ANHAD invites you to a Symposium on
ATTACK ON SUFISM AND SYNCRETIC CULTURE
September 3, 2016 from 4 to 7 pm
at Deputy Speaker Hall, Constitution Club, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110001
Since
its earliest imagination, the idea of India has always been based on
plurality. What has been created through millennia of advent and
assimilation is a grand and many-hued heritage, shared by all who at
various points of time became part of it and contributed to it in their
own unique way.
Out
of these largely oral, intangible and timeless interactions and
traditions has emerged the rich and fluid Sufi-Bhakti culture of the
Indian Subcontinent. The shrine has always been a shared space, a third
space and a space for the meeting of hearts, minds and myriad
imaginations.
It
is this space of exchange and sharing which is now under attack from
various fascist, fanatic and politically polarizing forces. The main
purpose of these attacks is to prevent the perpetuation of this people
to people, faith to faith interaction and the wonderful culture of
dialogue, music, food and syncretic spiritual expression that it has
given rise to, instead imposing a monolithic and authoritarian culture
based of compliance, fear and falsehoods.
We
as artistes, intellectuals, spiritual practitioners and activists
condemn these nefarious attempts to communalize our social fabric and
wish to present our views on this subject, one of vital importance in
our troubled times.
Chair: Ashok Vajpeyi
Speakers: Dhruv Sangari, Shail Mayaram,
Sohail Hashmi, Syed Farid Idris Maharaj
Entry Free
ANHAD
B 5, Basement, Nizamudin West, New
Delhi-110013
Tel: 011-41670722
