They say that
poetry is the essence of life and that without poetry life cannot be explained.
There was once this time when poetry used to be the soul of every being but
then books took over and poetry somewhere fizzed out. I feel glad to be in this
industry during a time when poetry is coming back in form and that too in a
way, never to go back again.
Media Coverage |
The Bengaluru PoetryFestival 2016 was a celebration on poetry, for poets, of poets. Held in one of
the finest places of the city, Leela Palace over the first weekend of August (6th
and 7th August), Bengaluru saw the best of what the world of poetry
had to offer. With the likes of Javed Akhtar and Piyush Mishra gracing the
event on Day 1 and Day 2 respectively, there couldn’t have been a better place
for all the poetry to be together as one.
The Bengaluru
poetry festival 2016 was about all forms of art and not just limited to poetry.
The festival had Poornima Kaushik who is an exponent of the Vazhuvoor styles of Bharatnatyam perform for the audience who was enchanted with the performance.
The audience
also got to see Padma Bhushan Teejan Bai performing what she does best-Pandawani, which is basically a traditional form of performing art. With
musical accompaniments by her side, age is not a matter for her because it is
art that she lives for.
Since the
festival was essentially a poetic affair, RainDrops Company (the publishing
partner for the festival) launched its anthology titled Po’try. The best part about this particular collection of poems is
that this collection was commissioned specially for the festival by the makers
and the published poems a part of a competition held by the association and the
publishing house across different social media channels. A total of 157 poets
carefully chosen from different parts of the world and from different
professions were introduced with this particular collection. A well critiqued
actress and poetess, Kamalinee Mukherjee graced the occasion and launched the
book.
The release of the poetry collection- Po'try |
Kamalinee Mukherjee launching the book |
Apart from so
many activities happening in and around the festival, there were many workshops
that were taking place for both the kids and the adults. These were specially
conducted by various well known poets from the industry. Since the release of
the collection of short poems by Bengaluru Poetry Festival 2016 and RainDrops
Company happened at the venue, there has been a huge rise in the sales of the
book, making the venture a huge success. After the festival wrapped up, the
collaborators are looking forward to a new year full of new poetry to fill the
soul.
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