March 8^th saw a worldwide celebration of Women’s Day – but in Mumbai we did it a little differently. For us, March 15^th was the special day as the WE action group prepared an event for our members and the community.

The WE action group is a network of lawyers, social workers, human rights activists and concerned citizens collectively working towards addressing issues relating to rights of the marginalized across Mumbai.

The day began with a peace rally and human chain in Behrampada to signify solidarity and hope. This was followed by a gathering in the heart of the community to watch a gripping street play. There were various talks interspersed with a lot of chants of slogans as well. Throughout the event we made sure that a white banner would be present, in continuation with last year’s event, for people to paint imprints of their hands. This added a fun, quirky and colourful element into the mix and definitely attracted the crowds.

Interestingly, our dress code this time around was pink and white. Last year pink was rejected as being stereotypical but this year we reclaimed pink and subtly fought back against the inane gendering of colours.

Our main focus in organising the event was to engage the community and throughout the afternoon the air buzzed with activism and solidarity for women in India.

Here is a video of our event.