The Art of Politics by Fauzia Rafique – Sarasvati Productions

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“My home is in my art where i try to make sense of the perpetual systemic violence, use it as weapon to resist and to fight, inspiration to create beauty and joy, and, as meditation to stand my ground. It embodies me, and i perpetuate it.

My process is not intellectual, cerebral or emotional but instinctive, and it doesn’t require effort from me to be ‘with it’. Art is not my hobby neither it is a commercial enterprise, and so, i don’t experience the famed ‘writer’s block’; art is life, and there’s no stopping it. When not writing with hands, i write with thoughts, feel the ‘feels’, imagine the real, stretch ideas, challenge forms- all to be able to wriggle out of the numerous constructs built around me with the purpose of enslaving my mind in order to obstruct the independent flight of my imagination.”

https://sarasvatitransforms.wordpress.com/2016/12/08/the-politics-of-art-by-fauzia-rafique/

‘Today is the day, Jattee!’ — The Adventures of SahebaN: Biography of a Relentless Warrior

‘Today is the day, Jattee,’ the Mistress said as she returned from the washroom to take back her Lazyboy. From Coming of the Clothes: SahebaN & the Rites of Reproduction launching today, November 20th 4pm at VG PlayRoom, Camp Alexandra in Surrey, with Host Virginia Gillespie, Guest Speaker L.P. Wallinger, and Author Fauzia Rafique (presenting excerpts […]

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‘Amidst the clutter of mangos and coconuts…’ — The Adventures of SahebaN: Biography of a Relentless Warrior

‘Amidst the clutter of mangos and coconuts that characterizes most disaporic writing, Fauzia Rafique’s work is a breath of fresh air as it addresses pertinent social issues beautifully and poignantly.’ Harsha Walia Author of Undoing Border Imperialism launching November 20th 4pm at VG PlayRoom, Camp Alexandra in Surrey, with Host Virginia Gillespie, Guest Speaker L.P. […]

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‘You will not devour this book’ a review by Liam Paul Wallinger — Uddari Weblog

The faithful scribe of a world eerily similar to our own, Author Fauzia Rafique skewers human foibles in The Adventures of SahebaN: Biography of a Relentless Warrior with the zeal of an archer, and… Source: ‘You will not devour this book’ a review by Liam Paul Wallinger

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