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Saluting the divine female spirit

Bindu Shajan Perappadan

Festival featuring photo exhibition, talk and workshops opens today

NEW DELHI: A "complete package" celebrating the power, energy and spirit of today's woman, this revolutionary concept saluting the divine female spirit, "Zikr -- The Remembrance" is a festival featuring a photography exhibition here by Saadiya Kochar, a talk by Mandira Srivastava, workshops by Komal Mathur and Akash Dharamraj at The Attic in Connaught Place.

To be inaugurated by singer Zila Khan this Tuesday, the festival will open with a photography exhibition by Saadiya.

Saadiya is a fine art photographer who has been depicting the feminine energy in all her works. Her current work titled "Zikr'' is an ode to the self and this energy. Here she has tried to show the spiritual aspects of women. The festival would be on till March 31.

Other attractions to look forward to include a talk on living life as "Everyday Sufi" by Mandira Srivastava (March 11) and "Creative Process" -- a demonstration by Komal Mathur (March 25). The festival closes with "Sama" by Akash (March 31). "The idea is to present something different for Women's Day and I believe that through this exhibition I have managed to capture something that is out of the ordinary. The women you will see in my exhibition have been captured in spiritual poses and look different from the everyday woman we encounter. Basically what the audience will get to see is an exhibition put together to expose the "unexploited" spiritual side of women. I have worked on the project for four to five months and while some people who I have used in the show were reluctant in the beginning I managed to convince them in the end. The show is different and revolves round the strong women of today," says Saadiya Kochar.

Speaking about her inspiration for the show, Saadiya explains, "I was searching for a theme with a difference and what influenced my decision to a large extend was singer Zila Khan's music and my own experience with meditation. I wanted to share this experience with the rest of the world."

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