Bappi Lahiri’s “Jimmy, Jimmy” New Anthem In China To Protest Covid Lockdowns
Millions of Chinese suffering the dreaded lockdowns have turned to Hindi cinema legend Bappi Lahiri’s superhit song” Jimmy Jimmy Aaja Aaja” from 1982 movie” Disco Dancer” to express their wrathfulness and frustration over the country’s strict zero- COVID policy.
In the Chinese social media networks Douyin- the Chinese name for TikTok, the song composed by Lahiri and sung by Parvati Khan is sung in Mandarin” Jie mi, jie mi”, which translates into” Give me rice, give me rice”, by people in the vids mockingly showing empty vessels to show how they’re deprived of essential food particulars during the lockdowns.The videotape has so far managed to escape Chinese censors that are quick to remove any post supposed critical of the country’s governance.
Indian pictures have always enjoyed huge fashionability in China, starting from the days of cinema legend Raj Kapoor in 1950s and 60s to the recent times when flicks similar as” 3 Idiots”,” Secret Superstar”,” Hindi Medium”,” Dangal” and” Andhadhun” performed exceptionally well at the Chinese box office.spectators say Chinese have set up a smart way of using” Jie mi, jie mi” to make soft demurrers in their shot to punctuate the public plight over the zero- COVID policy, which has literally cut- off China from the outside world.
China has been embrangle down with zero- COVID policy under which dozens of metropolises, including Shanghai which has a population over 25 million, were under lockdown for weeks with people confined to their apartments.Scores of vids have surfaced in which security officers can be seen oppressively cracking down on people protesting the lockdowns.
In the rearmost demurrers, workers engaged to assemble AppleInc.’s newest iPhone offered a strike from a plant in central China’s Zhengzhou following a contagion outbreak and complaints of unsafe working conditions.Reports said workers started leaving the Foxconn plant after some of them fell ill inmid-October and entered no treatment.On Sunday, China reported,675 cases, over from 802 from the former day.
Under the zero- COVID policy commanded by President Xi Jinping, the metropolises and points have to suffer strict lockdowns and people of the area are shifted to counterblockade centres if any positive cases are reported.In nearly all metropolises, including Beijing, testing is obligatory for all residers.Without negative test results, people in the metropolises can not enter public places including caffs
