Nagpur: The Friday evening saw a bunch of young artists and poets of the city coming under one umbrella with Writedesk’s ‘Kaafila 2.0’ to showcase their talent and to motivate the other budding artistes at a city café at Shankar Nagar.The variety of artistes showcased their poetry, caricature and stories in front of local as well as international audience.First speaker of the evening was Ajankar Vaidya, a poet, who talked about the confusing stage in the life of a youth who is unable to separate the ‘wrongs’ from the ‘rights’. The pain and power of unrequited love seemed to be the topmost choice of muse among the poets Sagarika Bhelkar and Nandini Trivedi as they poured out their feelings of heartbreak.Simran Dhameja narrated her story of clearing CA entrance exam after repeated failures and how she embraced them to soar higher. On similar notes, Kunal Mandhaniya- a teacher by profession- shared his story in form of a human library about what he learnt from his failures now stands as a successful career as an academician.“After repetitive attempts to clear my university exams, I self-intervened and felt that I let my parents down. In an attempt to cover up for the mess I made, I realized that more than learning, I like teaching and that is how I became a teacher,” he said.Another speaker was Kareen Khan, who talked about the concept of ‘learning through unschooling’ and pointed out the flaws in the education system today. “There are a lot of things you learn about yourself and your passion when you unlearn your school habits. Schools were traditionally made to teach discipline to prisoners and war refugees, and this is not a proper method to teach children because passion cannot be disciplined,” she said.Mrs India runner up Ekta Bhaiyya spoke about her struggles with her dark complexion and how India is racist against its’ own complexion. “I have seen everything in my life- from extreme riches to extreme poverty- and it has taught me more about myself with each passing day,” she said.The programme was conducted by Shubham Kukreti and Shreya Chokkra.

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