity
remember -- them beat woman with a rifle butt?

meet me the upon the beautiful river
bloodstains wash regroup and recover
news I hear deliver the spine shiver
poison pill -- a mek mi blood turn bitter

because you see
the courts nah hear we plea
and policemen threaten to shoot you
plant informers in every family - they want to eat the roots to

you see
2004 was the year
flag marches in every village square
colonial army dem a try spread fear
and too many innocent youths them disappear

LIMA

brothers and sisters we will come together
we will make unity our weapon
and we will maintain peace

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