Unlock the art of voice acting with renowned voice artiste Darrpan Mehta in this exclusive masterclass. With a career spanning over two decades, Darrpan has lent his voice to innumerable television show promos, commercials, advertisements, live events, audiobooks, radio commercials, making him a true maestro of the craft.
In this masterclass, Darrpan will delve into the techniques of voice acting, character creation, and the nuances of delivering powerful performances behind the microphone. Whether you're an aspiring voice actor or a seasoned professional looking to refine your Read More..

The paintings derive its name from the Kalighat Temple which flourished as a popular art form with the rise of a settlement around the temple. Legend has it that Sati slew herself after Lord Shiva was insulted by her father Daksha. Following this, Shiva wandered with her body on his shoulder threatening to destroy the universe. Vishnu, the preserver of Earth, intervened and shattered Sati’s body into 51 pieces which fell at different spots across the Indian subcontinent. These sites are known as Shakti Peethas. The toe of her right foot is said to have fallen at the site of the Kalighat 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..

If I were a country/and you my journalist/I would have shot you/down a street/and left you to bleed. Fierce and unflinching, Rochelle Potkar's poetry springs from the deeply personal and ripples out to the world, capturing lover's whispers and reverberations of explosions with equal ease. Vividly depicting love, grief, anger, defiance, these poems glimmer like coins beneath the water surface, tethered with the weight of wishes clinging to them. As sensuous as it is articulate, Coins in Rivers is a deep meditation on womanhood, motherhood, and citizenship. The legendary p Read More..

India has a rich tradition of folk arts. The custodians of which are the many tribes that live in the interiors of various states. Madhubani or Mithila painting is a folk-art form, originated from Mithila region of Bihar. The paintings are traditionally based on mythological, folk themes and pastoral symbols. The designs announce the occasion of the celebration and solicit good fortune and divine blessings. Participate in the Madhubani Art Workshop, get a chance to appreciate the art form and create your very own Madhubani Art masterpiece with acrylic colours on cartridge sheets. You wil Read More..

The author of hilarious books like Petu Pumpkin Tiffin Thief, Bookasura, Ramanujan: From Zero to Infinity and I Want a Pet, Arundhati Venkatesh will share what inspires her own writing and take you through the process of creating humorous books on deadly serious subjects.  How to: Work on a topic of your choice and draw from your own life and surroundings.  Come up with character traits, silly situations, witty dialogue and catchy titles. Keep the reader laughing and guessing at the same time.  Psst... The author will reveal never-before-disclosed tips and tric Read More..

An Evening of Magic is a most amazing magic show presented by `Nakul Shenoy & Friends`, featuring top entertainers and magic acts. Curated and hosted by the internationally-acclaimed mentalist Nakul Shenoy, each event in this series brings unique acts and performances by nationally and internationally acclaimed magicians, alongside some of the most notable up-and-coming stars of magic. This is an evening that is truly magical, and one you will want to experience many times over. Read More..

India has a rich tradition of folk arts. The custodians of which are the many tribes that live in the interiors of various states. The Gonds, are the largest Adivasi Community in India and are Dravidian's whose origin can be traced to the pre-Aryan era. They are mainly found in Madhya Pradesh and its surrounding States. The word Gond comes from the Dravidian expression kond, meaning green mountain. In the Gond belief system, besides Bara Deo (Great God), every hill, river, lake, tree, and rock is inhabited by a spirit and therefore sacred. Gond paintings are fascinating, where the artists Read More..

From 2011 to 2015, Ashutosh Bhardwaj lived in India's 'red corridor', and made several trips thereafter, reporting on the Maoists, on the state's atrocities, and on lives caught in the crossfire. In The Death Script, he writes of his time there, of the various men and women he meets from both sides of the conflict, bringing home with astonishing power the human cost of such a battle. Narrated in multiple voices, the book is a creative biography of Dandakaranya that combines the rigour of journalism, the intimacy of a diary, the musings of a travelogue, and the craft of a novel. Read More..