The much-hyped ShareChat Kavi Sammelan by Kaviraj Dr.Kumar Vishwas, along with Ramesh Muskan, Kavita Tiwari and Hemant Pandey turned out to be the biggest live Digital Kavi Sammlan with a massive 70,000 audience during the session. The session was live on ShareChat, leading Indian social media platform with over 180 million monthly active users, through its Audio Chatroom.

Dr Kumar Vishwas called upon the start of Kavi Sammelan by remembering the knowledge-God Maa Saraswati and invited Poetess Kavita Tiwari to recite Saraswati Vandana. The session witnessed humorous remarks by Hemant Pandey and Ramesh Muskan’s recitation on Corona. Kavita Tiwari’s narration of a new song from Veer Ras, written on freedom to the audience. This was in addition to Dr. Kumar Vishwas’ emotional narration of  “Hai Naman Unko”, a tribute to the martyrs.

While concluding the Kavi Sammelan on ShareChat Audio Chatroom Dr. Kumar Vishwas signs off by saying, “This is unprecedented that any virtual ‘Kavi Sammelan’ could bring about 70,000 people, in this way we could recite poetry like this. Hemant’s satirical short poems, Ramesh Muskan’s satirical poetry in the context of today’s media and Kavita’s poems were also heard with such enthusiasm. I will continue this poetic voyage with ShareChat and keep everyone informed. Happy Independence Day to you all.”

Witnessing such a massive success, Shashank Shekhar, Sr. Director – Content Strategy, ShareChat, added, “Celebrating Independence Day with Kavi Sammelan has been an integral part of Indian heritage. We are excited to start a new trend by taking this online through one of the fastest growing products ShareChat Audio Chatrooms, with some of the biggest poets of India”

With a total audience of 70,000 people across the country, the session was always at its peak capacity of 30,000. While 30,000 people continued to attend the event, a large group of listeners waited in the chatroom to clear out space to join. During the session, over 55000 comments were poured in with appreciations, reactions and requests.

Social Media Conversation

With the capacity to the ShareChat Audio Chatroom being limited to an audience capacity of 30,000, people reached out to Dr. Vishwas directly. Shikha Mishra, an admirer of Kumar, tweeted saying, “This is telling full capacity. We are not able to join even if we want to. Your popularity is so much.” 

Retweeting Shikha’s tweet, Dr. Kumar Vishwas was excited and thrilled with the massive participation and encouragement from the literature-enthusiasts. He promised to come back with another session on ShareChat.

Sneak Peek into the session:

Through her poetic display, Kavita Tiwari appealed to the nation to be powerful, pointing fingers at the misuse of freedom of expression in the country and giving a message to avoid it. She addressed the new meaning of freedom when people interpret the Constitution in their way. She gave the message of preventing discrimination with the allegiance to different flags in rallies and called upon everyone to move forward by saving lives and humanity.

Dr. Kumar Vishwas, underlined the importance of Independence in his trademark style and asked the current generation to avoid pointing out mistakes from ancestors and instead thank their contribution to the freedom struggle till 1947. He urged the ShareChat community to take forward the tradition and cultural heritage of the nation. He quoted:

“Aap Jis Yug mein Paida Hue Hain, Woh Aapke Liye Sambhavnaon Ka Yug Hain.”

Hemant Pandey narrated a poem on how a boy from UP becomes a Politician and a boy from Haryana is fit and a known sports person while addressing the emergence of India as a sports nation. He further made tricky attacks of humour on Pakistan and China, quoting:

“Jo Bhala Neeraj Ne Phenka Hain, Woh Chin Ke Khaatir Rakha Hain, Pakistan Tumko Teeli Phenk Kar Maarega”

Ramesh Muskaan, with his trademark satirical style, said that one should not lose consciousness in passion for the nation. Taking a jibe at unemployment, he said that those standing in line at the youth age are getting old in the queue itself.

While paying homage to the martyrs of India, Dr. Viswas narrated a poem, “Hai Naman Unko”. The poem was filled with pure compassion, and listening to it made the audience emotional. The Chatroom went silent for some time, with thousands of comments flowing in to salute the Indian Bravehearts.