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Poetry, dance, and music come together in tribute to Krishna. Geeta Varma reads her poems from her books To My Violin and Twilight Ours while Sanhita Basu Ghosh (Director, Konarak Odissi Dance Academy, Chennai) choreographs them and dances to an ashtapadi from Geet Govind and two of the timeless prayers of Rabindra Tagore.

The launch of Gita Bharath's three books: Devas, Prana in Verse & Traverse, was held online on the 30th of January 2021. This is the first part, containing the release of the books by Jairam Seshadri (Poet & Author, and Founder of India Poetry Circle) followed by reviews and readings from esteemed and honorable poets Padmaja Iyengar Paddy, Padmini Vishwanathan, Padmini Janardhan, Maria Petrescu, Anju Kishore and Vidya Shankar. Publisher of Chennai Citizen Matters: Meenakshi Ramesh and Professor Sambhavi Laksminarayan too read out Gita's poems. The program starts with the Namaskara dance by Shruti & Smriti Venkatesh and ends with another dance describing the Navrasas by Shruti Venkatesh & Friends. The program was well attended and blessed with the presence of distinguished guests Mr & Mrs Shreekumar Varma and more.

This is the second half of the launch of Gita Bharath's three books: Devas, Prana in Verse & Traverse, which was held online on the 30th of January 2021. This, second part, contains reviews and warm interactions from Gita's friends and family. It ends with Jairam Seshadri reading three of Gita's poems

Adisakrit Publishing presents the launch of Sindhoor Varkoor's Eight Armed Goddess. This is Sindhoor's second book. Poet Geeta Varma releases the book, followed by a discussion between Geeta and Sindhoor about the book. The book is now available on Amazon. Sindhoor Varkoor is an English language trainer, creative writer, voice artist and a painter from Hyderabad - India. She holds an M.phil degree in English from Osmania University. Her first book of poems titled Musing Madhawa-Viraha Madhawam published in June 2019, has been awarded ‘Kabi Rabindranath Tagore award-2020’ at the 2nd International Women’s Empowerment Summit (Arpita Foundation – Vrindavan, Mathura, UP) It has won a lot of appreciation and has been reviewed in several literary magazines across the world. Many of her poems have been published worldwide in various journals, anthologies and literary magazines. Her poems have been used in schools across nations to demonstrate symbolism in poetry. She is the founder of Mano Antarang Academy of Life Skills - Art for Heart, which is a centre for women. The academy has innovative courses in English along with other courses on yoga, personality development and emotional healing through art. As a voice artist and creative writer, she has worked with many government and private organizations. Several websites and advertisements have her concept and voice in them. Some examples from the book Eight Armed Goddess FLAMES Wait Don’t douse the flames I am not moulded yet Though folded gracefully I feel thwarted and choked Like a choker on the neck Do not put off these flames Let the ornament be made perfect Till you wear And I glitter in pain For this is that world That only sees Gold in an ornament And all that's welded and bent Is for it to forbear That's the gold's half-life spent Your vision is limited You can only see the finished ornament * * * YOU DON't KNOW ME You don't know me, really After all these years You let me fall Like autumn leaves Unknown to the tree That never mourns And disowns While their souls vanish into the soil Giving it more strength * * *

Thank you, Karthik, for putting together this video for Adisakrit about the launch of 'To My Violin' by Geeta Varma. In conversation with her publisher Sumita Dutta Shoam (Adisakrit), Geeta talks about poetry and her journey to publishing To My Violin. The clippings from the launch by Prakriti Foundation, feature Dr. Srilata Krishnan (Prof. of English Lit., IIT-M) and Author Nandini, along with Poet Geeta Varma. Apart from the panelists, poems were read aloud by Mr. Satish and Shreekumar Varma.