Join us for an uproarious storytelling session featuring the delightful tale of "What`s for Lunch?". A pigeon, fed up with the same old millets, becomes a master of disguise pretending to be different birds to try new and exciting foods. But his comical escapades lead to some unexpected and spicy consequences! Will he find a way to satisfy his craving for new flavors? With laugh-out-loud moments, this tale is about persistence, curiosity, the joy of trying new things, and the comfort of known and familiar things. An exciting session that promises giggles and imagination at every t Read More..

You need to know two things about Masoom’s comedy. 1- he is one of the youngest and promising comics in the scene. 2- this bio was written 9 years ago when he was genuinely one of the youngest comics and Masoom hasn’t bothered changing the bio since then. He is one of the few Sindhis who refuses to do a Sindhi joke. Check his work out show before this law drop out needs a lawyer of his own. Read More..

Human life is a solo journey. Relationships bring in the much-needed thrust and energy to our lives. However, many a times the same relationship becomes fragile and stressful. Mutual communication, support, and care are critical to harmonious relationships. Synergy is more important than all the legal, religious, or social aspects in a relationship. Communication is key to achieving this. Open and positive communication allows us to understand each other better and helps us grow and bloom together. The workshop provides new insights into communication and teaches you how to listen deeply.  Read More..

Writer Gouri Dange takes the lid off the ‘mystique’ of being a published writer. Whether you are published, unpublished, self-published, overpublished, underpublished, maybe-published, pretend-published... you will recognize many of your secret indignities as well as silent triumphs in these hilarious readings from her diary. Agents, publishers, editors, illustrators, fellow-writers, marketing and accounting execs, the press, reviewers, bookstores, celeb-guests, lit-fests, readers...she carpet-bombs the entire three-ringed circus that is Indian publishing.  The idea of s Read More..

Come and join us on 10th March at 5pm at Atta Galatta for a lovely evening as we celebrate the launch of the book ‘The Light at the Edges’ by Deepti Kolte. Pause, reflect and appreciate. Join in an interactive conversation between Deepti and Mayank who is also a poet and CEO of a prominent startup in Bengaluru. ‘The Light at the Edges’, is an anthology that celebrates the small joys in the ordinary moments of life, exudes hope and has resonated with a wide range of readers, including those new to poetry. Remember to bring your copy for signing or purchase one a 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 “Paanch” (2003). This is an Indian crime thriller film written and directed by Anurag Kashyap in his directing debut, which was never released! Starring Kay Kay Menon, Aditya Srivastava, Vijay Maurya, Joy Fernandes, and Tejaswini Kolhapure, the film is "loosely" based on the 1976–7 Read More..

The BWW Short Story Community This month we will discuss the titular story ‘Mithun Number Two’ from Mithun Number Two and Other Mumbai Stories by Jayant Kaikini (translated from Kannada by Tejaswini Niranjana). Come, meet the author at the discussion too! The book will be available for sale / to read at Atta Galatta. Come by an hour early to read the short story, and make sure you have the best of the session! 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-di 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 powerf Read More..

We are inviting you to Atta Galatta this Friday, 1st March, at 6 PM to watch ‘Like 20 Impossibles’ and participate in an interactive writing activity to share our collective grief for the relentless genocide we are witnessing.  Like 20 Impossibles was directed and written by Annemarie Jacir in 2003. A bit more about the film...
"Occupied Palestine: A serene landscape now pockmarked by military checkpoints. When a Palestinian film crew decides to avert a closed checkpoint by taking a remote side road, the political landscape unravels, and the mundane br Read More..

This conversation space is for alumni, friends, and well-wishers of Prakriya Green Wisdom School, where nurturing children through humanising, nature-centric education and sustainability is a way of life. As we enter our silver jubilee year, it is an opportunity for all of us to catch up with each other, walk down memory lane, laugh, reminisce, and share our stories. This will be the first of a series of events that we have planned for (and with) our alumni. The session will be anchored by Megha and Shourya, alumni from the graduating batch of 2014-15. Your teachers, Rema Kumar and Manju Read More..