Dwarka Baat Cheet:: Gauhar Raza-Romantic Realism in Urdu Poetry

Gauhar Raza (born 17 August 1956) is an Indian scientist by profession, and a leading Urdu poet, social activist and documentary filmmaker working to popularize the understanding of science among general public, known for his films like Jung-e-Azadi, on the India's First War of Independence, and Inqilab (2008) on Bhagat Singh.
Dwarka Collective has taken an initiative to organise a discussion on varied topics of intellectual interest every week. This initiative aims at bridging the gap between thinkers working in various areas such as media, culture, heritage, law, science, arts, human rights, gender equality, films, music, etc. The syncretic culture in any democratic society is created on the bedrock of negotiation between different domains of human activity, intellectual distillation and the thought processes prevalent among common citizens. The effort of Dwarka collective is to enhance and crystallize this social contract.
The idea of holding Dwarka Baat Cheet is essentially based on simple format, where we plan to invite a scholar or a celebrity to initiate the discussion among the invited 50 to 100 participants followed by an open debate. The programme is likely to continue for about 2hrs. The invited scholar may be from any part of the Delhi, however the participants will mainly be invited from among the Dwarka residents. Dwarka Collective will use all channels of information to invite the participants. We invite artists, intellectuals, advocates, activists, students and all other interested citizens of Dwarka to join Dwarka Collective.
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