Their women empowerment comes with terms and conditions apply…’ These are the lines from a poem recited by Gargi College students Diksha Bijlani, Shubhra Awasthy, and Cheryl Mukherji at the National Youth Poetry Slam (NYPS), a competition they went on to win. The team will now represent India at College Union Poetry Slam Invitational, Chicago (CUPSI) in April 2017. “We are really excited to be the first college students to represent India in the field of spoken word poetry at the international level. Even slam poetry competitions, open mic events and poetry clubs have started mushrooming in various colleges. “I think students are at the forefront of spoken word culture in Delhi.

Source: Hindustan Times October 23, 2016 05:24 UTC