Divya Thomas is a storyteller and campaigner for gender equality and the environment. She is an alumnus of Cornell University and Northwestern University where she studied communications and data driven marketing. She is passionate about changing the narrative to empower both young children and grown-up children (adults) to redefine our world. Having lived in the U.S., U.K. and India, Divya draws on common themes across cultures to reflect her belief that while we are all different, we are all the same. This is her first work in print. Read More..

Over the past decade, Bengaluru has developed its own subculture of Hindi poetry. At this event, four well-known Bangalore-based poets; Lovely Goswami, Mohit Kataria, Anuradha Singh, and Sourav Roy will be reading from their recent books.    This will be followed by discussion and book signing; and an open mike recital (Anjuman)   Read More..

Meet Asha-San. Lt Bharati 'Asha' Sahay Choudhry of the Rani of Jhansi Regiment, INA. Author of The War Diary of Asha-San. Join Anita Nair (Novelist) and Tanvi Srivastava (Translator) in conversation with Asha-San and her son, Sanjay Choudhry. Read More..

Join us for an introduction to Fernando Pessoa and his life and work, followed by a reading of some of his writing and then the rehearsed reading of an extract from the play.    Shivam Vig is an actor and theatre-practitioner who`s trained from Drama School Mumbai, and has worked with various theatre companies/groups across Delhi, Pune, and Bangalore.   His acting credits include Manav Kaul’s “Aisa Kehte Hain”, Manjula Padmanabhan’s `Lights Out`, Girish Karnad’s “Crossing to Talikote” among many more.   Apart from Read More..

We are a professional Improv Comedy Ensemble have been entertaining the crowd with our unscripted, unplanned and yet unbelievably funny shows! Read More..

Maalavika Sundar is a classical singer and playback vocalist who lives in Chennai. Her melodious voice is not just heard and loved in Tamil but Hindi and English as well.  Experience Malavika Sundar, live in concert at Grand Mercure, Gopalan Mall, Old Madras Road in collaboration with Atta Galatta! Marking a special performance for Namma Bengaluru, Maalavika is here in support of the upcoming Bengaluru Poetry Festival. This captivating concert sets the stage for the Festival to be held on August 5th-6th, at the same venue Read More..

At 6.00pm we have "Let's Get Irreal!": Kuzhali Manickavel, author of Insects Are Just Like You and Me Except Some of Them Have Wings, Things We Found During the Autopsy, and Conversations Regarding the Fatalistic Outlook of the Common Man will be in person at Atta Galatta and in video conversation with Daisy Rockwell, artist and award-winning translator of Geetanjali Shree's Hindi novel Tomb of Sand. They will be talking about Kuzhali Manickavel's writing and delve into its many layers, like excavators.    At 8.00pm, Rakesh Khanna, Blaft editor and co-auth Read More..

Time travel into a space where love existed in realms that is not defined by today’s dictionary. From folklore to mythology to tales hidden in oral literature the performance shall travel into the lesser known but strongly depicted `love` in our heritage from architecture to performances to paintings to folk songs peppered with emotions garnished with prose and poetry.  Read More..