In this episode, Shana is in conversation with Sheema Kermani. You may know Sheema as the dancer in the hit Coke Studios video of Pasoori but, for Sheema, dance is more than an artform. For her, it is also an act of defiance. A classically trained Bharatnatyam dancer, Sheema took on the Pakistani military dictator Zia-ul-Haq when he abolished public dancing. Since then, Sheema has steadfastly defended the rights of minorities and women. In this interview, Sheema talks about her activism, the early days of Aurat March and how she came to perform the feminist anthem “A Rapist in Your Path” in Urdu - a performance that connected Pakistan to the Fourth Wave of Feminism, which has ebbed and flowed around the globe.

Follow Sheema Kermani on Instagram @sheemakermani and Twitter @tehrikeniswan

CREDITS:

Host and Creative Director: Shana

This is a Maed in India production

Head of Production: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Project Manager: Shaun Fanthome

Producer : Nikkethana Kamal, Sonali Gupta

Sound Editor & Mix Engineer: Kartik Kulkarni

Visual Design & Social Media: Minal Jadeja, Akshat Agarwal, Shaumik Kanvinde