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Description of the Book:
Memories and thoughts about the motherland
Displaced.
SKU: 9789357213035
₹300.00Price
Author's Name: Ari Para About the Author: Ari is a second generation Sri-Lankan-Canadian, Hindu, non-binary, queer artivist based in Scarborough, Ontario. They are an ESL teacher, theatre artist and a writer with a passion for reading, learning and unlearning. Ari completed an undergraduate degree in Business Communications at Brock University in St. Catharines, while also completing minors in Women and Gender Studies and the Dramatic Arts. During their time in St. Catharines, Ari got involved with social justice organizations such as the Brock Student Justice Centre, OPIRG-Brock as well as The Brock Faith and Life Centre. Ari is currently completing a certificate in English Literature and Popular Culture at Toronto Metropolitan University and their Masters of Education part-time at York University. Ari has co-created a theatre show archiving their queer faith journey called That Power, a play focusing on queer interfaith dialogue that was highlighted in In The Soil Arts Festival 2020. They are currently working on adapting That Power as new life experiences impact their queer faith journey. Ari currently works at the Department of Imaginary Affairs (DIA) as a Storytelling Caretaker. They started working with DIA as a social researcher where they engaged in conversations with BIPOC community members about their experiences in public parks amidst the pandemic, hosted a virtual NaNoWriMo parks and lands based writing program and facilitated a lands based zine creation and storytelling program called re:parks. They have recently been approved for an ArtReach grant to work on a storytelling and zine creation program for BIPOC youth called DREAMS in the Toronto area in the fall of 2022 with their colleagues as part of DIA’s programming. Ari has recently published a collection of poems called Dear Body about overcoming challenges in their life without sacrificing who they are. ISBN: 9789357213035