Reopening doors What: After a very long wait, Triveni Kala Sangam has finally reopened its galleries with an additional viewing platform of online ‘Virtual Walk Through with 360* view’ tour of the gallery. As new relationships and connections are being formed between the arts and its viewers on this new platform, the gallery is offering […]

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Vintage delight What: Going back to the 1890’s, here are some rare vintage postcards on display at the exhibition titled Globetrotters: Early Postcards from the Indian Subcontinent. The exhibition captures the evolution of postcards from 1890 to 1947 in major metropolitan cities across the subcontinent, highlighting the associated themes of urbanism, popular culture, industrialisation, tourism […]

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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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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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Jumbo festivities What: In a bid to highlight the ecological role of our national heritage animal — the Asian Elephant — the Wildlife Trust of India is organising a four-day long celebration, Gaj Mahotsav. Representing the 101 elephant corridors of India, artists from across the country have created 101 life-sized elephant art pieces. Eminent personalities […]

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Art of writing What: For all those who are fascinated with calligraphy, a workshop on Devanagari brings to you the most interesting design and style of lettering, which is more of a visual art or expression. Get the opportunity to learn the most used and adopted writing script in the world. The workshop will also […]

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Storytelling sessions What: Reviving the lost art of live narration of folk tales, Octave Foundation’s initiative Wari Jalsa is a celebration of folk tales from all parts of the country. The word ‘wari’ means story in Manipuri. From popular folk tales of Kerala about the love between an elephant and his mahout to dynamic drum […]

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