For those who embrace solitude in any way and would like to connect with a likeminded-community in Bangalore "Solitude Collective - Community Connect"! 🌟🌿 Take a profound step in your journey of self-discovery and connection at our gathering! 🚀✨ Connect with you tribe for an evening brimming non-judgmental vibes, meaningful conversations, and the joy of embracing your own company. Whether you`re happily embracing solitude or seeking connection, this event offers the perfect opportunity to share stories, exchange tips, and celebrate the beauty of contented solitude. Read More..

Come, join me for an oil painting workshop. If this is your first dabble with paints, this fun and interactive step by step session is sure to keep you entertained, and provide the guidance for a canvas of your own creation. All the necessary materials will be provided. The only thing that you’re expected to bring along is your enthusiasm and art vibes. Art is an expression of the inner self and the world around us as we perceive it. Oil paints provide beautiful rich textures and add depth and substance to the subject. The essence of this session is to get together and create artis 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..

Indic Mythology is full of answers to the many whys of our culture. Join Lavanya Prasad as she explores and brings forth the marvellous stories from the Indic Mythology through music, dance and theatre. It has been a year since we started the Mythology Marvels series, which means this August is our "Anniversary Special! ", with the rainy season in full swing in Bengaluru, this month let`s celebrate the stories of Rain from Indian Mythology in Varshotsava (That`s the title of the Mythology Marvels this month) And what 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..

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 this cozy June meet on 28th July to discuss which character you would choose to accompany on their journey, if you could! Read More..

More than three decades after Operation Blue Star of June 1984 and the anti-Sikh violence later that year, a young man is given the task of researching the violence. What he finds devastates him. Among the many oral testimonies, one crucial constituency has remained silent. Hundreds of Sikh women witnessed hell coming to life that year. These included women who were stranded inside the Golden Temple, who stood by their militant men, and those who were, at one time in their lives, militants themselves. They are rape survivors. They are among the murdered. They are the forgotten. Sanam Sutira Read More..

Join us for author Neha Gupta's book signing at Atta Galatta on 24th August, Saturday, at 3.30 PM, where she will be signing copies of her short story collection, Keepsake. “Life gives us stories to tell!” Old photographs, cherished letters, museums, flea markets and heirlooms. From the pressed flowers between the pages of a forgotten book to the humming of a vintage song, from nostalgic daydreams to soulful conversations, the art of keeping memories forever. Just like moments in life, some stories are light-hearted and some intense, each having a heart of Read More..