Tata Steel to host ‘Samvaad’ from Nov 15

Jamshedpur: Tata Steel is all set to host the seventh edition of its tribal

conclave

‘

Samvaad

’ from November 15 to 19. This year it’ll be held virtually in view of the pandemic and the organisers have set up a dedicated YouTube channel for live streaming the event.

“People can log into our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtyIjTKJAYEaMH3BkcHRVzw) to watch the conclave live,” Tata Steel’s CSR chief Sourav Roy said on Wednesday. He added, “They can also watch the Samvaad programmes by logging on to our website (https://www.tatasteel.com/initiatives/samvaad/index.html).”

The conclave will witness the coming together of representatives of more than 100 tribes across 23 states and nine countries. “We have kept this year’s theme as ‘Coming Together for Social Change’ to represent the belief that there are inherent aspects of tribalism that place seamlessness as a core value of society,” he said.

The organisers are also planning to introduce around 16 tribal cuisines at the conclave and Steel City residents can even get a taste of each of those by ordering them online through Zomato. “Encouraged by the increasing love for tribal cuisine among the youngsters, we have tied-up with Zomato for the home delivery of the tribal delicacies,” Roy said.

The young tribal film-makers are likely to gain the most from this year’s Samvaad as acclaimed tribal movies will be screened on the YouTube channel and the makers of the films will be invited for a dialogue with the aspiring directors to help the latter learn the art of film-making. Around 500 children from nine schools here will participate in that segment.

This year’s edition will also see fresh compositions played on all the five days. “Each of the compositions will be new and dedicated to the cause of the tribals,” Roy said.

Throwing light on the journey of Samvaad that made its debut in 2014, he said the Samvaad ecosystem has brought together more than 30,000 people from 117 tribes across 27 states and 18 countries in the past six years.