Event: Sahiyo Discusses: A Fractured Life by Shabnam Samuel
Date: February 6th, 2022
Tme: 10 am EST
Registration Link: https://bit.ly/SahiyoDiscusses
Sahiyo invites you to join the second iteration of Sahiyo Discusses!
Designed to bring people together through literature, art, and media, Sahiyo Discusses hosts quarterly meetings with activists and allies in Sahiyo’s network to discuss a chosen piece of media. With themes including feminism, equality, bodily autonomy, women-centered movements, and sexual empowerment, this club will focus on uplifting the stories and experiences of women everywhere.
On February 6th, 2022 the group will meet virtually for Sahiyo Discusses: A Fractured Life by Shabnam Samuel. Shabnam Samuel is a writer, coach, social media trainer, and the founder of the Panchgani Writers’ Retreat, an international writing retreat based out of Panchgani, India.
Her memoir, A Fractured Life, explores her life growing up in 1960s India after being abandoned by her parents.
In her own words, Shabnam says; “We come from a Culture of Silence. A culture that along the way has shrouded us with this cloud of clear demarcations that all things good are only told to the outside world and all things bad are kept inside your own world. For women, this is doubly true. We are supposed to be the strength, the keeper of secrets, and the face of acceptance. It does not matter that some of us crumble inside. This needs to change. I know my story is not unique. I know there are so many of us out there. In writing my memoir, I want the world to know that silence should not be a part of our culture; I want young girls of today and women of yesterday to know that we all have a reason to exist. We all have the right to exist and no one should ever take that away from you in the name of culture, family name, kids, spouses or any other reason. So I write to prove that I exist.”
Sahiyo Discusses members will have the opportunity to discuss this book with Shabnam and ask pertinent questions.
Admission to Sahiyo Discusses is based on a suggested minimum donation of $25.00 USD per event.
Donors who contribute $200 or more will have access to Sahiyo Discusses events for a full calendar year.
If you or anyone in your network is interested in joining us please register and donate here: https://bit.ly/SahiyoDiscusses
Thank you all for your continued dedication to Sahiyo’s mission, and we look forward to seeing you all there!
In Her Own Words: Shabnam Samuel’s Full Bio
Shabnam Samuel is an author and a motivational speaker and heads an Enterprise called Social Lite House, LLC, based out of Washington DC. Through SLH LLC, we reach out to the underprivileged, just not in economic spheres but also to those women, who voices have been silenced.
Shabnam is an award winning author of her memoir called A Fractured Life, which was published in the USA in 2018. At the age of 57, after decades of silence, Shabnam found her voice and her strength through the writing of her book. Today, Shabnam reaches out through her talks, seminars and workshops to those who need to come out of their own shadows and find themselves.
Creative Corporate Workshops is where Shabnam spends her time teaching writing and structure to various organizations. Shabnam is also the founder of the Panchgani Writers’ Retreat, an international writing retreat based out of Panchgani, India. The retreat incorporates mindful living along with creativity and wellness following Ayurveda principles, with yoga, meditation and writing workshops.
Shabnam is studying to be an Ayurveda practitioner at the Kerala Ayurveda Academy in Kerala, India
Shabnam hosts a local TV show called Dew Drops and Words that broadcasts to 6.1 million viewers on the WJAL LATV network in the Washington DC area. You can find her on YouTube under the name “Dew Drops and Words.''
When she is not doing any of the above you can find her cycling somewhere in the suburbs of Washington DC which she has called home for the last 34 years.