Hale Botlee Hosa Wineu is a Kannada literature program whereas, the discussions between senior writers and contemporary Kannada writers. This episode it’s a discussion about a story-film story. Read More..

This Month’s Reading Ursula K. Le Guin, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” (1973) What this is:
This is a ticketed, curated literary and community event, presented by Bhumika Anand from the Bangalore Writers Workshop, where we will do a deep-dive analysis and discussion of a short story.
You get to join a reading community where you will get to read a pre-chosen short story a month. 
You get to examine the story in terms of its literary merit, yes, but also in terms of writing craft and context, which will be very useful if you are Read More..

A Thousand Tomorrows is a four-hour workshop dedicated to writing science fiction, the literature of ideas, conducted by State of Matter, a South Asian speculative fiction magazine.   This interactive workshop will introduce writers to science fiction as a speculative genre, and will mostly be geared toward writing scenes and short fiction.   Structure: Broadly, the workshop will cover the basics of planning a story and making it believable. We shall begin with questions of theme and conceit and focus on planning a piece. Then, we shall engage with the brick-and-mortar el Read More..

Meet Asha-San. Lt Bharati 'Asha' Sahay Choudhry of the Rani of Jhansi Regiment, INA. Author of The War Diary of Asha-San. Join Anita Nair (Novelist) and Tanvi Srivastava (Translator) in conversation with Asha-San and her son, Sanjay Choudhry. Read More..

Dr. Roopa Satish is a wildlife veterinarian for over 13 years. Her book is full of heartwarming stories about her personal experiences with animals ranging from the Slender Loris to the Spectacled Cobra, and is a veritable treasure of information regarding wildlife rescue and rehabilitation.    Her co-author Anitha Murthy is a writer.    The event will include a book reading followed by a Q and A session with the authors.   Read More..

At 6.00pm we have "Let's Get Irreal!": Kuzhali Manickavel, author of Insects Are Just Like You and Me Except Some of Them Have Wings, Things We Found During the Autopsy, and Conversations Regarding the Fatalistic Outlook of the Common Man will be in person at Atta Galatta and in video conversation with Daisy Rockwell, artist and award-winning translator of Geetanjali Shree's Hindi novel Tomb of Sand. They will be talking about Kuzhali Manickavel's writing and delve into its many layers, like excavators.    At 8.00pm, Rakesh Khanna, Blaft editor and co-auth Read More..

Windows are an opening to offer a view to the reader to choose and find a direction. This book attempts to stir curiosity, season perspectives and appetize readers to discover their own creativity, to realise that conscious, healthy eating can be a joyous experience!  The book is a hands-on guide with simple, easy to follow instructions and colourful complementary illustrations. This book also has enough food for thought and action for any individual who chooses to discover a healthier version of themselves! Read More..

After discovering she’s lesbian and dyslexic at 20, Vaishali begins to untangle her anxieties around reading and writing while she develops new anxieties from being closeted and living in a country that criminalized homosexuality at the time. In 2015, at 22, she comes out to her mother which makes her leave her parent’s house in Bombay. She moves to Ahmedabad where she suffers a break-up and struggles with unemployment. When she can't make rent, she is happy to join a Master's program at a public university in Hyderabad, where she can live rent-free in the hostel. In Read More..

Join author Roopa Pai in conversation with Reshmi Chakraborty and Nidhi Chawla, authors of Rethink Ageing and co-founders, Silver Talkies

A ground-breaking modelling gig at 70, becoming a globetrotting sports photographer at 60, a self-taught artist in her seventies, a mountaineer in her late 60s, a newly minted PhD at 75, cycling cross country at 71 -- these are not outliers or uber-achievers but older adults who haven't let age stop their passion and ambition.   Read More..

Every human being traverses through the different stages of life experiencing love, loss and loneliness. The book, ‘My Odyssey’ speaks about the authors tryst with life, learning to love, encountering loss and experiencing loneliness. And there are instances where the author ‘sees light and hope' in different forms. The book talks about the author’s mental health journey, relationships with people and self coupled with her lyrical reflections on life through poems. The author hopes that her book will help people embrace the love that they receive, accept the loss th Read More..