Festival of pleasure: Program details

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FESTIVAL OF PLEASURE: INAUGURAL CEREMONY, MARCH,1 2003

Ceremony 'End Stigma and Discrimination', by lighting a lamp with us.

Dignitaries expressing solidarity with us will send a message to the public

about the unnecessary human rights violations and stigma perpetrated on us

by the police and public and makes them desist from future violations.

Please, sir/madam, we request you to express your greatness by being with

us to light a lamp on 1st of March at 11am. Baul singers and Komal Gandhar

of Bengal will do ceremonial performance after the lighting of lamp.

Dignitaries

Dr.Balram (Member, Kerala State Human Rights Commission)

Adoor Gopalakrishnan (Film Director)

Murali (Best Actor National Award Winner,2002)

T.V.Chandran (Film Director)

C.P. (Member, Planning Board, Kerala)

Dr.S.Jana(CARE Bangladesh)

Jo Doezema (Network of Sex Work Projects, London),

Rajmohan(MD,Hindustan latex)

Zachariah(Writer)

Babu Baskar(Journalist)

Rosemary(Writer)

V.Madhavan Kutty(Journalist)

Gauri Dasan(Journalist)

Dr.C.R Soman(Health Activist)

Anand Grover(Lawyers Collective Mumbai)

Angura Begum(DMSC,Kolkotta)

Meena Seshu(Winner, Human Rights Watch, Award)

Mira.R(WINS,Thirupathi)

CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

Day-I (March 1st, 2003)

Venue: Kumara Swami Hall, Near South Park,Trivandrum

Time:2 pm.-5 pm.

Discussion on " Re-thinking Re-habilitation in the light of sex work "

Speakers : Mina Seshu (SANGRAM, Maharashtra) Dr.S.Jana (CARE,Bangladesh)

Nandinee (Advisorm,DMSC, Kolkata), Mrinal Kanti Dutta (Programme Director,

Durbar) Rama Debnath (President, DMSC),R.Meera(WINS)

Day-II (March 2nd , 2003)Time: 10 am 1 pm.

Discussion on " Violence, Sex work and the Law "

Speakers : Tripti Tandon(Lawyers Collective, Delhi) Swapna Gayen

(President, DMSC),,Anand Sharma(Secretary,SAVERA),,Lizy,Prabha

Kotiswaran(Reseacher,Havard School of Law,USA)

Time: 2pm 3:15 pm.Discussion on " AIDS and AID "

Speakers : Jo Doezema (Network of Sex Work Projects, London), Dr.Jayasree

(FIRM), Mrinal Kanti Dutta (Programme Director, Durbar),, R.Meera (WINS)

Nalini (SWFK)

Discussion on " Prevention Option for Women "

Time : 3.30pm.-5.30pm.)

Speakers : Bobby Ramakant and Team

Day-III(March 3rd , 2003)

Discussion on " Problems of different Sexualities

Time : 10 am-1 pm

Speakers :-Sangama(Bangalore),WINS(Tirupathi) Nitai Giri (DMSC),Aditya

(Delhi) ,Swati Shah and team

" Celebrating Sex workers Rights Day on our own way "

Time: 2pm 4pm.

" Festival of Pleasure "

CULTURAL EVENTS

Venue: VJT Hall, Thiruvananthapuram

Day-I (March 1st, 2003)

3pm-3.45pm- Folk Dance, Street play, puppet show, and some traditional

Maharashtrian and Karnataka stuff.

3.45 pm-4.45 pm Surjith and party-folk songs

4.45 pm-5.30 pm- Koothu Pattarai, Tamil Nadu

5.30 pm.-9 pm. Bengali Bauls

Day-II (March 2nd, 2003)

11am-1pm- Music, Drama and dance of Hijjras and sex workers

2pm-3pm-Bengali Bauls

3pm-5.30pm-'Rajasthani Kalveliya Nratya' which includes:

Cheri Dance

Kalveliya Dance

GhoomarDance

Hariyana Dance

Harlok Geet LokNratya (in any language)

Banjare-Banjari Dance

5pm-9.30 pm-Hindustani Music Concert-Ramesh Narayan

Day-III(March 3rd , 2003)11am-1pm-Bengali Bauls

2pm-3pm-Dance from Chilla and followed by Folk songs

3pm-5.30pm- Programs from Komal Gandhar from DMSC Dance drama, Dances and songs

5.30-9.30-Bilabit Khayal, Drud Khayal, Tumri, Bhajans, Ghazals and

Melodious Hindi and Malayalam songs of yester years-Jayaprakash

" Sex Workers Forum Kerala "

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