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A Week of Words –
LITERATURE FEST
he Cultural Secretaries and 4, and he opened up about his
School President organized battle with social expectations,
Tthe first-ever Virtual stereotypes, and the need to come
Literature Fest at DPSI that was out and redefine himself through
a celebration and appreciation his writings. From this interview, the
of language and literature, held assembly moved on to a segment
th
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between the 8 and 15 of January. with student author Simar Bhogal.
Inspired by the Jaipur Literature Simar also published a book of
Festival, the event at DPSI offered poetry, albeit in a unique format.
opportunities for students to Incorporating her love for art into
participate in competitions like her literary work, Simar came
JAM, Slam poetry writing, meeting up with a collection of blackout
with DPSI student authors, and Ishaan Sethi with his book Humane poetry. She spoke about the
interaction with eminent ones. artistic process that amalgamated
On January 25, 2021, the school the proud privilege to interact with powerful words with stunning
gathered on Teams to mark Ms. Minoti Desai, a former cricketer visuals.
Republic Day and to celebrate of the Indian cricket women’s team,
the winners of various literary who now works in the Ministry of — Editorial Team
competitions. The students had Finance. Ms. Desai has authored a
book called ‘SHE – The Cricketer’.
Ms. Desai was interviewed by our
Sports Captains—Soham Phargade
and Ananya Kar of DP 1—about
her journey as a cricketer and an
author. In a session shortly after
this, the student authors were
interviewed. Ishaan Sethi, the first
student author to be interviewed,
talked about his book Humane,
a collection of short poems that
explores toxic masculinity. He was
interviewed by students of MYP Simar Bhogal with her book Looking In
Ms. Minoti Desai, Guest Speaker The Dark
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