Build -A- Book is a carefully curated skill-based workshop about bookmaking. The participants will experiment together and learn how to transform ordinary household objects to repurpose them into journals and notebooks, and experiment with other materials! Saachi will be sharing all tips and tricks that she has learned and gathered over her 5 years of experience and practice with the skill. She will also be working with the participants to sharpen their observation skills and imagination to help them customise notebooks and journals to suit their needs and purpose. Read More..

Team “a” Productions is back on popular demand with the 24th    edition of its ensemble “Chaw Chaw Bath”. The unique blend of different art forms viz. Plays, monologues, Poetry, Stand-up Comedy, Mime and Storytelling is what define Chaw Chaw Bath’s popularity among audiences of various genres and interests. The stage is flavored by a host of emotions spread across the performances, guaranteeing wholesome entertainment. This time around, we bring you a true mélange of lingual diversity in the cultural amalgamation of Chaw Chaw Bath! Poetry: Read More..

Read A Kitaab is an unbiased community of Readers, Booklovers, writers and artists. We strive to provide the community an ecosystem with an online library, book discussions, author meet, book of the month, monthly meets, newsletters & much more... Read A Kitaab is a calm & comfort space to be yourself, to discuss books and life with no bars on age/gender/ethnicity/political views etc. Join us for the August meet on Sunday 25th to discuss about translated literature…. The topic is on the poster. Register to join. Entry free. Read More..

This is a queer meet and greet event hosted by Prarthana (@shorthairedbrownqueer). It's an informal, inclusive and neurodivergent friendly space for members of the LGBTQIA+ to come together and connect with like-minded folks. Folks of all ages from the LGBTQIA+ community are welcome! Read More..

In his younger days, Alfred Hughes had been quite the Nineties revolutionary at his university in England, clad in faded army fatigues and smoking Cuban cigars. They called him Ché Freddo. His comradesinarms were Nido—Nitin—son of divorced Indian immigrants, and Eugenia—ardent admirer of Sylvia Plath, who believed that one had to sacrifice everything for a cause, be fearless in death. Into this mix came Anju Kale, of British Asian heritage, the only child of a disheartened Indian Marxist father and a submissive, but wealthy, English mother, and her entry into this tigh Read More..

“A land without a people, and a people without a land” is how the relationship between Palestine and the Jewish people was described by Christian writers in the 1800s. And the 20th-century history of the Middle East has largely been written through these eyes. But this film from Al Jazeera Arabic looks at Palestine from a different angle. It hears from historians and witness accounts, and features archive documents that show Palestine as a thriving province of Greater Syria and the Ottoman Empire at the dawn of the 20th century. Read More..

Verghese Kurien, the ‘Milkman of India’ was a spearhead of the White Revolution, orchestrating a grid of small-scale cooperatives to make India a self-sufficient producer of milk in the 1970s. The resounding success of the initiative revolutionised the system of dairy management in the country, along with bringing about systemic changes in rural social milieus, industries and developmental policies. This book charts Kurien’s journey as a precocious, misfit engineer in Anand, Gujarat, at the beginning of his career to his extraordinary achievements in dairy and agro-management Read More..

Jal neti also known as saline nasal irrigation, is one of the 6 "Shatkarmas" or yogic cleansing techniques known as Kriya. It is an ancient practice described in the hatha yoga scriptures Hatha Yoga Pradipika, gheranda samhita) which was used hundreds of years ago to reduce symptoms of cold, coff, asthama, bronchitis, migraine, epilepsy, anxiety, depression and tobacco addiction. This practice is highly beneficial to develop immunity against lung infections. It has immensely helped people of all ages. Anyone can practice it, and it`s easy to learn. In the modern day Read More..

In this book reading session, we will explore the larger sociological impacts of our current economic system as well as possible alternative transitions. We will deep dive into the fundamentals of the Gift Economy and the long-term social outcomes of living in an economy where one is free to take what they want and give what they can - here's an article to get you started. We will also explore active case studies in Bangalore such as the Gift Caravan by Bangalore Creative Circus. Here are a few things you can expect in this session: - Reading excerpts from a book called 'Sacred E Read More..

"Two emotions fighting each other to have control of you. Fights never end well. But being mindful around people who struggle with this fight every day is possible. Being at two poles of emotions is a conflict, confusion, embarrassment, and much more. Let`s know more about it!" Prevention begins when we generate awareness and have empathy towards the happenings of our surroundings as well. Shraddha decided to screen cinema from the world to bring in some awareness about various aspects of mental health. The screening of the film will be followed by a discussion on the subject. Read More..