Celebrating equality at this event in Lucknow

A 16-day-long campaign,

Jashn- E- Insaniyat

was organized by at a café in

Gomti Nagar

sometime back. Songs of love and thoughts of equality echoed at the event and #banonayisoch and #marzibinashaadinahi were the main themes under which a panel discussion was conducted. The #banonayisoch campaign discussed about the right to decide about one’s marriage and if gender social norms can be only changed through laws.

(L)

Deepak Kabir

(R) Mohammad Rashid

(L) Hamna Fatima and Abhishek (R) Pallavi Khare

Mohd Shameem and Aparna Mishra

Stand-up acts, songs and dance were also performed by the youngsters in accordance with the theme. A musical theatre act directed by Bhartendu Kashyap was appreciated by the audience.

(L) Nasir (R) Saman Habib

(L) Sangeeta Jaiswal (R) Shivani

Mahendra Pal sung songs by eminent poets celebrating human rights and a tribute was paid to the late poet Mangalesh Dabral. A total of 16 candles and paper lanterns were lit as a part of the closing ceremony and certificates were distributed to all the participants and volunteers by Saman Habib and Sangeeta and Veena Rana. Other key organizers included Sanhita, Durgesh, Nikita, Mansi, Priya, Adarsh Rastogi and Shivanika.

(L) Surya Mohan (R) Upasana Tripathi

(L) Zeeshan and

Rachita

(R) Anil Kumar