Punjabi singers have always been scared of something or the other. In late eighties and till early nineties they were scared of militants who had warned against vulgarity in their songs but now it is women activists who are training guns on at least five Punjabi singers for singing lecherous songs. And the singers and the companies promoting them appear to have taken the back foot.
On Thursday, activists of Istri Jagriti Manch burnt effigies of five singers, including a female singer in Model Town, before the office of a prominent music company of the state.
While this time the protest against vulgarity is democratic earlier in eighties of the last century the censure for Punjabi singers came out of barrel of the gun and even most (in)famous singer couple Amar Chamkila and Amarjot were gunned down in March 1988 for singing double meaning vulgar songs by the militants after which the artistes took care for several years that they would stick to cultural themes. Another difference is that earlier the warning had come from rightist forces but now there is also one from the activists of leftist orientation.
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