Book Launch - Gender Dualities: Measure of a Wo/Man by Jagjeet Sharma: A Celebration of International Woman's Day
4:00 PM on Friday Mar. 8th
Irene's Pub, 885 Bank Street
4:00 PM on Friday Mar. 8th
Irene's Pub, 885 Bank Street
Winner of the Canadian Ethnic Media Association Award for Journalistic Excellence in 2021 in the Print Category and the 2023 CEMA Award in the Innovation Category for Journalistic Excellence, Jagjeet Sharma's journalistic poetry continues in this new poetry collection.
Poems in this collection are about the Wo/man. The Hindu God Shiva’s ardhanishvara, a concept that she is both half man and half woman. Lord Shiva, one of the Hindu gods is referred to as the ultimate man, but one form of Shiva is also a fully developed woman. The masculine and the feminine are equally divided within yourself; within oneself. It is about the struggles and challenges a Wo/man faces day in and day out in any part of the world.
Poems in this collection are about the Wo/man. The Hindu God Shiva’s ardhanishvara, a concept that she is both half man and half woman. Lord Shiva, one of the Hindu gods is referred to as the ultimate man, but one form of Shiva is also a fully developed woman. The masculine and the feminine are equally divided within yourself; within oneself. It is about the struggles and challenges a Wo/man faces day in and day out in any part of the world.