Celebrate South Asia’s Shared Heritage
SANJHI VIRASAT (shared heritage) is an afternoon of South Asians getting together to celebrate a shared heritage of history, ideas, culture and struggle. The attempt is to foster bridges of peace and understanding through discussion, songs, poems, etc.
Date: June 6th
Time 2.30 pm
Venue: Dept of Physics, Room no 1201.
Universtiy of Maryland, College Park Campus
Talks:
Dr. Shamsul Islam, University of Delhi and
Neelima Sharma: “Four decades of cultural activism: Theater as a vehicle for democratization, secularism and justice”
Sameer Dossani: Recent happenings in Pakistan
Nishrin Hussain: tba
Poems:
Begum Nuzaira Azam and Dr. Abdullah: Hum Ek Hain, Hum Ek Hain
Priya Ranjan: Ho Gayee hai pid parvat …
Music:
Khiyali
Shirin
Kundalika group,voices,tabla, sitar
Arpita Gogoi and friend
Dances: tba
At the conclusion of the above we plan to adjourn to Mohan Bhagat’s house for informal get together and snacks (the location is 5011 Tecumseh Street, College Park, some 4 lights north of campus off route 1)