Lavanya Shanbhogue Arvind is the winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Special Prize (2011). Her short story, ‘The Crystal Snuff Box and the Pappudum,’ was adapted for radio by the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association and was broadcast in all the Commonwealth countries. Her other works include ‘Those You Cannot See’ that appeared in the Griffith Review, […]
Second Lives is written by Anish Sarkar who debuted with Benaami, a historical thriller in the year 2010. The title aptly echoes the importance of life that most of us take for granted until it slips out of our hands in a moment. What comes to me after reading the book is a quote […]
‘‘It says willing or not. What do I opt for?” asked my mother, then a mere 18- year-old girl. The question was aimed at her brother who had accompanied her to the Employment Exchange. “Not.. means no. Negative. So say yes. Choose Willing,” was his advice to her and perhaps the most valuable one that […]
Gallery Sumukha marks its 20th year with an exhibition of paintings by renowned South- East Asian master Senaka Senanayake. ‘Homage to The Rainforest’ is on from August 1- 27, 2016 at Gallery Sumukha (24/10, BTS Depot Road, Wilson Garden, Bangalore, Tel: 080 2229 2230) from 10:30 am- 6:00 pm Monday to Saturday. Senaka Senanayake […]
From Sanjeev Sanyal, the bestselling author of the Land of the Seven Rivers, comes The Ocean of Churn. Published by Penguin Random House India, the book is a pioneering account of the history of the Indian Ocean. About the book: Much of human history has played itself out along the rim of the Indian Ocean. In a first-of-its-kind attempt, […]
Gillo Theatre Repertory is a Mumbai based repertory that has been staging plays for children since 2010. Over the past six years, they have produced more than twelve plays and staged nearly 300 shows across India. Each year, they try to bring their latest work to Bangalore and stage performances across the city. They will be bringing […]
AFB and Bangalore Little Theatre are back with the monthly play reading sessions for 2016. This play reading is a part of the Alliance française de Bangalore and Bangalore Little Theatre partnership. And this is how it unfolds. Some highly imaginative and enterprising playwright of yore, created a character non-existent in the epic Mahabharatha and got […]
‘How do you cope with being housebound?’ he asks. ‘The world is suddenly very small. There are many things that don’t exist in my world: other people’s brightly lit living rooms, tourists asking the way, clothes wet from rain, stolen bikes, dropped ice-cream cones melting on hot asphalt, maypoles. Disputes over parking spaces, meadows of […]
Stop for a bit. Here is a mirror. Look into it. What do you see? Look again. Strange isn’t it, how we can surprise ourselves now and then? Welcome to an experimance about finding and losing yourself. Knock Knock Who’s There? is a workshop + performance where the audience will participate and in the process, get […]
Naseeruddin Shah is a national treasure but he never set out to be one. His ambitions differ from most actors who come into the industry fuelled by nepotism on steroids. When we talk about outsiders making it big on their own terms in Hindi cinema, let us please start the conversation with the likes of […]
For the longest time, cinema in the subcontinent referred to daughters as, “betiyan toh ghar ki izzat hoti hain.” The mindset being that women must always think first of the family honour because they always have to be accountable to the world and its honour keepers for what they say, think or do. A few […]
Creativity has been an intimate part of the way I interact with the world. It isn’t forced. It either “clicks” or it doesn’t and when it does, beautiful things can happen. My earliest memories are of abstract ideas that just appeared out of the smallest parts of my surroundings, allowing me to view things in many […]