Kabir | SACDA

Poster advertising a 3-day series of events on the historical poet Kabir held at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. The first is a screening of Shabnam Virmani's 2008 documentary Had Anhad: Journeys with Ram and Kabir followed by a panel with Indian filmmaker Shabnam Virmani held at the Birks Heritage Chapel. The second is a panel discussion on Kabir: Word, Sound, and Image held in the Senior Common Room in the Birks Building. The third is a musical performance of In Quest of Kabir performed by Kabir folksinger Prahlad Singh Tipanya and his group at the New Residence Hall Ballroom. Kabir was a 15th century mystic and philosopher. He was born in 1398[disputed] in the city of Varanasi in what is now Uttar Pradesh, India. His writings on religious practices he deemed unethical or meaningless made him a divisive figure among the Hindus and Muslims of his day. After his death, his writings would go on to influence the Bhakti Movement of medieval Hinduism and would be included in the Sikh text Guru Granth Sahib. He is regarded as a saint by Vaishnavist Hindus, and his teachings are followed by the Kabir Panth denomination of the Sant Mat movement. Had Anhad (Bounded Boundless) is a multi-part[?] documentary series exploring the life and philosophy of Kabir in the contexts of religion, politics, and Indian/Pakistani tensions. Shabnam Virmani is a documentary filmmaker and artist. Since 2002, she has been artist in residence at the Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology in the city of Bangalore in Karnataka, India. She is also the co-founder of the Drishti Media Collective and a member of the Kabir Project. Prahlad Singh Tipanya is an Indian folk singer. He was born on September 7, 1954 in the town of Tarana in Madhya Pradesh, India. Along with backing instrumentalists, he performs Kabir bhajans in the Malwi folk style from Madhya Pradesh. He is a member of the Kabir Project.