YourVoice
in association with PRO office (Jamia Milia Islamia) is organizing “Raise YourVoice”, a kind of India’s
first Women Literature fest on 27th February (Wednesday) from 10AM to 10 PM. It
is an attempt to celebrate the International Women’s Day.
This event is a one-day festival celebrating extraordinary act of courage, determination and empathizing struggles patriarchy offer in modern times. This one- day fest will rejoice the stage with expressions, emotions and articulation of women through poetry. The event will seek the presence of eminent women leaders who believed in smashing the hackneyed ideas and set a role model for other women in row.
The
event will be graced by Kamla Bhasin (feminist, activist, author, poet), RJ
Sayema (radio mirchi), Roshni Misbah (TedX speaker, The hijab biker), Sabika
Muzaffar (former RJ and voice-over artist), Khairunnisa Shah (executive
director, WTC) and Richa Anirudh (anchor and journalist).
Acting
maestro Shabana Azmi along with actress Swara Bhaskar and Nandita Das are also
expected to attend the event. Adding to the list Journalist Nagma Sahar,
theatre artist Shilpi Marwah, storyteller Priya Malik, and Mehek Mirza are also
invited to add stars to the evening.
Food
stalls with mouth-watering delicacies and art and cultural stalls will be
arranged. This Women Poetry fest will be a fare of art; culture, inspiring
stories, drama, poetry, beat and rhythms all occupied under one roof. There
will be an open mic poetry event lined up just after the inaugural ceremony followed
by dance and musical performances and panel discussion.
Some
Theatre groups will mesmerize you with their act centric on women. Lastly, the
event will end with the most enticing ‘women kavi sammelan’ allured by guest
poets.
Fest
can be attended by anyone be it male or female. Attendees can register
themselves at: https://goo.gl/forms/97RDaasiOHiGWP7D3
More
details can be found at: http://www.raise.yourvoicepoetry.com/