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Nagpur’s litterateurs discuss relevance of poetry in today’s socio-political turmoil at ‘Poetry in the Park’
Supantha Bhattacharyya during Poetry in the Park, Nagpur
Sameer Kabeer during Poetry in the Park, Nagpur
Vikrant Shandilya during Poetry in the Park, Nagpur
Nandini Trivedi and Husain Rasheed during Poetry in the Park, Nagpur
Aniket Jadhav, Prasad Bhake and Abhijith Nandgave during Poetry in the Park, Nagpur
Yash Banarasi and Subodh Kathare during Poetry in the Park, Nagpur
Yugandhara Meshram during Poetry in the Park, Nagpur
Tushar Bansod and Renuka Dehankar during Poetry in the Park, Nagpur
Tithi Agrawal during Poetry in the Park, Nagpur
Tanisha Agrawal during Poetry in the Park, Nagpur
Snehal Kalda during Poetry in the Park, Nagpur
Shantanu Shukla during Poetry in the Park, Nagpur
Sanjana Chopkar, Pratyush Joshi and Bhumika Galani during Poetry in the Park, Nagpur
Ritika Gawande, Bainish Khan and Mohammad Kashisf during Poetry in the Park, Nagpur
Litterateurs during Poetry in the Park, Nagpur
Neeraj Malewar during Poetry in the Park, Nagpur
Nilesh Surpam, Akshay Vaidya and Shraddha Wadighare during Poetry in the Park, Nagpur
Litterateurs during Poetry in the Park, Nagpur
Nagpur’s litterateurs spent their Sunday evening exchanging poetry and discussing the relevance of the same in today’s socio-political turmoil during the second edition of ‘Poetry in the Park’ at Shivaji Nagar garden, Nagpur. The event was organised by Dark Room Poets, led by a city youngster Husain Rasheed.
Initially, all the participants were divided into four groups Mir ke Mastaney, Premchand ke Pyare, Frost ke Fighters and Rumi ke Rangeeley, after which each individual was given extracts from poets of the literary world and were asked to write a verse or poetry using the same extracts in 25 minutes. The next session included a panel discussion, where three panelist captured the attention of audience by speaking on the topic Socio-Political turmoil and role of literature in the country.
Vikrant Shandilya (Editor-In-Chief, Nation Next), Sameer Kabeer (Urdu Literature Professor, RTMNU) and Supantha Bhattacharyya (English Literature Professor, Hislop College) were the three panelists who gave insights on the topic. Post discussion, Sameer Kabeer launched his latest book ‘Shahid Kabeer – Zindagi aur Ghazal‘ based on his father Shahid Kabeers life who happens to be a renowned poet.
Speaking to Nation Next, Husain said, This was the second edition of the Poetry in the Park by Dark Room Poets and this time our aim was to target new faces and include more members in our literary community.
The event was concluded by a Mausiqui (music) session, where budding musicians and ghazal singers sang songs Lag Jaa Gale, Kun Faya Kun, Aaonge Jab Tum to name a few.
Check out some pictures of the evening below:
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