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Joy is the justice
We must give ourselves.
Joy is the thriving,
of a people who won’t die
in the midst of all this
dying.
Joy is the maybe,
the possibilities of empathy
between strangers.
Joy is the everything,
the nothing.
The simple,
the complex.
Joy is the silly,
the serious,
the trivial.
The whale enormous,
the shrew’s small.
Joy is the murmuration,
then the stillness.
Joy is my seeking.
Your being.
It is mine for the taking.
Ours to share.
More than enough to go around,
when it seems nowhere to be found.
Have yourself a heapin’ serving.
Have seconds. Or thirds.
‘Cause
joy is the justice
we must give ourselves.
- J Drew Lanham
Some joyous moments from Rafooghar in spite of the many many heartbreaks.. May we all create joy in our moments of despair.
1. Rah at Rafooghar @naqvi_sarah
2. Rafooghar in Germany
3. Rafooghar in Kashmir
4. Kabbadi kabbadi kabbadi at Lodhi gardens
5. Mushaira-e-Gibberish with @harmeet_basur
6. Sunday ki susti
7. Birthdays ki baahaar with @idlerdoodler @reshma.khatoon1608 @hariomsrivastav_ys @yusrakhan21
8. Alex at Rafooghar
9. Potluck gathering-Celebrating and eating together
10. Bagh-e-Roshan: Roshan ji at IAWRT's Memory as Movement: Archiving Feminist Histories, IIC
11. Anjali Sanya chale Bangalore akele akele for a workshop at @sandboxcollective Sandbox and Sabha
12. Dil Khush Club with @wewalkatmidnight
13. Don't Worry we have nothing to say: Second film on Rarooghar: premiered at York (First one got selected for The International Social Change Film Festival, Chicago with @liapetrelli @emthemagpie @tallulahoola @that_thing_i_do
14. Making Khayali Pulao and building an incredible community @fir.stdraft
15. Meethi Baradari ke beautiful boys
16. Our most favorite moment from @agami_in
17. Roshni training the core team to take Rafooghar to other communities (@notroshnibhatia)
18. Pinky introducing Rafooghar at Saie-e-Zardozi
19. Couple dance ho raha hai
20 .Eating yum thalis in Goa with Futures in Formation Cohort, Serendipity Festival @fica_india @achaldodia @hariomsrivastav_ys @wencymendes @ev_bambam @umesh.manzil @gyanwantyadav @sar_______s
We must give ourselves.
Joy is the thriving,
of a people who won’t die
in the midst of all this
dying.
Joy is the maybe,
the possibilities of empathy
between strangers.
Joy is the everything,
the nothing.
The simple,
the complex.
Joy is the silly,
the serious,
the trivial.
The whale enormous,
the shrew’s small.
Joy is the murmuration,
then the stillness.
Joy is my seeking.
Your being.
It is mine for the taking.
Ours to share.
More than enough to go around,
when it seems nowhere to be found.
Have yourself a heapin’ serving.
Have seconds. Or thirds.
‘Cause
joy is the justice
we must give ourselves.
- J Drew Lanham
Some joyous moments from Rafooghar in spite of the many many heartbreaks.. May we all create joy in our moments of despair.
1. Rah at Rafooghar @naqvi_sarah
2. Rafooghar in Germany
3. Rafooghar in Kashmir
4. Kabbadi kabbadi kabbadi at Lodhi gardens
5. Mushaira-e-Gibberish with @harmeet_basur
6. Sunday ki susti
7. Birthdays ki baahaar with @idlerdoodler @reshma.khatoon1608 @hariomsrivastav_ys @yusrakhan21
8. Alex at Rafooghar
9. Potluck gathering-Celebrating and eating together
10. Bagh-e-Roshan: Roshan ji at IAWRT's Memory as Movement: Archiving Feminist Histories, IIC
11. Anjali Sanya chale Bangalore akele akele for a workshop at @sandboxcollective Sandbox and Sabha
12. Dil Khush Club with @wewalkatmidnight
13. Don't Worry we have nothing to say: Second film on Rarooghar: premiered at York (First one got selected for The International Social Change Film Festival, Chicago with @liapetrelli @emthemagpie @tallulahoola @that_thing_i_do
14. Making Khayali Pulao and building an incredible community @fir.stdraft
15. Meethi Baradari ke beautiful boys
16. Our most favorite moment from @agami_in
17. Roshni training the core team to take Rafooghar to other communities (@notroshnibhatia)
18. Pinky introducing Rafooghar at Saie-e-Zardozi
19. Couple dance ho raha hai
20 .Eating yum thalis in Goa with Futures in Formation Cohort, Serendipity Festival @fica_india @achaldodia @hariomsrivastav_ys @wencymendes @ev_bambam @umesh.manzil @gyanwantyadav @sar_______s
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