Bengaluru’s Atta Galatta aims to inspire children’s literary exploration with AG Book Galatta

Bengaluru’s Atta Galatta aims to inspire children’s literary exploration with AG Book Galatta

From a previous edition of Book Galatta | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Vikram Sridhar recalls witnessing a Baul singing performance when he was in school. “At that time, I didn’t fully understand it, but the singer’s voice left a profound impact on me. Even though I couldn’t comprehend the language, there was something in his […]

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Fun meets fitness at the newly launched BOUNCE adventure park in Bengaluru

Fun meets fitness at the newly launched BOUNCE adventure park in Bengaluru

As I inched closer to the top of the 10-foot high climbing wall at the Bounce indoor adventure park, a scene from The Dark Knight Rises came to mind, where Bruce Wayne escapes an underground prison with a death-defying leap. As I recall the scene, my instructor, Nidhi Paradkar, shouts, “Sir, you just need to […]

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Mannan Amroliwala’s Whatsapp community, Putting Scenes, connects Bengalureans to offbeat events

Mannan Amroliwala’s Whatsapp community, Putting Scenes, connects Bengalureans to offbeat events

Mannan Amroliwala | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Mannan Amroliwala is among the tens of thousands of migrants who reach Bengaluru to realise their startup dreams. He moved to the city two years ago. For about a year, Mannan worked in a crypto company. Then, he quit it to work on his idea for an app […]

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Weekend events in Bengaluru: German cinema, children’s storytelling, and Backstreet Boys tribute

Weekend events in Bengaluru: German cinema, children’s storytelling, and Backstreet Boys tribute

A silent film Watch an anthology film, Waxworks (1924), directed by Paul Leni and Leo Birinski. The silent film, in black and white, is a part of Max Mueller Bhavan’s monthly series — German Cinema in Focus — curated by Shivani. It is open to all. On May 28, 4.30pm at Max Mueller Bhavan, Indiranagar. […]

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Seven years of Lahe Lahe: Artists talk about this intimate community space in Bengaluru

Seven years of Lahe Lahe: Artists talk about this intimate community space in Bengaluru

Rajkumar Nihalani first heard about Lahe Lahe in HAL when he moved to Bengaluru from his hometown, Ahmedabad, in 2019. He had been looking for this kind of space for a long time — one that fosters a social community, a space that does not judge, a space where he can feel free. Soon, Rajkumar,became […]

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Rajeev Raja’s on his new concert ‘Jazzplorations’: ‘Want to make jazz meaningful to our audience’

Rajeev Raja’s on his new concert ‘Jazzplorations’: ‘Want to make jazz meaningful to our audience’

Rajeev Raja | Photo Credit: Special Arrangment Rajeev Raja’s boyhood passion, like millions of others in India, was cricket. Unlike many who had to sacrifice it at the altar of academics, Rajeev got to pursue it, thanks to his family that was crazy about the sport. Rajeev’s younger brother, Arjun, went on to play for […]

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Indian Music Experience in Bengaluru to host RhythmXChange, a cross-cultural festival

Indian Music Experience in Bengaluru to host RhythmXChange, a cross-cultural festival

Indian musicians Joash Gill, Aditi B Prahlad, Vinthya Perinpanathan, and Ashwin Mandothpart were part of the RhythmXChange program | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Indian Music Experience Museum (IME) in partnership with Manchester Museum will be organising a collaborative cross-cultural music festival titled RhythmXChange. The first phase of the festival will be held at IME […]

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Leena Mohanty’s upcoming Odissi performance in Bengaluru, ‘Anurati’, is based on the different kinds of love

Leena Mohanty’s upcoming Odissi performance in Bengaluru, ‘Anurati’, is based on the different kinds of love

The performance will also feature dancers Shangita Namasivayam and Guru Shri Debasish Mohanty The performance will also feature dancers Shangita Namasivayam and Guru Shri Debasish Mohanty Love is an emotion that is deeply entrenched in Odissi. The love and longing – known as shringaram – especially between Radha and Krishna is a theme that the […]

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The Manasi Prasad Ensemble debuts with a classical fusion concert at Bangalore International Centre

The Manasi Prasad Ensemble debuts with a classical fusion concert at Bangalore International Centre

Manasi Prasad, a vocalist and the director of the Indian Music Experience museum in Bengaluru, is launching her band, The Manasi Prasad Ensemble, with a classical fusion concert at the Bangalore International Centre on July 1. Manasi will be performing with Karthik Mani (drummer), Sharan Rao (keys), Shivling Rajapur (flautist), and Muthu (percussionist). Though she […]

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Artist Gurudas Shenoy’s pandemic-inspired exhibition, ‘730’, will be on display from May 27

Artist Gurudas Shenoy’s pandemic-inspired exhibition, ‘730’, will be on display from May 27

The Udupi-born artist’s three-day exhibition will be hosted by the Bangalore International Centre The Udupi-born artist’s three-day exhibition will be hosted by the Bangalore International Centre Seven hundred and thirty days. That was the longest period artist Gurudas Shenoy had to be homebound. With most of the world, he, too was unable to step out […]

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