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SUMMARY:Tasveer Open Mic- Comedy Night
DESCRIPTION:TASVEER OPEN MIC- COMEDY NIGHT\nDiscover your tickle spots\, rattle your funny bone at Tasveer’s Open Mic: Comedy Night. An hour long show filled with a few chuckles\, many guffaws and some LMAOs.  \nDate: Thursday\, April 13th\, 2023\nTime: 7pm PST\nVenue: Here- After\, Alley Entrance\, 2505 1st Ave\, Seattle\, WA 98121  \nTo sign up as a participant please click here \nYou will definitely be entertained and end up shedding a few tears of boundless joy :-D \n  \nBuy Tickets
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/tasveer-open-mic-comedy-night/
LOCATION:Here-After\, Alley Entrance\, 2505 1st Ave\, Seattle\, WA\, 98121\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tasveer Open Mic
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SUMMARY:Tasveer Reels: Female Gaze
DESCRIPTION:Tasveer Reels: Female Gaze Shorts\nCelebrate Women’s History Month with Tasveer’s pick of powerful and impactful female focused short films. \nThis collection of bold feminist films is an exploration of burgeoning womanhood that spans milestone moments and pivotal life lessons\, from sexual awakening\, to motherhood\, to independence. These five short stories explore desire\, consent\, and autonomy\, as each of the female protagonists take ownership of their lives. Featuring relatable and thoughtful storytelling that builds to deliver a cathartic sense of empowerment. \nHow To Be A Person: How To Get An Abortion\n6 min. Director: Sindha Agha \nAfter booty calling Jawad from Sunday school\, Sanam’s found herself pregnant with no one reliable to accompany her as her “abortion plus one.” Above all\, she needs to keep her abortion a secret from her Pakistani dad because she knows exactly how he’d react…or does she? \nFirst Night\n21 min. Director: Darshika Karunahara \nTwo Danish-Tamil sisters are driven by their sexual curiosity\, determined to experience their first time – the same night. Devi has just been arranged married and now is her wedding night. Meanwhile Abarna spends the night with a secret fling. First Night depicts two women trying to tackle the sexual oppression of their culture. One has waited all her life till this exact night and the other can’t wait any longer. \nNana Ki Dum\n21 min. Director: Jacob McSharma \nA new mother navigates the contentious line between being a parent and a daughter of a traditional Indian father. How does one honor their past while trying to create a new future? \nGray\n30 min. Director: Sakshi Gurnani \nWhen Naina’s male friend violates her boundaries\, she’s left to grapple with whether or not what happened was in the ‘gray’ areas. Working with a therapist\, Naina takes a journey between past and present\, to define for herself the meaning of consent. \nBaahar\n14 min. Director: Prakshi Malik \nA mother mourns when her teenage daughter is accepted into boarding school. \n\nBuy Tickets
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/tasveer-reels-female-gaze/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tasveer Reels
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230318T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230318T210000
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SUMMARY:Tasveer Gala 2023: Let's Get Together For The Arts
DESCRIPTION:The 6th Annual Tasveer Gala is Here!\nWe are thrilled to be hosting our Annual Fundraising Gala in person this year. Join us for an evening of music\, dining\, and giving back at our Annual Gala. The funds raised will be directed to the cause of South Asian filmmakers\, advocates and artists; those who highlight social justice issues and marginalized voices and narratives of the South Asian community.  \nYour endorsement made a lot possible over our 21 years’ journey:  With your constant support\, Tasveer:  \n\nHosts TSAFF\, the largest South Asian film festival in the US\nAwards $50\,000 annually to independent filmmakers with Tasveer Film Fund\nOrganized 58 individual community events ranging from Open Mic nights\, Book Reads\, scriptwriting workshops\, and masterclasses for budding storytellers. \nPromoted more than 200 artists\, filmmakers\, and advocates through their events. \nAmplifies women’s and queer voices\, with 43% women directors in TSAFF. \nEncourages and inculcates political and social activism amongst South Asian youth through Tasveer Youth Collective \nEncourages alternate storytelling media like documentaries and short films\nHas broadcasted close to 700 hours (and counting) of independent films and content on TasveerTV\n\nYour support means the world to us\, let’s make it happen together. \nBuy Tickets
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/tasveer-gala-2023-lets-get-together-for-the-arts/
LOCATION:Seattle Marriott Redmond\, 7401 164th Ave NE\, Redmond\, WA\, 98052\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230303T190000
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SUMMARY:Tasveer Reels: Shoebox
DESCRIPTION:Tasveer Reels: Shoebox\nJoin us for the in-person film screening of Shoebox: 2022 TSAFF Grand Jury Award winner for Best Feature Narrative. \n“Shoebox is one of the finest\, most present movies of our time”- Film Companion \nAllahabad is in the throes of change as a new era sets in with the city being renamed. Looking at development in the eye\, an ailing Madhav Chatterjee battles to keep his decrepit single screen theatre alive. His daughter Mampu tends to her father\, but finds him immersed in the past. The theatre contains within its crumbling walls an entire childhood and her most anchored friendship. Much like a river disappearing\, the gentle flow of memories are held ransom by demands of the present. As the last few strands of her identity trickle out of the theatre\, Mampu struggles to find a sense of belonging in her shapeshifting hometown. \nDate: March 3rd\, 2023 \nTime: 7pm PST \nVenue: SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, WA 98109 \nCost: $15 (General)\, $10 (Tasveer Members\, Senior Citizens\, Students) \nBuy Tickets\n\n 
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/tasveer-reels-shoebox/
LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tasveer Reels
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230216T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230216T183000
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SUMMARY:Tasveer Book Discussion 2023
DESCRIPTION:TASVEER BOOK DISCUSSION \nOur Stories: An Introduction to South Asian America \nDate: Six Thursdays: Feb 16th\, March 2nd\, March 16th\, April 6th\, April 20th\, May 4th 2023 \nTime: 5-6:30pm \nLocation: Tasveer Office (Industrious\, 500 108th AVE NE\, STE #98\, Bellevue) \nPlease join us for our new book discussion group to read \nOur Stories: An Introduction to South Asian America\, a far-reaching and thoughtfully selected collection of short\, accessible articles that cover all historical periods and a wide range of South Asian nationalities (Amazon; $35).  The book is published by South Asian American Digital Archive (May 11\, 2022) \nOur Stories\, representing 64 diverse authors\, is organized into the following ten chapters: \n\nEarly South Asian American History (pre-1923)\nForging Lives in Uncertain Times (1923–1965)\nImmigration after the Civil Rights Movement (1965– )\nPost-9/11\nIdentity & Equality\nFaith & Religion\nCivic Engagement\nArts & Popular Culture\nWork\, Labor\, and Entrepreneurship\nFamily\n\nReading Schedule: \nFeb 16:  Member introductions; read introductory material in the book\, along with Chapter 1 (pp. xxi-46) \nMar 2:  Chapters 2 & 3 (pp. 49-127) \nMar 16:  Chapters 4 & 5 (pp. 131-208) \nApr 6:  Chapters 6 & 7 (pp. 211-266) \nApr 20:  Chapters 8 & 9 (pp. 269-355) \nMay 4:  Chapter 10 (pp. 366-404) + Next Steps for future discussions \nThis book discussion is the first in what we hope will be a continuing structured conversation\, which may involve other objects of study\, events\, or formats such as film screenings.  Such conversations will allow us to explore  our diverse experiences as South Asians (Desis) in the United States\, including questions of culture\, religion\, caste\, gender\, sexuality\, disability\, income\, generation\, US race relations\, etc.\, as well as develop our roles and projects as progressives in WA.  \nThis first book group on Our Stories will be facilitated by Vivek Bahl (English faculty\, Green River College).  Please RSVP here if you are interested in joining this book discussion.  Please purchase the book and plan to read through p. 46 for the first meeting on Feb 2\, which may go a bit longer till 7 pm to allow for member introductions. \nRegister Here
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/tasveer-book-discussion-2023/
LOCATION:Tasveer Office\, 500 108th Ave NE\, STE #98\, Bellevue\, WA\, 98004\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230211T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230211T173000
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SUMMARY:Jashin: A Celebration of Afghan Arts
DESCRIPTION:Jashin: A Celebration of Afghan Arts\nSeattle Opera\, in Partnership with Tasveer\, presents Jashin: A Celebration of Afghan Arts \, a cultural festival highlighting the remarkable achievements of Afghan artists. Afghan cultural consultant Humaira Ghilzai will be the host for the day that will include presentations from all of the artists as well as poetry readings. Events include: \n\nConcert by world-renowned rubab player Homayoun Sakhi\,\nAn exhibition of rescued artworks by the artist-activist group ArtLords\,\nUnveiling of an embroidery project created by local Afghan women in partnership with Refugee Artisan Initiative\, and\nA presentation by film director and A Thousand Splendid Suns stage director\, Roya Sadat. Tasveer Executive Director\, Rita Meher will conduct the post-presentation Q&A.\nScreening of documentary film Symphony of Courage\n\nThe event will also feature opportunities to support local Afghan artists and refugees through financial and supply donations. \nThis is a free event. \nDate: Saturday\, February 11\, 2023 \nTime: 1:00–5:30 PM PST \nVenue: The Opera Center (363 Mercer St.) \nClick here for Advance parking at the Mercer Street Garage across the street. \nRSVP here: https://www.seattleopera.org/classes-camps-clubs/for-everyone/afghan-arts-showcase/afghan-arts-showcase-rsvp/?eventId=38882&selectedEventId=215
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/jashin-a-celebration-of-afghan-arts/
LOCATION:The Opera Center\, 363 Mercer St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109\, United States
CATEGORIES:Partner Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220924T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220924T210000
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SUMMARY:Reflections Through HeART: A CommUNITY Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Reflections Through HeART: A CommUNITY Open Mic\nTasveer is all set to launch it’s first ever in-person Open Mic event! \nReflections Through HeART: A CommUNITY Open Mic will nurture budding South Asian artists and storytellers in the Seattle area.  \nWe invite you to join us for an evening of South Asian stories and talents that will entertain\, enlighten\, and inspire audiences.  \nEvent Date: Saturday\, Sep 24th\, 2022 \nTime: 7:00 pm PST \nVenue: Broadway Performance Hall \nBuy Tickets \nArtists and storytellers in the greater Seattle area who are interested in participating can submit their applications online until August 15\, 2022. Participants will be compensated for their time.
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/reflections-through-heart-a-community-open-mic/
LOCATION:Broadway Performance Hall\, 1625 Broadway\, Seattle\, VA\, 98122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Storytelling,Tasveer Open Mic
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220729T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220729T210000
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SUMMARY:How To Embarrass Your Immigrant Parents by Abby Govindan
DESCRIPTION:How To Embarrass Your Immigrant Parents by Abby Govindan\nTasveer is proud to present: How to Embarrass Your Immigrant Parents by Abby Govindan! A stand-up show and solo act in one\, biting and irreverent storytelling experience that explores a pertinent universal theme: wanting to understand your parents but struggling to see eye-to-eye. Throughout the course of an hour\, Abby takes the viewer on an intimate\, hilarious\, soul-bearing journey about her struggles with mental health\, fitting in\, and finding common ground with the ones you love even after they’ve hurt you. Most importantly\, it is a love letter to Abby’s Indian heritage and her wonderful parents\, without whom none of this would be possible.\nNo gimmicky Indian accents\, guaranteed.\n\n\nThe show explores sensitive issues surrounding mental health; viewer discretion is advised.\nBuy Tickets
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/how-to-embarrass-your-immigrant-parents-by-abby-govindan/
CATEGORIES:Storytelling
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220623T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220623T190000
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SUMMARY:Tasveer Open Mic- Pride Edition
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate queer stories this pride month\, at Tasveer Open Mic Night with Rohini as the emcee! Tasveer strives to create a safe community space for sharing and supporting stories and art. We invite you to showcase your musings\, rousings\, yearnings\, instruments\, poems\, skits\, comic pieces\, plays or whatever talent you want to bring to us. \nLocation: Online\, Zoom link will be sent 3hrs before the event to all registered participants and attendees \nDuration: 7 min/person max \nWHO: South Asians and/ or anyone with South Asian content \nTasveer invites you to showcase your musings\, rousings\, yearnings\, instruments\, poems\, skits\, comic pieces\, plays or whatever talent you want to bring to us. \nPerformers will be selected in random order and each participant will have up to 7 min to showcase their talent. \nDeadline to participate is 5pm PST on the day of the event. \nDisclaimer: Not everyone signing up will get a chance to perform. We will curate the participant lineup to keep the show about an hour long show. \nFor questions or queries contact: Ishita Saran- ishita@tasveer.org \nSign-Up Here
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/tasveer-open-mic-2022-05-26-2022-06-23/
CATEGORIES:Pride Month,Tasveer Open Mic
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220620T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220620T190000
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SUMMARY:Pride Month Special: Tasveer Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Pride Month Special: Tasveer Book Club\nThis Pride month\, join us for the first Tasveer Book Club Meeting where we will be discussing the riveting book ‘You Can’t Be Serious’ by Kal Penn. \n‘You Can’t Be Serious’ by Kal Penn is a story dedicated to his 20-year-old self. The actor/writer found the pandemic was the perfect time to put his story together and share his experiences about facing racism in Hollywood\, the entertainment industry\, his coming out story and working in the Obama administration \nSign-up Now!
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/pride-month-special-tasveer-book-club/
CATEGORIES:Pride Month,Tasveer Book CLub
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220617T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220617T203000
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SUMMARY:Pride Month Special- Tasveer Reels: The Booth
DESCRIPTION:Pride Month Special- Tasveer Reels: The Booth\nThis Pride month\, join us for an exclusive screening of The Booth followed by a live Q&A session with the filmmaker Rohin Raveendran. \nDate: Friday\, June 17th \nTime: 7:30pm PST \nWhere: Online on TasveerTV (watch.tasveer.tv) \nOnce you register we will be sending you a code to view the film. \nAbout ‘The Booth’: A female frisking booth inside a crowded shopping mall stands as a silent ally to a forbidden romance. \nRohin Raveendran Nair is an independent filmmaker and cinematographer based out of Mumbai\, India. His recent short film\, The Booth\, produced by Vikramaditya Motwane (Andolan Films) screened at such reputed festivals as Tallinn Black Nights (2019); Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival (2019) and won Best Short Film award at Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival as well as Signs Film Festival (Kerala). The Booth is currently streaming on MUBI. Rohin’s one-minute short film\, Paijana won Filminute 2016 – the international one-minute film festival.\nHaving specialized in cinematography from Film & Television Institute of India (FTII)\, Pune\, Rohin has shot numerous short films\, digital commercials as well as documentaries. He is a Camerimage (Poland) Golden Frog nominated cinematographer for the documentary\, Testimony of Ana. He also served as the 2nd unit director and 2nd unit cinematographer on both seasons of the wildly popular series\, Sacred Games\, India’s first Netflix Originals.\nCurrently\, Rohin is developing his debut feature – a psychological horror set in a remote satellite town.
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/pride-month-special-tasveer-reels-the-booth/
CATEGORIES:Pride Month,Tasveer Reels,TasveerTV
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220610T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220610T183000
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SUMMARY:Pride Month Special- Tasveer Reels: The Lonely Prince
DESCRIPTION:Pride Month Special- Tasveer Reels: The Lonely Prince\nThis Pride month\, join us for an exclusive screening of The Lonely Prince followed by a live Q&A session with the filmmakers Shivin and Sunny. \nDate: Friday\, June 10th \nTime: 5:00pm-6:30 pm PST \nInspired by the lack of Queer representation in traditional Indian settings\, Shivin and Sunny decided to go back to their roots and create a new tale with a queer leading character.The Lonely Prince is inspired by classic fairy tails\, but with one twist- its the Prince that needs saving this time. The film is built around this idea of self-acceptance\, which the Prince has struggled with his entire adult life. \nDirectors Shivin and Sunny grew up in a time where homosexuality was not accepted\, even in their household. Not having any mainstream representation of their struggles on-screen only made their fear of acceptance greater. That is why the two created this story in the form of a folk tale with a hope for it to be sent down from generation to generation. \nRegister NOW!
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/pride-month-special-tasveer-reels-the-lonely-prince/
CATEGORIES:Pride Month,Tasveer Reels,TasveerTV
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220527T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220527T213000
DTSTAMP:20220523T160110Z
CREATED:20220519T190220Z
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SUMMARY:Tasveer Author Meet: In Conversation with Journalist Barkha Dutt of ‘To Hell & Back: Humans of COVID’
DESCRIPTION:Tasveer Author Meet: In Conversation with Journalist Barkha Dutt of ‘To Hell & Back: Humans of COVID’\nWe’re back with the Tasveer Author Meet! Joining us is the world famous journalist Barkha Dutt\, for a reading from her book ‘To Hell and Back: Humans of COVID’ followed by a Q&A. When India’s lockdown was first announced in March 2020\, acclaimed journalist Barkha Dutt started an extraordinary series of road trips\, recording the human story of the pandemic. In this book\, she tells India’s pandemic story through the stories of the people she covered – the migrant workers and politicians\, businessmen and bureaucrats\, doctors and nurses\, factory workers and farmers\, teachers and students\, husbands and wives\, parents and children. \nThrough these accounts\, she draws a startling picture not just of our plague years but the very nature of our country with its deep-rooted inequalities across class\, caste and gender. Moving\, gripping and vivid\, To Hell and Back is an outstanding work by one of our foremost journalists\, working at the height of her powers. \nDate: May 27th\, 2022\nTime: 8:30pm-9:30pm PST\nWhere: Online\, Tasveer YouTube & Facebook Channel \nAuthor: Barkha Dutt Barkha Dutt is an award-winning TV journalist\, anchor and columnist with more than two decades of reporting experience. She is India’s only Emmy-nominated journalist who has won multiple national and international awards\, including the Padmashri\, which is India’s fourth highest civilian honour.\nBarkha graduated from St. Stephen’s College\, Delhi with a degree in English Literature. She did her Master's in Journalism from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University in New York.\nBarkha has reported from some of the toughest spots and conflict zones in India and across the world including Pakistan\, Iraq\, Afghanistan\, Libya and Egypt. Her frontline reporting of the Kargil war first made her a household name.\nShe is an out spoken feminist voice on the global stage and also the Founder-Editor of Mojo\, a multi-media events and content venture. She is also the founder of ‘We The Women’\, a multi-city festival and current affairs website that focuses on the biggest gender debates of\nour time.\nShe is a featured Columnist with Washington Post; appears regularly as an analyst on CNNand BBC and is also a Contributing Editor at The Week magazine. \nModerator: Alka Kurian is an Associate Teaching Professor at the University of Washington Bothell and a recipient of the 2020-2021 Fulbright US Scholar award to Morocco. She is the author of Narratives of Gendered Dissent in South Asian Cinemas (Routledge: 2014) and a co-editor of New Feminisms in South Asia: Disrupting the Discourse Through Social Media\, Film and Literature (Routledge: 2017). She is currently working on her third book Transnational Fourth Wave Feminisms: A Postcolonial Backlash (forthcoming 2023 Routledge). She has published extensively on South Asian film and feminism and was the founder-co-editor of the peer-reviewed journal Studies in South Asian Film and Media. Alka Kurian is the board president of Tasveer\, director of the Tasveer South Asian Literary Festival\, and host of the podcast South Asian Films & Books.  
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/tasveer-author-meet-in-conversation-with-journalist-barkha-dutt-of-to-hell-back-humans-of-covid/
CATEGORIES:Tasveer Author Meet
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220507T190000
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SUMMARY:Tasveer Community Speaks: Frames of Mind
DESCRIPTION:Join us to witness the nurturing and empowering journey of the participants as they share their vivid\, bold\, heartwarming\, and poignant stories with you. The powerful monologues are captivating in their intensity\, their raw messages questioning societal norms\, judgments\, and prejudices. \nCommunity Speaks\, started in 2011 as a part of Aaina\, as a forum for South Asians impacted by violence to break the isolation they have experienced by sharing their story\, in partnership with Chaya (now called API Chaya). Each year the Community Stories narratives shed light on the special challenges and opportunities experienced within the South Asian socio-cultural context\, whether in native lands or in adopted homelands. \n**Trigger Warning: Some stories carry references to topics such as sexual abuse\, self-harm\, violence\, eating disorders and body image. ** \nSCHEDULE \n7PM: Seattle Raga Institute will present two new compositions\, in raga Bhatiyar\, portraying the nuanced nature of mental health through melodies and cyclical structures that represent the cycle we often find ourselves trapped in our own lives. These compositions are written specifically for this program by Brandon McIntosh. \n7:10PM:\nBroken Open by Nosh Khurram\nFinding My Spirit: A Story of Transformation by Bhavana Chawla\nTowards Acceptance by Aarti Kumar Pani\nPin Drop Silence by Masoon Balouch\nPromises Are Made to be Broken by Jamal Siddiqui\nDiscovering by Harsh Agarwal\nMy Darkest Hour by Sheila Houlahan \nWhen: Saturday\, May 7th 2022\nTime: 7:00pm-9:00pm PST\nWhere: Benaroya Hall\nCost: $15 (General)/ $10 (Members/Students) \nThis program is sponsored by Parul & Gary Houlahan and The Indian American Community Services. \nBuy Tickets
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/tasveer-community-speaks-frames-of-mind/
LOCATION:Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall\, Benaroya Hall\, 200 University St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Stories,Storytelling
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220422T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220422T200000
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SUMMARY:TasveerTV Film Screening- FLEE
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the virtual screening of Oscar-nominated film “FLEE” and Q&A with the team on TasveerTV\n\n\nDate: Friday April 22nd 2022\nTime: 7:00pm PST\n\n\nRegister HERE for only 0.99$ to watch the event on TasveerTV.\n\nFlee fans can also watch additional Q&A sessions with the Flee team on TasveerTV.\n\n\n​\n\n\nDirector: Jonas Poher Rasmussen\nExecutive Producer: Riz Ahmed and Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau\n\n\n\nFLEE is an animated documentary that was nominated for the Oscar for best documentary\, best animated film and best foreign language film. It is a film that focuses on the story of a man’s hidden past of fleeing from his home country of Afghanistan to Denmark as a refugee.\n\n\n“FLEE tells the story of Amin Nawabi as he grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years\, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon to be husband. Recounted mostly through animation to director Jonas Poher Rasmussen\, he tells for the first time the story of his extraordinary journey as a child refugee from Afghanistan.”
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/tasveertv-film-screening-flee/
CATEGORIES:TasveerTV
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220412T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220412T180000
DTSTAMP:20220419T180510Z
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SUMMARY:Tasveer Author Meet: In Conversation with Dr. Ravi Shankar of 'Correctional'
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the first Tasveer Author Meet with Dr. Ravi Shankar\, for a reading from his book Corrections followed by a Q&A.  \nThe book presents his experience from being incarcerated and what it taught him about the persistence of structural racism\, the limitations of mass media\, and the pervasive traumas of twenty-first-century daily life. Shankar’s bold and complex self-portrait\, and portrait of America\, challenges us to rethink our complicity in the criminal justice system and mental health policies that perpetuate inequity and harm.  \nCorrectional dives into the inner workings of his mind and heart\, framing his unexpected encounters with law and order through the lenses of race\, class\, privilege\, and his bicultural upbringing as the first and only son of South Indian immigrants.  \nDate: April 12th\, 2022 \nTime: 5:00pm-6:00pm PST \nWhere: Online\, Tasveer YouTube Channel \nAuthor: Dr. Ravi Shankar is a Pushcart prize-winning poet\, translator and professor who has published 15 books\, including the Muse India award-winning translations Andal: The Autobiography of a Goddess and The Many Uses of Mint: New and Selected Poems 1997-2017. He has won awards to the Corporation of Yaddo and the MacDowell Colony\, fellowships from the Rhode Island and Connecticut Counsel on the Arts\, founded one of the oldest electronic journals of the arts Drunken Boat\, is Chairman of the Asia Pacific Writers & Translators (APWT) and recently finished his PhD from the University of Sydney. His memoir “Correctional” was published in 2021 with University of Wisconsin Press and he teaches creative writing at Tufts University. \nModerator: Prof. Shreerekha Subramanian is Professor of Humanities at University of Houston-Clear Lake. She was the first recipient of the Marilyn Mieszkuc Professorship in Women’s Studies established at her university (2008). Prof. Subramanian published the monograph\, Women Writing Violence: The Novel and Radical Feminist Imaginaries (Sage India 2013). She works on feminist and carceral texts from South Asian\, African American and diasporic traditions.
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/tasveer-author-meet-in-conversation-with-dr-ravi-shankar-of-correctional/
CATEGORIES:Tasveer Author Meet,TSAL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220319T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220319T220000
DTSTAMP:20220419T180350Z
CREATED:20220117T141259Z
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SUMMARY:Tasveer Annual Gala : 20 years of Tasveer!
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, March 19\, 2022\n 18:00 22:00 \nTasveer (map)\n\n\nCome celebrate Tasveer’s accomplishments with us! \nBecome a table captain at the Tasveer Gala! \n\n\nInvite 10 or more guests to join the Gala \n\n\nHost a Gala watch-party in an intimate gathering in a home of their choice\, or host a “virtual table” watch party via Zoom \n\n\nIn gratitude for your support and efforts\, you’ll receive a virtual gift basket from Tasveer including a complimentary Tasveer Membership and subscription to 1 yr of Tasveer TV\, our soon-to-launch virtual platform for year-round independent South Asian films. \nSponsor the Tasveer Gala \nAttendees will tune in from around the country\, with a focus on our Seattle area core and including corporate and foundation leaders\, small business owners\, South Asian community organizers\, and dedicated individuals.
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/tasveer-annual-gala-20-years-of-tasveer/
CATEGORIES:Gala-2022
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220127T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220127T200000
DTSTAMP:20220426T235306Z
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SUMMARY:Tasveer Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Passionate about your art? Got something to say? Or simply practicing your orating skills? Express yourself! \nLocation: Online\, Zoom link will be sent 3hrs before the event to all registered participants and attendees \nDuration: 7 min/person max \nWHO: South Asians and/ or anyone with South Asian content \nTasveer invites you to showcase your musings\, rousings\, yearnings\, instruments\, poems\, skits\, comic pieces\, plays or whatever talent you want to bring to us. \nPerformers will be selected in random order and each participant will have up to 7 min to showcase their talent. \nDeadline to participate is 6pm PST on the day of the event. \nDisclaimer: Not everyone signing up will get a chance to perform. We will curate the participant lineup to keep the show about an hour long show. \nFor questions or queries contact: Ishita Saran- ishita@tasveer.org \nSign-Up Here
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/tasveer-open-mic-2/
CATEGORIES:Tasveer Open Mic
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220111T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220111T190000
DTSTAMP:20220419T180324Z
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SUMMARY:Book Release: The Kural
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, January 11\, 2022\n 18:00 19:00 \nTasveer (map)\n\n\nTasveer proudly co-sponsors the book release of ‘The Kural’ \nThomas Hitoshi Pruiksmas presents a special publication day reading and discussion of The Kural (Beacon Press)\, his new translation of Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural\, a Tamil masterpiece of poetry and practical philosophy. On par with other world classics such as the Tao Te Ching\, The Kural has long been underserved by translators\, who tend to sacrifice its poetry for what they see as its ideas. This new translation draws on two decades of study under the Tamil scholar Dr. K. V. Ramakoti\, as well as on the poetic tradition of W. S. Merwin\, Wendell Berry\, William Carlos Williams\, and Denise Levertov\, to do justice to the genius of the original and the subtlety of its understanding of life. Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma appears in conversation with Archana Venkatesan\, who wrote the forward to his book.
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/book-release-the-kural/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211001T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211024T120000
DTSTAMP:20220419T180258Z
CREATED:20220117T145334Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220419T180258Z
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SUMMARY:Tasveer Festival
DESCRIPTION:Fri\, Oct 1\, 2021  11:00  Sun\, Oct 24\, 2021  12:00 \nTasveer (map)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTasveer Festival will showcase the best in South Asian film\, literature\, and storytelling in a SXSW-style festival\, permeating the month of October with arts and culture. Through this festival\, Tasveer will provide a platform to amplify under-represented South Asian voices\, place a spotlight on South Asian artists\, and create a safe space for dialogues within our communities. \nThrough the Tasveer Festival we strive to carry our mission of stimulating thinking and social change through storytelling\, helping to empower\, transform\, heal\, and entertain attendees. Our diverse programs will encourage people to start and hold dialogues focused on South Asian stories regarding representation\, equity\, climate change\, LGBTQ issues\, women’s rights\, and much more. \n\n\n\n\n Visit Tasveer Festival
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/tasveer-festival/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210724T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210724T140000
DTSTAMP:20220419T180157Z
CREATED:20220117T145736Z
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SUMMARY:Tasveer Author Meet: In Conversation with Tahmina Anam of "The Startup Wife"
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, July 24\, 2021\n 13:00 14:00 \nTasveer (map)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNovelist Tahmima Anam reads from her novel\, “The Startup Wife” and appears in conversation with Shahina Piyarali \nCo-presented with Elliott Bay Book Company \nA novelist who has garnered praise and awards for her first three novels\, all set around and amidst the turmoil\, trauma\, and transition coming from Bangladesh’s creation as a country\, Dhaka-born Tahmima Anam virtually joins us from her present home in London to read from and discuss her very different new novel\, The Startup Wife (Scribner). When we say ‘different’ we mean story and plot\, not the quality of writing. If anything\, Tahmima Anam’s writing genius is even more evident here\, in a novel that has a seriousness about meaning\, purpose\, and love central to things\, but also has some of the most wicked\, scathing\, brilliant wit we have seen anywhere in some time. The startup world of tech companies do lend themselves to that – and Tahmima Anam does not disappoint. “This scathing and brutally funny novel skewers startup culture and workaholism with the perfect story for our precarious moment. Tahmima Anam has written an absolute page-turner full of heart\, wit\, and insight about obsession\, how we treat others\, and when we stand up for ourselves. A revealing depiction of ways people gain power through work—and lose it.”—V.V. Ganeshananthan. “Fresh\, funny\, brave\, savage\, smart. Tahmima Anam hits every note perfectly in this novel about our new reality and the age-old problems of men and women that no app can fix.”—Kamila Shamsie. Tahmima Anam’s earlier novels are A Golden Age\, The Good Muslim\, and The Bones of Grace. \nJoining Tahmima Anam in conversation will be Tasveer’s board member Shahina Piyarali\, a contributing writer to Shelf Awareness\, and presently on the board of Graywolf Press and Hugo House. \n\n\n\n\n Event Details
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/tasveer-author-meet-in-conversation-with-tahmina-anam-of-the-startup-wife/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210629T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210629T193000
DTSTAMP:20220419T180040Z
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SUMMARY:Inter-Generational Dialogue with Queer South Asian women
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, June 29\, 2021\n 17:30 19:30 \nTasveer (map)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInter-Generational Dialogue with Queer South Asian women  \nWith filmmakers Sonali Gulati\, and Fawzia Mirza. We will screen films ‘Sum Total’ of Sonali Gulati and ‘I Know Her’ of Fawzia Mirza. \nPanel Discussion and Screenings. \nPanelists: Sonali Gulati\, Fawzia Mirza \n‘Sum Total’ – What does an Indian lesbian do when her family puts pressure on her to get married? What does her matrimonial advertisement look like? Sum Total answers these questions through a short poetic film that addresses issues of identity\, self-representation\, and hetronormativity.* Sonali Gulati is an independent filmmaker\, a feminist\, a queer rights activist\, and an educator. She teaches film at Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of the Arts in the department of Photography & Film. \n‘I know Her’ – Fawzia Mirza is a writer/creator/director who believes in the power of comedy & personal storytelling to tackle divisive topics and breakdown stereotypes. She was named one of ’10 Filmmakers to Watch’ by Independent Magazine\, and more. In this film\, Fawzia tells the story of the afterglow of a seemingly fated hookup where two women realize that perhaps they have a little too much in common.* \nSource \nhttps://www.sonalifilm.com/#/sum-total/ \nhttps://www.psfilmfest.org/2020-shortfest-archive/2020-shortfest-film-finder-archive/i-know-her \nRegister : https://www.eventbrite.com/e/inter-generational-dialogue-with-queer-south-asian-women-tickets-157668880867
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/inter-generational-dialogue-with-queer-south-asian-women/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210622T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210622T190000
DTSTAMP:20220419T175940Z
CREATED:20220117T150931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220419T175940Z
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SUMMARY:South Asian Solidarity with Palestine: Revisit Pinkwashing
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, June 22\, 2021\n 17:30 19:00 \nTasveer (map)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis timely conversation is set up as an evening of community studying and conversation. The purpose of the evening is to queer the occupation\, decolonize queerness. \nRegister: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/south-asian-solidarity-with-palestine-revisit-pinkwashing-tickets-157668325205
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/south-asian-solidarity-with-palestine-revisit-pinkwashing/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210615T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210615T193000
DTSTAMP:20220426T233905Z
CREATED:20220426T233905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220426T233905Z
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SUMMARY:Tasveer Reels: I Am Bonnie
DESCRIPTION:Tasveer Reels presents I Am Bonnie\nBonnie\, a born intersex\, has been on the run since failing the ‘sex test’ right before the Bangkok Asian Games. \nRegister on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/organizations/events
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/tasveer-reels-i-am-bonnie/
CATEGORIES:Tasveer Reels
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210608T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210608T203000
DTSTAMP:20220426T234909Z
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SUMMARY:Pride Month: Tasveer Filmmaker Q&A- " I AM" Film by Sonali Gulati
DESCRIPTION:Tasveer Filmmaker Q&A: ” I AM” Film by Sonali Gulati\nThis Pride month join us for an exclusive Virtual Meet and Greet with Indian Queer Filmmaker\, Sonali Gulati. Her film\, “I Am” won the hearts of many at Tasveer and we are excited to host this session with her. \nI Am chronicles the journey of an Indian lesbian filmmaker who returns to Delhi\, eleven years later\, to re-open what was once home\, and finally confronts the loss of her mother whom she never came out to. As she meets and speaks to parents of other gay and lesbian Indians\, she pieces together the fabric of what family truly means\, in a landscape where being gay was until recently a criminal and punishable offense. \nThe film will be made available on Tasveer TV for Free Screening all month long from June 1- June 31! \nRegister: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tasveer-filmmaker-qa-i-am-film-by-sonali-gulati-tickets-157266483285
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/pride-month-tasveer-filmmaker-qa-i-am-film-by-sonali-gulati/
CATEGORIES:Pride Month
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210505T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210505T180000
DTSTAMP:20220426T233141Z
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SUMMARY:Tasveer Youth Collective Presents How to Have Difficult Conversations with Teens?
DESCRIPTION:Tasveer Youth Collective Presents How to Have Difficult Conversations with Teens?\nIn these challenging times of pandemic with increased isolation and uncertainty\, our community struggles to address mental health with their youth. Join teen therapist Dipti for an intimate parent interactive session to learn some tips and strategies on how to engage in meaningful conversations with our teens\, in culturally effective ways. We will talk about the physical and emotional wellness of our youth. Come meet community members and have your questions answered. \nAbout Dipti Chrastka: Born and raised in Bombay\, India\, Dipti Chrastka is a licensed marriage and family therapist\, life coach\, EDI consultant and trainer. She has over 30 years of experience in the field of mental health\, youth and family support\, consultation\, individual and group therapy\, suicide prevention and Wellness support. She brings supervisory and leadership expertise at the organizational level as well as a deep commitment and passion for social justice and equity. Dipti has raised two adult children and is an Ethnic Minority trainer/specialist in Asian/Pacific Islander populations. She currently works as Director of Wellness at UW School of Medicine. \nRegister: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/154025086179 \nPartners: IAWW/IACS
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/tasveer-youth-collective-presents-how-to-have-difficult-conversations-with-teens/
CATEGORIES:Tasveer Youth Collective
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210422T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210422T183000
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SUMMARY:Tasveer Author Meet with Sonora Jha
DESCRIPTION:Tasveer Author Meet with Sonora Jha\nHow to Raise a Feminist Son: Motherhood\, Masculinity\, and the Making of My Family\nNovelist & Professor Sonora Jha\, author of How to Raise a Feminist Son\, will be in conversation with Alka Kurian\, Associate Teaching Professor (UW) and Tasveer Board Member. \nThrough a series of courageous and moving essays\, a feminist-media scholar\, media professor\, and mother boldly reckons with the responsibility of raising her son across two patriarchal cultures\, and reveals what is at stake for all boys in today’s world\, in this timely work— part memoir\, part parenting manual. \n“We are raising our girls to imagine themselves as president\, yes\, but what would it look like if our men were raised to cry their hearts out\, in public\, at an injury\, at a tragedy\, or a moving work of art?” asks Sonora Jha. “What would that look like\, if not love?” In How to Raise a Feminist Son\, Jha directs these inquiries at herself\, as an immigrant mother of color reflecting back on the joys and challenges of raising her now-grown son\, Gibran; as well as to her readers\, ending each chapter with a list of to-dos that examine toxic masculinity\, internalized misogyny\, and the stories we tell ourselves and the boys we care for. \nKnown for her writing on the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements as well as her op-eds exposing gender inequality in America and her home country of India\, Jha brings a journalistic rigor to How to Raise a Feminist Son. The result is a charged and personal addition to the urgently needed conversation about masculinity and a must-read for parents—no matter the shape their family may take—as well as caregivers\, educators\, and feminists of all stripes.
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/tasveer-author-meet-with-sonora-jha/
CATEGORIES:Tasveer Author Meet
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210410T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210411T120000
DTSTAMP:20220426T223427Z
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SUMMARY:Tasveer Community Speaks: Speaking The Taboo
DESCRIPTION:Tasveer Community Speaks: Speaking The Taboo\nWe are thrilled to announce that we are back with another year of Community Speaks! 🗣 \nWe hope you join us to be a witness to stories of personal empowerment\, spiritual reckoning\, family acceptance\, and more. Join us as we dismantle the power of the taboo that silences us\, through storytelling. \nThis program will feature monologues by our 8 participants on the theme “Speaking the Taboo” 🔥 \nNote: This year we made the difficult decision of putting Aaina and Yoni Ki Baat on hiatus. We hope that the pandemic will soon pass and once again Aaina and Yoni Ki Baat will be experienced in a physical space. \nAbout CS: Community Speaks began in 2008 as a program of the annual festival Aaina: South Asian Women Focus. Partnering with API Chaya\, Community Speaks was originally imagined as a forum for South Asians impacted by violence to break the isolation they have experienced by sharing their story. Over the years\, many people have shared their stories\, including young people\, elders\, all genders\, and from various South Asian ethnic backgrounds. \n⏰ Shows on April 10 & 11\nApril 9th show will follow the Tasveer Gala. To attend that event please buy your Gala ticket.
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/tasveer-community-speaks-speaking-the-taboo/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210409T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210409T200000
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SUMMARY:Tasveer Annual Gala: Zoomin’ to the Future
DESCRIPTION:Join the 4th Tasveer Annual Gala! April 9th\, 2021\nTasveer continues to inspire social change\, taking it right to everyone’s homes in this virtual world! Your support means we can continue our work with more gusto and zeal! \nJoin us on April 9th from your homes and Zoomin’ to the Future filled with more South Asian stories alongside us. Come raise your glasses and let’s glamorously raise funds for social change\, representation\, equity\, and a truly just and inclusive society! \nKeynote Speakers: Mira Nair\, Pramila Jayapal\, Manka Dhingra \nRegister Here: https://paybee.io/quickpay.html?handle=tasveer01&ppid=3#optionList
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/tasveer-annual-gala-zoomin-to-the-future/
CATEGORIES:Tasveer Gala
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SUMMARY:Exclusive Q&A: White Tiger
DESCRIPTION:Exclusive Q&A: White Tiger\nTasveerTV has partnered up with Netflix to stream the Q&A hosted by Hasan Minhaj\, for White Tiger starring: Priyanka Chopra Jonas\, Rajkummar Rao\, Adarsh Gourav\, and Dir. Ramin Bahrani!! Join us!
URL:https://tasveer.org/event/exclusive-qa-white-tiger/
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