Commodified life What: L. Rakesh was a light man before he became an assistant to B-grade superstar, Sapna. Rakesh, a sensitive narrator, introduces the milestones of this actress’ life while exposing the objectification of the female body, the male chauvinistic media that exploits a woman’s image and the toll it takes on Sapna, who is […]

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Musical alliance What: Immerse yourself in an evening of seamless music this weekend. Habitat World presents the launch of Indo-Russian collaboration featuring Siddhartha Banerjee on classical veena, Asya Shivaya on flute and Saurabh Gogo on tabla. Drop in as the three of them come together with this unique collaboration for the first time. When: September […]

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Canvas of clusters What: ‘Painting is like a jigsaw puzzle’. Offering an interesting perspective on this, artist Deepali Roongta’s exhibition, Vivid Clusters is about understanding an image as a cluster of vivid thoughts endowed with energy. Her bright-coloured palette changes with her inspirations and the images she sees in her mind. The paintings offer an […]

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Run, Delhi, run What: All the ladies in the city, gear up for the biggest women’s marathon. Pinkathon is back with its sixth edition to spread awareness on healthy lifestyle and increase awareness of breast cancer. Conceptualised and hosted by Milind Soman, it is an initiative of the United Sisters Foundation, Pinkathon creates awareness on […]

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Best of cinema What: For all the cinephiles in the city, here’s some of the best of the Dharamshala International Film Festival. Held once a year in McLeodganj in Dharmshala, it is one of the most off beat and eclectic film festivals of the country. Conceptualised by filmmakers Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam of White […]

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Featuring cinephilia What: For cinephiles in the city, Open Frame Film Festival is back with its 18th edition. The festival will present new films, conversations and workshops. It will also involve discussions on documentaries as a form of film-making, the kind of stories documentaries narrate and how, the artistic and political processes that shape them […]

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Crack your brain What: Here’s a festival that celebrates madness. To challenge how we understand and relate to mental illness, a two-day festival brings in different individuals from all fields (those who have received mental health services and those who have not) to speak openly about their experiences with madness, depression, anxiety and mental health, […]

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Tickling lessons What: For cinephiles in the city, here’s a screening of a Japanese film that relives the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki. Children of Nagasaki goes back to August 7, 1945, during World War II, when Nagai Takashi, a doctor in the radioactive department at Nagasaki Medical School, evacuates his 11-year-old son, Seiichi, and […]

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