With four groundbreaking festival editions to our roster, sweeping 31 towns across 18 states of India, All Living Things Environmental Film Festival (ALT EFF) is proud to take its vision of catalysing climate action in India through sheer emotive power of cinema, a step further with the introduction of the ‘ALT EFF Film Club’. ALT EFF Film Club is rooted in Community, Cinema, and Conversation, serving as a foundation to foster environmental stewardship that brings meaningful change through diverse collaboration. Films inspire, educate, and empower, with Film Club we are working Read More..

What does identity and belonging constitute in the non-western city? Where do you find home? And what does fiction or non-fiction do for the contemporary city, particularly given the context of diaspora literature or literary production? Author Pallavi Narayan will be in conversation with author Milan Vohra to discuss Pallavi's books: the short-story anthology Singapore at Home: Life across Lines and the non-fiction work Pamuk's Istanbul: The Self and the City to highlight various perspectives of being in the city. They will highlight the pressures and delights of making, sustaining an Read More..

Calling all Bookaholic Young Adults! Come share what you’re reading, swap recommendations, and find a community of book lovers and book readers, just like you. Meant for 13 - 17 year olds.  Our next meeting is on 19th May, Sunday, at 2 PM. Sign up below if you'd like to join.  One time membership fee of INR 250 applicable. Read More..

At a time when we are spoilt for choice on what to watch, the best movies don't make it to streaming. And nothing beats the communal experience of watching a movie together. Join us for the first (literally) Underground film club in the city.  This month, we’re screening “Polite Society” (2023). Martial artist-in-training Ria Khan believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood. Read More..

Find Your Passion, Purpose, and Joy at Work! Are you ready to take the first step towards chasing the dream in your heart? Join us for Passion Pursuit, a dynamic community workshop designed to help you uncover your passion, define your purpose, and discover joy in your work. 🚀✨ Introduction: Passion Pursuit is a two-hour interactive workshop led by Karthik Selva from Team Anubava. Karthik, who transitioned from Core Engineering to Community Building, brings his firsthand experience and expertise to guide you on your own journey. 🌟👨‍🏫 Who is it for? Passion Read More..

Welcome to the Kurukshetra of all quizzes! It doesn’t matter how familiar you are with the Mahabharata – a scholar or a curious soul – We have something for everyone. Challenge yourself and your friends as we quiz, and share snippets, from the Mahabharata. Prizes await our valiant victors. Let’s journey through the Mahabharata, one question at a time. Read More..

The Write Step is a writers’ support group that hopes to foster and grow a community of writers who meet once a month to talk about the myriad aspects of writing. Writers in the making who haven’t published or written yet are most welcome. The aim is to devise a support group that sparks creativity. While each meeting will be around a certain predefined subject matter pertaining to the craft, there will be time set aside for the group to address individual queries. Read More..

Indian Gond Art - A Tribal Folk Art practiced by one of the largest tribes in India called Gondi, from Madhya Pradesh. The history of the Gond people dates nearly 1400 years from the Dravidian origin and this community has a unique painting style that makes extensive use of dots, fine lines, dashes and other geometric shapes. The imagery of these paintings is borderless, bold and loud. A great form of art to start with your basic art skill, interesting and electrified art that gets you fascinated about Indian Art Forms!! You need not have any prior experience in drawing or painting in or Read More..

Walk into the theatre of short fiction. The drama of this genre, its focus on human nature. Characters who enter and exit. The dialogue. The music and lyrics, the song and dance. The rhythm of a story, its arc, wordcount. The beginning and the ending - and all that stuff that makes up the mysterious middle. Let's call on stage, the Short Story. Read More..

Do you know how the lovely Kummi originated? Or what Subramanya Bharathi has to do with Me? From a Queen mysteriously disappearing to a pot of unending nectar that found its way into my hands, I bring to you the world of Tamil Literature - from the Sangam era to the Here and Now. A dance-storytelling in English for the entire family... And it’s funny how it all becomes Our Story. KUMMI, SUBBU and Other Stories is a solo dance-storytelling piece for children and adults alike. Loosely based on the 'kummi' song written by Mahakavi Subramanya Bharathi, this piece travels from B Read More..