Abhayaa – Women who dared

About

It was Nigerian writer Chimamanda Adichie who reminded us that lives are rarely single stories—rather “they are composed of overlapping stories.”

Abhayaa – Women Who Dared is a lecture demonstration by musician Chitra Srikrishna that features the work of women poets across India from the 8th to the 21st century, from Andal of Tamil Nadu to Lal Ded of Kashmir, Soyarabai of Maharashtra, Ambabai and Akka Mahadevi of Karnataka.

While these poets have been celebrated for their work the story of their lives and poetry is often rendered monochromatically as a single story—that of devotion.

In this program, Chitra Srikrishna will reflect on the reality of their lives—caste discrimination, trauma of child marriage and widowhood, and travails of social expectations whether in their marriages or communities which while glossed over by others, informs their work.

This program is part of our ‘Women’s History Month’ programming. Throughout the month, we will bring to you a series of programs that shine light on lesser-known narratives of women from music history of India.

Date:
27th Mar 2024

Time:
6.00 pm

Venue:
IME Performance Theatre,
IME Museum, Brigade Millennium Avenue,
JP Nagar 7th phase, Bengaluru – 560078

Registration:
RSVP