Fwd: celebrating diversity: March 6, Bandra

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From: anhad.mumbai1 <anhad.mumbai1@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 11:22 PM
Subject: celebrating diversity: March 6, Bandra
To: shabnamhashmi@gmail.com

CELEBRATING DIVERSITY AND PLURALISM

Defending Democratic Rights and Freedom of Expression

March 6, 2010

St Andrews College Auditorium, Bandra West, Mumbai

 

4:00 -5.00pm- Umbrella Painting on Diversity: Children 10-15yrs (already registered for the program)

5.00pm onwards artists paint on a 100 feet canvas on the theme of diversity, pluralism, democratic rights ( we invite visual artists , students to participate)  

5.00-6.00 pm - Interactive Session Diversity and Pluralism :  Nandita Das and Rahul Bose talk to college students, youth ( others are invited too)

6.00-9.00pm – poetry, music, dance, theatre, solidarity statements

Participating artists and activists include:

Amjad Khan, Anand Teltumde, Atul Tiwari, Auritra Ghosh, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Dhruv Sangari, Gersen da Cunha, Imaad Shah, Kumud Misra, Madhur Bhandarker, Mahesh Bhatt, Mahesh Dattani, Manu Rishi, Mehneer Sudan, Mohit Kaycee, Neiloufer Bhagwat, Nandita Das, Piyush Misra, Proscenium, Priyanka Borpujari, Rahul Bose, Rajit Kapoor, Ravi Shekhar, Saba Azad, Salim Arif, Sabhaji Bhagat, Shabana Azmi, Shekhar Sen, Shyama Kulkarni, Swanand Kirkire, Vahida Nainar, Vidhyadhar Bhave, Vikrant Chaturvedi, Yuvak Biradari

9.00-10.00pm- The programme will culminate with Dhruv Sangari, disciple of Late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan adding flavour of Sufism by singing Sufi music. He will be accompanied on Tabla by Amjad Khan.

This is an open event for every denizen of Mumbai to join in and be part of 'Celebration of Diversity and Pluralism' of Mumbai with the artists, dignitaries and organisers.

The programme is organised by Anhad and supported by Oxfam India and Hivos.

 

 

 

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Palash Biswas
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