Radical Poetry of Protest and Resistance

IF MY BODY COULD SPEAK  Students o f Radical Poetry of Protest and Resistance Organizing Members: Saumya Mittal Vedika Kaushal Karan Luthra Dyuti Gupta Nathanael Ayeh Yashaswini Trivedi Mamta Sharma Vimmi Verma Mahasweta Gogoi   PROCESS OF ORGANISING THE EVENT When the three groups, having three very different ideas for the event, were merged, there was undoubtedly a clash of opinions. To amalgamate the proposals and brainstorm over ways to combine the ideas of all nine people, certainly took some time, but yielded a fruitful result nonetheless. Wanting to work on the intricacies of the performing body through dance, spoken word and theatrical performances, we unanimously decided to keep the name of the event as  'If my body could speak' . We also wanted to bring groups who could perform puppet shows, but due to tight schedules and monetary limit, we had to decide otherwise.  Sabika Abbas Naqvi and Ananya Chatterjee, two protest poet...

ARTISTS UNITE [March 2-3   Red Fort Delhi] Contributors: Kavita Rawat Rahul Kumar Satyapriya On March 2nd  and 3rd, a nationwide creative protest was organized by Delhi-based artists collective called Artists Unite, where artists across many different genres came together under the banner of “Artists Unite!”, to celebrate love and resist hate. It was an initiative for reclaiming of the space for all the artists and people. The organizers, wanted to mark a protest against the environment of hate, oppression and ensure that the message for peace and against hatred, through performance could went beyond a more diverse audience. That’s why Red fort ground was chosen to organize the event in Delhi, because even tourists were being drawn out of curiosity. The aim of this two day festival was to send and spread the message to “fight hate with love” and “counter violence with peace”. The comprehensive Declaration – which is a collective statement of resistance by...