Most of all the Foundation does involve different means of communications and expression including art, talks, discussions, music, prose and poetry, dance and films. While DDAF interacts with these fields, it intends to create ways and means to skill as well as reward aspiring and well-known individuals from these fields. This is why DDAF launched The Rainbow Awards for Literature & Journalism in May, 2023. 

 

DDAF was established in 2018 and amongst its first steps was to establish Embrace: Music Justice Arts, an IP that focused largely on music and its intersections with social issues. Which is why most of its events looked at classical and Indie rock music to talk about the life of artists and social issues, particularly healthcare. It was at Voices In The Silence (March 2018), that the #letstalkperiod campaign by WE-Women Endangered was featured. The global campaign, She Decides closed its India leg at this event where artists such as Mayukh Hazarika shared stories from Assam (through music) on how Indians fought the British and why music and lyrics were part of the freedom movement. 

 

The Foundation, through Embrace: Music Justice Arts and the Rainbow Lit Fest, has helped build awareness on women and queer lives, as well as their trials and tribulations. It has also used music as a means to raise funds for certain other NGOs, particularly soon after Covid abated, partnering with venues such as Depot48 and The Piano Man in Delhi – NCR.

 

To support, volunteer or participate in its initiatives of DDAF, write to sdrangnekar@gmail.com.