Hope binds us all on 24 May when the Non-Aligned Poets Collective presents (nPc): Launch Pad: Breaths That Binds Us with Dr. Ishan Capoor. This instalment of Launch Pad will be different to past iterations, as this event will double as Dr. Capoor’s first ever solo show! Do join us on 24 May inside the First Floor Theatre of Atta Galatta to celebrate the launch of Breaths That Bind Us & take in the hope and positivity of Dr. Ishan Capoor! Read More..

AG Book Club: what have you been reading? Come, discuss your latest read. Each member gets 5-7 mins to talk about the book, theme, plot with 2 mins to answer any question others might have. Special Theme: Middle-Eastern literature Read More..

Our emotions and memories are intrinsically related to the food we eat and the genre of food literature combines them in a way that helps us connect not only to our past and our present, to different cultures, and communities, values and rituals, events both life-changing and mundane but to each other as well. So, if viewing the world through the lens of food and literature interests you, then join us to begin a dialogue on “Food in Indian Literature” and to celebrate those stories and their diversity. Each month with Prachi Grover, we will be reading our way through several pow Read More..

Spencer Diaz, a sixteen-year-old teenager, is dying. Almost. Probably. Well, it is up to his doctor and his dad to decide how long to wait for a transplant before they pull the literal plug on his life support system. While he awaits his fate at a hospital in Del Rio, Texas, Spencer ponders over the soupy mess that his life is, what with a runaway mother, an outcast band of friends, and the odd gun shooting in the school corridors, not to mention the steady dose of bullying and the angsts of growing up. Stepping out from the medically induced com(m)a into a full stop sounds too appealing. W Read More..

How do we know what we know about ancient India? Join this interactive session with stories, discoveries—and make your own history-inspired comic! Saisudha Acharya makes Indian history come alive with wild stories, forgotten facts, and humour. A published author, educator, and compulsive reader, she believes the best way to understand the present is by asking better questions about the past. Read More..

For hard-core Potterheads age 12 and above! Get into the minds of the characters, ferret out the intricacies of the plot - enter the wizarding world and share your thoughts and insights! Will help if you have read all the Harry Potter books - this discussion will be based only on the books and not the movies. The event is curated by Lahe Lahe Caravan and is being hosted at Atta Galatta. Read More..

The Middle of Everything is a delightful collection of life’s essence and encapsulates 56 short humorous and inspirational pieces. Vivek Atray, the Author is also Motivational Speaker and an ex-IAS officer. Hiis 5th book, ‘The Middle of Everything’ contains titles like "A Yawning Divide", "Bad Hair Days" and "He held her Hand".  Fern Tree is the publisher of the book. The Middle of Everything by Vivek Atray is a book that exemplifies all that is cheerful and peppy in life. The pages of this book will calm your mind and warm your heart. Read More..

India’s ’90s kids grew up in an offline world and graduated to one that’s hyperconnected and seemingly always on fire. This generation’s psyche is riddled with qualms about identity, politics, capitalism, technology, relationships, selfhood, and what it means to live authentically—and in Famous Last Questions, Sanjana Ramachandran strikes at the heart of their confusion. She is sincere and ironic, self-flagellating and observant, and witheringly funny. In a heroic attempt to understand why she is the way she is, she takes a scalpel to her childhood trauma and e Read More..

Have you ever sat down to write only to find yourself staring at a blank page? Or had the perfect words in your head, but they seemed to disappear the moment you tried to put them on paper? If you've nodded along, you're in the right place. Write Like a Pro: 10 Rules to be a Better Writer is a much-needed guide for aspiring writers, authors and students. Whether you're just beginning your writing journey or you are a seasoned professional looking to hone your craft, this book offers practical advice, insightful examples, and thoughtfully designed exercises to help you unlock you Read More..

Sudha Rao’s debut collection is a notable and noticeable arrival, a refreshment and an enlargement of this collective enterprise we are engaged in.  There is a defining and distinctive tone, a subcontinental brightness, a nuance and a singular iconography. Hers is unabashedly poetry of the Indian diaspora—restless, hyper-aware, appreciative of its adopted situation yet casting frequent glances back to the region of the poet’s birth. Aotearoa New Zealand is also deeply and emotively implicated in proceedings. ON ELEPHANT’S SHOULDERS has the carefully drawn, sensu Read More..