Day 2 Of Arthscaled New Heights With Some Hard-Hitting Panels, Performances And Workshops

Dabur Red Paste presents, Arth, A Culture Fest, is anIntellectual Property of ZEE LIVE, with an aim to understand and find meanings of the Indic civilization and discover its soul. The festival was held at the lawns of Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts from 8^th to 10^th Feb 2019.

The National edition of Arth has been carefully designed keeping in mind the current scenario in the country. The day two of the festival saw some really hard-hitting panel-discussions and talks by the most prominent speakers in India on subjects that the nation has been discussing. Some of the panels were Activism via the ARTS: Legitimate or opportunistic?Insights shared by Malavika Avinash, Swarnamalya Ganesh &Vivek Agnihotri, Subramaniam Swamy in conversation with Anurag Saxena. Great Minds from Bengal: Tagore, Swami Vivekananda, Sri Aurbindoby Hindol Sengupta&Sounak Chattopadhyay. The audience was than addressed by the Arnab Ranjan Goswami (Director of News channel Republic TV). The audience also connected to the ongoing topic and panel discussion on Feminism and Tradition: Compatible or at adds?  by Smriti Irani, Raveena Tandon, Lavanya Vemsani. The Epic Saga: Mahabharata, the Tale of Human Nature by Nilesh Oak & Vishwa Adluri. Alternative Narratives of India’s Freedom struggle: by Kishwar Desai, Prasenjit Basu, Sanjeev Sanyal&Saradindu Mukherji. The panel discussed Film Premier, ‘Blood Buddha’ by Nikhil Singh Rajput followed by a discussion, ‘Bringing our Gods Home’ by Amish Tripathi, Anurag Saxena, David Frawley, Domenic DiGovanni, Karen Attiah& Tess Davis.

The Panel discussion was followed by some engaging and learning masterclass- Sanjhi Paper Cutting of Uttar Pradesh, Kangra Miniature of Himachal Pradesh, Pottery from Rajasthan, Chittara Painting from Karnataka. The evening was followed by Pandavani Performance by the award winning personality, Teejan Bai, in which she enacts tales from the Mahabharata, with musical accompaniments where the audience enjoyed her performance.

Day Second of Arth was concluded on a huge success. Speaking on huge success ShreyasiGoenka, Founder & Director Arth said, “I am delighted by the tremendous success of our event. It’s amazing to see the passion and love for culture and art amongst the audience. I want to thank all the speakers and performers that have joined hands with us and have extended their support to spread the vision behind Arth.”

Talking at a panel on Activism vis arts, Film maker, Vivek Agnihotri said, “We live in a very mixed of world. Let’s look at the film industry where 70% - 80% come from glamorous world so that they get media attention and coverage but, nobody gives coverage to betibachao and betipadhao. Today, there is great work happening in villages at grass-root level, where structures are being put into place. There are so many beneficiaries. This is real genuine activism, but since it’s come from the government, so many NGOs Nobody talks about it.”

Even in film industry, if we want to start real activism then start by providing basic facilities to women crew members. Real activism is there.

Talking in Feminism and Activism, Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon said, “Today women are standing on their own feet, they are pursuing whatever they want and are getting equal job opportunities. But there is a lot more to do in that aspect.

On talking about faith and religion, she said “Faith is a broader aspect which an individual should be allowed to practice the way they want. We have a lot of communities in our country and they all follow their own practices and have different tradition. We should respect that. As long as anyone is not harming, hurting or mutilating, bloodletting or creating any nuisance, a person should be allowed to practice harmlessly what they want to as an act of love.

Talking about feminism in the film industry, she says, “I see a very positive change as well as more inclusiveness in the industry. Today, there are a lot more women at the helm of affairs in every department of film making which is a very positive sign, and because of this there are a lot more opportunities for women. The pay disparity is also reaching an equal situation now.” 

Also talking at the panel on Feminism and Activism, Smriti Irani, Member of Parliament, said, “A a movement that began in the 1800s for political rights, you seek to seefrom the prism of tradition, religion and faith and that is where the dichotomin stems from. It also depends from which prism you look at the tradition. Our traditions warn us that the capacity to nurture, protect and fulfil all the vows is that of a woman so there is not greater celebration about the potential and capacity of a woman than we find in Indian traditions and text.

Talking about reservation for women, smriti said, “It is not seeking or reflecting a desire ensure men vacate their space. It is a desire to give women equal opportunity to compete basis sheer hard-work and talent.”

Also adding, Indian actress, MalvikaAvinash said, “I think fundamentally where we come from, the thought processes, the ideology suggests what your perspective of the world is. Some see only negative while some see only the positive. I believe that it’s a beautiful world with beautiful things in it. I have a heritage that I am proud of that no other civilization has.”

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