Spoken word - bringing poetry to life
Volume 2, Issue-19
The spoken word refers to oral poetic performance art that is based mainly on the poetic as well as the performer's aesthetic qualities. The audience listening experiences an influx of emotions as one is hooked in the poet’s vivid poetic-storytelling kind of performance as they connect to their words.
This week, we explore this mesmerizing art form with notable performances and recommended artists.
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Discuss
Here are this week’s scheduled reading sessions. You too can start these discussions, read along on the literature of your choice - could be books, articles, news, poetry, research papers, films, or anything you enjoyed. Simply reply to this email for hosting access!
- Tuesday, 1st June 2021 | 9 PM IST | Poetry
Join us to read and discuss interpretations of the poem 'The Unconquered Dead' by John McCrae
This first world war poem remains loyal to the patriotic ethos of its time, but the human cost of combat is never denied.
- Wednesday, 2nd June 2021 | 6 PM IST | Current Affairs
Join us to discuss 'Platform Politics - Indian Govt v/s Social Media' based on an opinion piece by Indian Express, Financial Express, ToI.
Big Tech playing editor, government demanding traceability, both are problematic. Let's discuss what's happening in the tug of war between them and what it means for us - the Indian citizens.
- Wednesday, 2nd June 2021 | 9 PM IST | Startups
Join us to discuss 'Facebook, Instagram, Airbnb, and Uber Are All Legitimately Dead' based on an article written by Jared Brock on Medium
Spiritually dead. Morally bankrupt. Worthless in all the ways that truly matter - that's what Jared thinks about these companies. But why?
- Thursday, 3rd June | 9 PM IST | TED Circles on ‘Our Bodies’
Join us for the group watch party of the TED Talk - The ethical dilemma of designer babies by Paul Knoepfler
In this thought-provoking talk, Knoepfler readies us for the coming designer baby revolution and its very personal, and unforeseeable, consequences.
- Friday, 4th June 2021 | 6 PM IST | Philosophy
Join us to discuss 'On female rage' based on an article by NYTimes Mag
Exploring the biases and stereotypes on this emotion expressed by this gender.
- Friday, 4th June 2021 | 9 PM IST | Movies & Web Series
Join us to discuss the Netflix Movie - The White Tiger starring Priyanka Chopra, Adarsh Gourav, and Rajkumar Rao
Hosted by cinemumble.
Discussion on characters, plot points, your favorite moments and meet fellow fandom with Cinemumble! You can join if you've read the book as well, we would be happy to get some book v/s movie perspective.
- Sunday, 6th May 2021 | 9 PM IST | Book discussion
Join us to discuss the book -Â Manto by Saadat Hassan Manto
Manto’s astute understanding of the complexity of human nature and the poignancy of his stories on Partition transcend spatial and temporal boundaries. Many of his characters are legendary and his taut narratives are a great source of insight into the human condition.
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Books:
- The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy - shared by Nazarin
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens - shared by Lekha
- Discussing pandemic burnout - Shared by Harshala
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Anchal curates a collection of books to watch themed on Germany - 5 Indian feminist poets churning the spoken poetry World
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Announcement
Poetry is a beautiful literary form of art - and like every other art form, there is a way to understand and appreciate it.
Check out this post we shared that gives you the details about the session with Irtika Kazi - author of the poetry collection 'Stormbound', moderated by avid reader Tanisha Parmar.
Listen
Poems to calm down by Megha Rao
This podcast is for all those who are seeking peace and self-compassion. It explores the personal growth journey of a young poet who tries to understand life on her own terms and discover the beauty of forgiveness, maturity, and acceptance.
Click here to listen to the podcast
Watch
From primes to proper pop-up purple paper people, Harry Baker performs his a pun-tastic and poignant poetry. Harry Baker has won the Poetry Slam World Cup in 2012, did two 5-star Edinburgh Fringe festival shows and currently using a maths degree as an excuse to live in Germany and find heaps more new words to play with.
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