Open mic event lends stage to young artistes

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, December 28

A number of budding poets, artistes and thinkers came together to share their views at the open mic event organised by Insaneiat.

A social group founded by students and young artistes Himanshu Khurana and Vaibhav Gupta, Insaneiat has been organising open mic events from the last one year of its conception.

“In the wake of Covid-19 induced lockdown and post regulatory guidelines, we had kept the invite restricted and only 20 artistes performed. We had a lot of youngsters performing on several social themes and the purpose was to let them use this platform to come back to live stage performances,” said Sakshi Sharma, a member of Insaneiat. A student of journalism at Khalsa College, Sakshi said such open mic events were important to nurture future thinkers.

“We had been hosting one such event every month before the lockdown was imposed. There is a desperate need to revive such creative platforms and activities now as young artistes need to soothe their creative hunger and fulfil aspirations,” she said.

The event saw poetry, rapping and stand up comedy, among others, from young participants. Sakshi said their previous open mic sessions had even senior citizens performing. “Our platform is open for everyone, who has something to share with the world.”