Sara Kazmi: The poetry of Najam Husain Syed, Bulleh Shah and Madhu Lal Hussain (an excerpt)

Punjab 2.1 at www.frankbrazil.org

Searching for Punjabiyat in two lands one people,
Poetry, Politics, Song and Film.

Recorded on 31 May 2014 at the BFI Southbank by David Somerset.

An afternoon dedicated to Punjabi identity, poetry, politics, song and film.

Dr Virinder S Kalra discussed the importance of the radical filmmaker Ajay Bhardwaj’s work and the work of renowned Punjabi poet Surjit Patar amongst others. The artist and folk singer Sara Kazmi sang the poetry from one of the pioneers of modern Punjabi literature Najam Hossain Syed. Writer Kavita Bhanot read an excerpt from her novel in progress “Boulton Road vale Baba”. The afternoon concluded with an audience discussion about the future of Punjabi culture chaired by the writer Kavita Bhanot.

Sara Kazmi has been actively involved with street theatre and folk singing since the past four years. Based primarily in Lahore, the troupe she performs with has also toured rural parts of West Punjab, and has performed Punjabi plays in Ludhiana, East Punjab as well. Her interest in these activities is rooted in the desire for discovering new forms of cultural and aesthetic politics. She is currently pursuing a Masters in History at SOAS, University of London.

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