Satrangi: Queerness in South Asian Classical Arts: A Music, Dance and Literary Celebration will look at different musical pieces, dance pieces, poems, and paintings to showcase how South Asia has always been a queer subcontinent and what we can do to view stories and narratives around us from a lens that is queer.

Have you ever thought of which love story is most celebrated in the South Asian subcontinent? Does it follow all the rules of wedlock, caste, marriage, or heteronormativity as one is prescribed to follow in today’s world? The West did not give South Asia the idea of queerness. South Asia has always had a strong queer presence, and it is time to reclaim and educate about queer people's space in South Asian art spaces and its place in South Asian arts and history. Performers Include:

Speaker/Hostess:

Bhargavi Thakur

Musicians:

Bhargavi Thakur, Vocalist; Randall Jamrok, Tabla; Dr. Sonny Patel, Bansuri Flute

Dancers:

Colin Mascarenhas, Odissi Dance; Devika Dhir, Kathak Dance