[Reader-list] Celebrating Diversity and Pluralism : March 6, St Andrews College, Bandra, Bombay

[Chandni Parekh]

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From: anhad mumbai <anhad.mumbai at gmail.com>
Date: 3 March 2010 
Subject: Celebrating Diversity and Pluralism : March 6, St Andrews College, Bandra





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, Neiloufer Bhagwat, Nandita Das, Piyush Misra, Proscenium, Rahul
Bose, Rajit Kapoor, 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.