“I’ve been attending online events for the past two years, and this was the best, most engaging by far”, a young activist in Delhi after the South Asia Peace Action Network event on Sunday, featuring sportswomen from around the region and their stories.
This was the best feedback ever, especially with the tech issues we had behind the scenes.
The event featured a special appearance by Samina Ahmed sharing a never-recorded-before skit penned by the great Shoaib Hashmi during the Zia years. The video is also on the Sapan YouTube channel – do subscribe and give it some traction. Other clips from the event will soon be up on the channel also thanks to Hamza Arif of Naya Daur.
As always, we started with a slideshow, In Memoriam, paying tribute to the departed leaders whose vision we are trying to take forward, as well as lives lost over the past month. All this is in the press note South Asian female athletes share inspiring stories of grit and determination, posted on the newly launched Sapan website by Aekta Kapoor, intrepid editor of eShe magazine. She threw herself into developing the site and also conducted the event with calm and grace. It was a lucky day when I heard from Dr. Devika Mittal (congrats Devika!) of Aaghaz-e-Dosti about the eShe Indo-Pak Peace Summit Led by Women, January 2020 and reached out to her.
Kudos to all the Sapan volunteers who kept going despite the glitches. I’m so inspired by their vision, leadership, team spirit, hard work and creativity. Besides Aekta, a special shoutout to Vishal Sharma, Priyanka Singh, Mandira Nayar, Shuja Uddin, Samir Gupta, Ammu Joseph, Ravi Nitesh, Sarita Bartaula and others who kept the momentum going for this event. Amartya Sen, Ramu Ramdas, Lalita Ramdas, M. Tahseen, Karamat Ali, Urvashi Butalia, Kalpana Sharma, Kanak Mani Dixit, Khushi Kabir, Salima Hashmi, Nalaka Gunawardene, Raza Rumi are some others behind the scenes who have been invaluable in this process.
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Filed under: Cricket, Pakistan-India, Satire, Southasia | Tagged: khalida popal, noorena shams, sana mir, Southasia, sports, women, women in sport |
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Good timing Beena as an Aussie woman has just won a gold medal!
Brian
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