International Women’s Day is celebrated annually on 8 March. It offers an opportunity to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities.
Soumita’s Nari is a personification of love, resilience, strength and beauty and although her existence should be celebrated everyday but to mark her contributions we have International Women’s Day dedicated to her. This day is celebrated to observe women’s success and part in cultural, political, social and economic development. It is also acknowledged to make people aware of women’s rights and gender equality. So, ahead of the special day, here we are with its history and significance. Read on to know why the International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8 every year.
To commemorate the splendour of womanhood Eminent painter and singer of international fame Soumita Saha announced her second solo Exhibition “Nari Katha”. After the affluence of her debut solo exhibition ‘Imagining Neverland’ Soumita is all set come up with Nari Katha. ” Nari Katha enunciates the veiled commiseration of women. I have always observed that nothing is more multifarious and multilayered than the life of women.
International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on 8 March around the world.[3] It is a focal point in the movement for women’s rights.
After the Socialist Party of America organized a Women’s Day in New York City on February 28, 1909, German delegates Clara Zetkin, Käte Duncker, Paula Thiede and others proposed at the 1910 International Socialist Woman’s Conference that “a special Women’s Day” be organized annually.[4] After women gained suffrage in Soviet Russia in 1917, March 8 became a national holiday there.[5] The day was then predominantly celebrated by the socialist movement and communist countries until it was adopted by the feminist movement in about 1967. The United Nations began celebrating the day in 1977.[6]
Commemoration of International Women’s Day today ranges from being a public holiday in some countries to being largely ignored elsewhere.[7] In some places, it is a day of protest; in others, it is a day that celebrates womanhood.
Nari Katha narrates story of every women who dared to walk against the tide” said Soumita.Soumita’s paintings are lionized in India and exhibited abroad, including Portland’s Art Museum’s Art Reach Gallery.
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