The Kabir Festival is back in 2016, with a four-day celebration that will feature over 30 artistes, 17 events, three workshops, three story narrations spread across 13 locations in the city, from Fort to Borivali and Byculla. The festival that began in 2011, has attempted to spread the verses of poet-saints to mohallas, NGO spaces, colleges, communities and institutions through folk-style bhajans, abhangs, qawwalis, Baul songs sung by rural and urban artistes from around the country, films, stories, dance and discussion.

Shabnam Virmani