19/08/2026
1) A Birthday spent in jail.
Artworks and messages we recieved for Srishti.
2) Wish her happy birthday from my end. The fight will go on no matter what. Please convey all our love, hope, warmth and solidarity.
- Pariplab Chakraborty
3) Inspired by Faiz Ahmed Faiz's poem 'subh-e-azadi' [Dawn of Freedom] which he wrote on the Partition of 1947, this work is an ode to the last line of his poem chale chalo ki woh manzil abhi nahi aayi
To a better to-morrow. To a free you, Srishti. Happy Birthday!
- Aban Raza
4) Happy Birthday, Srishti.
This is what a political prisoner of our time looks like.
Srishti has been in prison for the past four months, detained by the state for standing in solidarity with protesting workers in Noida.
Today, on her 28th birthday, while she remains behind bars, I'm sending my solidarity through these sketches - for Srishti, for the workers, and for everyone who continues to stand against injustice.
Happy birthday, Srishti.
May you come home soon.
- Pranjal
5) An inauguration of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Yuva Kendra-a children's library and youth center where food is shared, music is performed and listened to, tables and shelves are filled with books-this children's library Inauguration is inserted as "proof of conspiracy" by the Uttar Pradesh government for the NOIDA workers protest that takes place spontaneously in April.
Workers, activists, students and artists demanding fair wages and dignified working conditions have been illegally arrested and jalled for 4 months now. Inspite illegal Incarceration, they're hosting reading circles, art classes and teaching in jail. .carwan for more details.
Some of the charges against them are-inaugurating a Library, reading books, writing a newspaper and having revolutionary thoughts.
May we all have many, many revolutionary thoughts and dreams.
As Srishti turns 28, I’m thinking of all the illegally incarcerated students, workers, teachers and artists who have been jailed for demanding the most basic of rights—freedom from oppression.
Just a few weeks back, another birthday of a student and a scholar went by in Jail—Umar turned 39. I haven’t met either of them, and have known of Srishti only for a few months—but through both of them, I’ve witnessed the most infectious kind of joy and resilience, one that they seem to share equally with strangers and loved ones. So on Srishti’s birthday (and perhaps in response to the District Magistrate), I’ll leave us with a few words from James Baldwin: “The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.” Happy Birthday Srishti, and hope you and all political prisoners are free very, very soon. Until then, lots of love.
- Trisha
6) and 7) A letter from a dear friend and comrade of Srishti.
8) Messages from friends, artists, activists, journalists in solidarity.
9) A letter from a friend.
10) Greetings from Toto and Qawi
