The BWW Short Story Community This month we will discuss The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu.  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 an aspiring storyteller or writer. Read More..

Calling all children! The magic of Tulika books, the much-loved children`s publisher, is being brought to Atta Galatta on Saturday, 22nd March. Join us for a day of interactive book sessions, storytelling, and a fun tea party with finger food!! Register now, don’t miss this day of fun and frolic! The full schedule is out now: Session 1 - 10 am - Tales of Tulika with Tails, Storytelling by Vikram Sridhar Session 2 - 11 am - Little-Indians, The Map-Hop Quiz with Pika Nani  Session 3 - 12 noon - Little Ears, Big Stories - A Playful Storytime with Ramya Srinidhi  Lun 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..

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..

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. Age 12+ Read More..

The BWW Short Story Community This month we will discuss Draupadi by Mahasveta Devi (https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/currentstudents/postgraduate/masters/modules/femlit/gayatri_spivak_-_draupadi_by_mahasveta_devi.pdf) 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 me Read More..

The BWW Short Story Community This month we will discuss The Love Of A Good Woman by Alice Munroe. (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1996/12/23/the-love-of-a-good-woman) 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 cont 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..

Bhumika R has taught English language and literature at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels for three years. In August 2022, she decided to focus her time and energy on creative writing and translation. She writes poetry and short fiction in English and also translates poetry and fiction from Kannada into English and vice versa. Her Kannada translation of Malsawmi Jacob’s Mizo (English) novel, Zorami is slated for release around October 2024. Her debut poetry collection The Language of Unhealed Wounds was published by Red River Press (New Delhi) in November 2023. She is currently w 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..