About Voices of Faith
Faith helps us cope and make sense of the world around us. It is founded on multiple belief systems that accord power to a spiritual reality. An informed understanding of faith is vital as we navigate a changing world.
Voices of Faith brings together philosophies that form the basis of religious beliefs, theological texts and spiritual wisdom. Through conversations, insight, music, and foods that heal, we will collectively explore a way towards compassion. Pivoting around the many ancient ideals of goodness that religions have universally originated from, the festival will also underscore their interconnectedness.
Voices of Faith, produced by Teamwork Arts, producer of the iconic Jaipur Literature Festival, JLF London and many other renowned cultural and literary experiences across the world, is presented by the Kamini and Vindi Banga Family Trust. It was first begun digitally during the challenging period of Covid, when discourses on the foundations of our religious, spiritual and mystical beliefs were vital to our understanding of an unknown reality we had been thrown into. In its digital avatar, Voices of Faith reached out to around 1, 60,000 people, garnering over 334,280 views.
This is its first on-ground edition, to be held at the Barbican Centre in London, between 28th to 30th March 2025. With erudite scholars and inspiring thinkers such as Andrew Quintman, Anand Geoge, Barbaby Rogerson, Linda Hess, Navtej Sarna, Pawan Varma, Reza Aslan, and acclaimed musicians like L. Subramaniam and Amrit Kaur Lohia and more, the festival will be a weekend of enlightenment, intermingling and reflections.
About Teamwork Arts
Teamwork Arts is a highly versatile production company with roots in the performing arts, social action and the corporate world. For over 30 years, Teamwork Arts has taken India to the world and brought the world to India, presenting the finest of Indian performers, writers , change makers and visual artistes in the knowledge and arts space in India and abroad. Every year, we produce over 33 festivals in 72 cities and 26 countries in the fields of performing & visual arts and literature.
We produce the world's largest literary gathering: the annual Jaipur Literature Festival; JLF international now travels to the US, UK, Canada, Australia, the Maldives, and Europe.
Even amidst the upheaval and unsettling times of 2020 and through 2021, Teamwork Arts successfully launched the digital series, JLF Brave New World and Words Are Bridges, which were viewed by over 4.8 million people in their first season. Through its digital avatar, the Jaipur Literature Festival reached over 27 million viewers in January 2021. Art Matters empowers artistes across India to collaborate by commissioning them to create new works. The digital series Be Inspired was launched in 2021 – a series that crystal gazes into the future with conversations on science, technology, innovation, environment and more. Two on-ground editions of ‘Be Inspired - Festival of Ideas’ were held in 2023 and the first edition of Sikkim Arts & Literature Festival was launched in May 2023.
About The Kamini and Vindi Banga Family Trust
The focus of the Family Trust is on supporting cancer research. Within that remit, donations have been made to projects at CRUK, Centre for Cancer Immunology at the University of Southampton, Cancer Research Institute in New York, and Marie Curie in the UK. They believe in education through visual and performing arts and the Trust is very proud to be associated with The Poetry School, the Laurel Prize (initiated for eco-poetry by poet laureate, Simon Armitage,), The Royal Academy of Music, The Almeida Theatre, and the Story Museum in Oxford. The donations to these institutions ensure that important projects do not fall off the radar for lack of funds.