The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China - Chapter 1005

   The next day.

A total of twelve Indian progressive writers gathered in the manor, they are: Progressive Writers Association Chairman Premchand, Vice Chairman Annard, Secretary General Alim, former Secretary General Sagard, Mumbai Writer Leader Abbas, Hyde Rabah writer leader Uddin… More writers had been invited, but they were absent due to various reasons.

   This is not a formal meeting, but a meeting of leaders of progressive writers.

  The meeting place was on the grass in the manor. There were obviously enough chairs and benches, but everyone sat on the floor with a plate of melons and fruits in front of them. When it is time to eat, a banana leaf is placed in front of each person, and the servant scoops the rice onto the banana leaf, and then pours the curry soup with a large spoon.

  There are definitely small spoons, but they are only used to add ingredients and side dishes, and people grab it with their hands when eating.

  It’s okay to pilaf with your hands, after all, it’s people’s eating customs. But why does Mao have to squeeze and squeeze the curry sauce rice with his hands, just like a child playing with mud, pinch it into a rice ball and send it to his mouth to chew slowly? Combined with the yellowish-black color of the curry rice, it really looks like… ugh!

   Zhou Hexuan looked cold for a while, and honestly took the rice with a spoon.

  By the way, last night Zhou Hexuan and Zhang Leyi were anxious and went to the field outside the manor to solve it. The huge manor didn’t even have a toilet. There was also a servant who was with him, and the servant was holding a water jug ​​in his hand.

  The water in the jar is of course used to wash the buttocks. Usually, you have to use your left hand to wash it, and then wash your left hand by the way. Powerful and powerful people can ask their servants to do it for them. For example, last night a servant wanted to wash Zhou Hexuan’s buttocks, so Zhou Hexuan was so frightened that he hurriedly took out paper to solve it. The servant felt aggrieved, perhaps because he didn’t do his job well, perhaps because he felt neglected.

  …

   We used to gossip and chat with each other before, and we only got to the point when we started to eat.

   It was not the chairman and secretary general of the Progressive Writers Association of India who presided over the speech, but the vice-chairman Anand. The man put down the curry rice he kneaded into balls, waved his right hand stained with yellow juice and said, “Gentlemen, Marx once wrote an article on India’s problems: all natural and man-made disasters can only touch the surface of India, while Britain destroys The social fabric of India. The Indians have lost the old world, not a new one, and we are cut off from all our traditions and history!”

   All the writers shook their heads slightly, expressing their agreement with this view.

   Of these people, only one or two are Communists of India, but the rest are all inclined or sympathetic to the Communist theory. In particular, the vice-chairman, Anand, has publicly stated that he was deeply influenced by Marx, and even translated Marx’s works to India for serialization.

   It may be difficult for everyone to understand that Mao, a large group of high-caste bourgeois writers, would actually choose to sympathize with or even join the Communist Party.

   is actually very simple, they all learned from the British. In the 1930s, the British yearned for the Soviet Union, and the Indians yearned for the United Kingdom. The communism of the Soviet Union was introduced into India second-hand, and then used to resist British colonial rule.

   Since it is a second hand, there are naturally differences in content. The communism pursued by the Indians is a weakened version of the British, and strictly speaking, it is more similar to reformed socialism.

   Violent revolution? Ha ha.

  These Indian writers dare not, they chanted communist slogans while supporting Gandhi’s “non-violent non-cooperation movement”.

Anand continued: “The mission of our progressive writers, and the mission of all Indians, is one, destructive, that is, to destroy the old Asian-style society, and the other is constructive, that is, to build a modern Western-style society in Asia. If you want to break the old society and build a new society, you must transform your thoughts and correct your concepts. And the renewal of thoughts and concepts requires the promotion of literary works. This is what we must do in the Progressive Writers Association of India!”

   “Clap clap clap!”

  The writers clapped their right wrists with their left hands.

Chairman Premchand praised: “Annad said it very well and very clearly. We can’t fight on our own, we must unite again to expand our influence. Alim, tell us about the situation of the Writers’ Association. “

Secretary General Alim said: “Since the second congress of the Progressive Writers Association was held, we have not had a meeting for more than three years. In the past three years, our writers have been arrested, our magazines have been seized, and local chapters have also been attacked. Devastating destruction, the daily work of the Progressive Writers Association is completely at a standstill. Now things have turned around, the United Kingdom has admitted to giving India independence in the United Nations Declaration, but they refused to fulfill their promise, and all Indians should stand up and condemn. In Under this circumstance, the British cannot go too far, and the opportunity for our Progressive Writers Association to make a comeback is here!”

   Zhou Hexuan laughed secretly when he heard it, these Indian writers actually have to look at the faces of the British when they do literary propaganda, and they have to take advantage of the international trend to dare to stand up. Let’s look at the “Zuolian” in China. The “five martyrs of the Zuolian” appeared shortly after its establishment, and the surviving writers are still moving forward one after another. The British only arrested writers, seized magazines, and did not kill at all.

   Compared with their Chinese counterparts, Indian writers are too weak and afraid of trouble.

Former Secretary-General Sagad said with a smile: “I also agree with Alim’s statement that now is a good time for the development of the Progressive Writers Association. I propose that the third Congress of the All India Progressive Writers Association be held in the near future. All recovered!”

Anand added: “Of course, we should not blindly oppose Britain, but seek cooperation in opposition. Now that the mainstream of civilized countries around the world is anti-fascism, we should build an anti-fascist united front in the Indian literary community. This way Doing it will not only help the work, but also get the support of the British.”

   “Mr. Anand is really a wise man, we really should raise the anti-fascist flag.” Mumbai writer leader Abbas praised.

  Premchand suddenly asked Zhou Hexuan: “Mr. Zhou, you are one of the initiators of the ‘International Anti-Fascist Alliance’, do you have any good suggestions for this?”

  The “International Anti-Fascist Alliance” has already spread all over the world, especially in the United States, Britain and China, and the total number of members worldwide has exceeded 200,000. However, this organization is very loose, and most of the chapters have been reduced to reading clubs, which only have functions such as learning, discussion, publicity, donation, and international support.

  Zhou Hexuan, as the president of the “International Anti-Fascist Alliance China Branch”, his only role is to publicize the Anti-Japanese War, encourage joining the army and raise donations through the journal “Fei Offensive”. The members are scattered all over the place, and there is no organization at all, and everyone does not even regard this as a serious group organization.

Zhou Hexuan said: “I am very supportive of the establishment of an anti-fascist front in the Progressive Writers Association of India. Fascism is the public enemy of all mankind. In the plan of the Axis powers, Germany expands to the north, west and east, Italy to the south, Expanding eastward, Japan expands eastward and southward. Their goal is to occupy the entire continent of Asia, Europe and Africa, and India is also within the scope of fascist expansion. The British are just colonizing, and the fascist countries are more brutal, they will Openly stealing all your wealth. Germany’s massacre of Jews, Japan’s Nanjing Massacre, such tragedies may be staged in India.”

   “Mr. Zhou said it very well, fascists are the devil!” Sagard echoed.

Zhou Hexuan continued: “So, the Indian people should not have unrealistic illusions about Japan, thinking that they are here to liberate India. Now, some of the Indian remnants in Myanmar have formed an army with the support of Japan. They help The Japanese attacked the British army. This is extremely wrong. If the British are robbers, then the Japanese are demons. Dear Indian writers, you must write articles to publicize, and don’t let the Indians be the accomplices of the devil.”

  The writers present shook their heads one after another, they belonged to the representatives of the emerging bourgeoisie, and they were against the United Kingdom just wanting to fight for more rights. Fascism is too terrifying. Maybe one day it will be directly slaughtered and looted. It is better to be honestly colonized by the United Kingdom.

   Zhou Hexuan added: “In order to strengthen the communication and study between Chinese and Indian writers, I suggest that the Progressive Writers Association of India and the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles can have more exchanges. As an honorary director of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, I invite friends from Indian writers to visit China.”

   “I am willing to go to China!” Anna raised his hand.

  Annad is indeed the best person to visit China. He is the founder and vice-chairman of the Progressive Writers Association of India, with a high status and few affairs. I took a plane to China for some exchanges, and I just came back to India to attend the third congress, so I could learn a lot of struggle experiences from Chinese progressive writers.

   Zhou Hexuan did not expect that Anand’s trip to China made him directly change from a pro-communist to a Communist Party of India. After only two months in Chongqing, he became a complete admirer of Taizu, and later established Maoist guerrillas in rural India.

   Because of Zhou Hexuan’s invitation, the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Progressive Writers Association of India strengthened their exchanges, and the two sides maintained a close relationship until the early 1960s. Until the 1980s, when the literary circles of the two countries resumed contact, Zhou Hexuan was also known as “the bridge of literary exchanges between China and India”.