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On Valentine’s Day Weekend, Artists Unite to Cherish Idea of India
Dozens of artists will perform in multiple cities across the country for an initiative titled ‘India My Valentine’.
Meghnad Bose
India
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Dozens of artists will perform in multiple cities across the country for an initiative titled ‘India My Valentine’.
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This Valentine’s Day weekend, dozens of artists will be performing in multiple cities across India “to celebrate the India we know and love – the India of tolerance, the India of acceptance, the India that strove to be a better place for even her most oppressed children.”
The initiative, titled ‘India My Valentine’, is being organised by a small group of people including actor and activist Swara Bhasker. The message from the organisers is a simple one.
“Join us! This year, make India your Valentine!”
Organisers, India My Valentine
The plethora of artists who are performing include actors Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak Shah, singers Vishal Bhardwaj, Rekha Bhardwaj and Poojan Sahil, stand-up comedians Sanjay Rajoura, Kaneez Surka and Tanmay Bhat, and poets Sabika Abbas Naqvi and Naveen Chourey. And that’s not even close to half the list.
“We gather to celebrate the India we know and love – the India of tolerance, the India of acceptance, the India that strove to be a better place for even her most oppressed children, the India that was a dream. We celebrate the India of Tagore and Gandhi, of Nehru and Maulana Azad, of Patel and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, the India of Ashfaqullah, Bismil, Savitribai Phule, Fatima. The India of Bhagat Singh and Ambedkar.”
Organisers of India My Valentine
The organisers added, “The program is non-corporate, non-political and is funded by donations from friends, well-wishers and networks of like-minded well-meaning patriotic Indians.”
Dates and Venues
14th February
JNU campus, Delhi - 5 to 9 pm
Nizamuddin, Delhi - 7 to 11 pm
Kardampuri, Delhi - 8 to 11 pm
Sailor's Cafe, Navi Mumbai - 7 to 9 pm
Mumbra, Thane district - 6 to 10 pm
15th February
Rajabazar, Kolkata - 8 to 9 pm
Sienna Cafe, Kolkata - 6 pm onwards
Inder Lok, Delhi - 8 to 11 pm
Hauz Rani, Delhi - 8 to 11 pm
Brijpuri, Delhi - 8 to 11 pm
Turkman Gate, Delhi - 8 to 11 pm
Native Spaces, Mumbai - 5 pm onwards
16th February
Panjab University, Chandigarh - 11 am to 3 pm
La Makan, Hyderabad - 7 pm to 10 pm
Big Bro's Cafe, Dehradun - 5 pm onwards
Sophia College, Mumbai - 5:30 pm to 9 pm
Entry is free to all the India My Valentine events, apart from the event in Mumbai on Sunday, 16 February. For the Mumbai event, tickets are available for Rs 375 each and the organisers say that “all proceeds from the event will be split between organisations working towards welfare of the widows of war veterans and empowerment of women in public spaces.”
Date: 15 February Venue: Sienna Cafe Time: 6 pm onwards
Lineup:
Anirban Dasgupta- Stand-up comedy
Faye D'Souza - Spoken word
Saba Azad- Music
Sumit Roy - Rap
MUMBAI
Date: 15 February Venue: Native Spaces Time: 5 pm onwards
The Lineup on 16 February
CHANDIGARH
Date: 16 February Venue: Law Auditorium, Punjab University Time: 11 am to 3 pm
Lineup:
Sabika Naqvi - Poet
Sumit Roy - Rap
Aseem Sundan - Spoken word
Kaushik Raj - Spoken word
Nabiya - Spoken word
Vipasha Malhotra - Music
Naveen Chourey - Poetry
Pankaj Bhatt - Spoken word
Shubham Pal - Rap
HYDERABAD
Venue: Lamakaan Time: 7 to 10 pm
Lineup:
Faye D’Souza - Speech
Aditi Mittal - Stand-up comedy
MUMBAI
Date: 16 February Venue: Sophia college, Bhabha Auditorium Time: 5:30 to 9 pm
Lineup:
Rekha Bhardwaj - Music
Vishal Bhardwaj - Music
Ratna Pathak Shah - Monologue
Naseeruddin Shah- Monologue
Swanand Kirkire - Music
Raj Shekhar - Poetry and music
Tanmay Bhat - Stand-up comedy
Sumukhi Suresh - Stand-up comedy
Kaneez Surka - Stand-up comedy
Madara - Rap
Poojan Sahil - Parody songs
Saba Azad- Music
Emcee: Sucharita Tyagi
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