2nd October is no longer just an important date on the Indian calendar. It is now the day on which people across the globe will observe the United Nations Day of Non-Violence.
On this special day, Citizens for Peace, in partnership with Times of India, is planning a Peace Mela - an evening dedicated to creative expressions of the striving for peace through music, song, poetry, dance, drama, films and more.
The Peace Mela will be held in Mumbai (at the Horniman Circle/Asiatic Library space ) on the evening of 2nd October. It will be a five hour long gathering of well-known performing artists as well as unknown young talent. The youth of Mumbai will be invited to participate through showcasing their creative work -- poems, prose pieces, posters, photographs etc. -- all on the theme of peace. The Horniman Garden area will be used to display poems, photographs and prose pieces that people have sent in.
A film festival on the theme will be held in the Max Mueller Bhavan from 2pm to 7pm.
Some of the artistes who will be participating include:
Musicians - Amaan and Ayaan Ali Khan
Poets and writers - Arundhathi Subramaniam, Atul Tiwari, Javed Akhtar, Jerry Pinto, Menka Shivdasani, Ranjit Hoskote, and others
Singers - Jagjit Singh, Vivienne Pocha & Merlin D' Souza, Suraj Bhoeer, Shekhar Sen, Devieka and Suresh Bhojwani and others
Children's performances: Khoj (Teesta Setalvad's group) and Raell Padamsee's Group
Drama: Monologue from Iqbal Niyazi's play "Yeh kiska lahu hai"
The programme will end with the taking of a Peace Pledge by everyone present.
We look forward to your active participation, and to your ideas and inputs to make this event a great success.
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We are planning to 'hang' poems, photographs and prose pieces on the theme of peace and non-violence from a 'Peace Tree' which will be situated in the Horniman Circle lawn.
These are being collected by volunteers, and the details are:
Poems: Max 150 words
Prose pieces: Max 250 words
Photographs (prints): A3 or A4 sizes
Entries to be sent by either email or post.
By email to: meghann@emdiworld.com.
By courier/post to: EMDI, IES Management College, 4th Floor, Opposite Lilavati Hospital, Bandra Reclamation, Mumbai 4000 50. Ph: 26550808/26427171
Please keep copies of whatever you send. Entries will not be returned.
The last date for sending in the entries is 28th Sept.
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Citizens for Peace, a volunteer group based in Mumbai, is a non political organization that was formed in response to the violence and anarchy that ravaged Mumbai in 1992-93.We are a group of concerned citizens who came together to reaffirm Mumbai's cosmopolitan ethos and liberal, enlightened tradition. We believe that while there will always be differences between people “of belief, culture, values and religion“ the only way to settle these differences is through open dialogue and respect for the rule of law.
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