Hyderabad, April 21 -- A Delhi-based poet-activist Aamir Aziz has accused renowned artist Anita Dube of using his protest poem 'Sab Yaad Rakha Jayega' without permission, credit or compensation.

Aziz who is a Jamia Millia Islamia alumnus condemned the alleged unauthorized use of his work. He called it "cultural extraction and plunder."

Discovery of unauthorized use of 'Sab Yaad Rakha Jayega' poem

Aziz first learned about the alleged plagiarism when a friend spotted his poem stitched into an artwork displayed at Delhi's Vadehra Art Gallery on March 18.

The poem which gained prominence during the anti-CAA protests had been renamed and recontextualized in Dube's exhibition.

Multiple instances of alleged theft

Aziz claims that it was no...