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SUMMARY:Together 4 Change by VOICE-4
DESCRIPTION:The 2026 edition\, Shades of Childhood\, is built around a central idea: the childhood we experience shapes the adult we become. The confidence to speak\, the courage to dream\, the ability to trust\, lead\, build relationships and navigate the world are rooted in experiences that begin early in life.  Rather than presenting information about girls’ lives\, the evening is designed as an immersive journey that invites guests to first reconnect with their own childhoods through play\, nostalgia\, reflection and conversation. \nThe space is curated as a VOICE classroom\, with “zones” divided for guests to experience different aspects of a classroom. \n\nMela Zone\nGames & Conversation Zones\nPanel Discussion\nRound table conversations\n\nAbout Voice4: \nVOICE-4 (For VOICE 4 Girls\, registered under the Indian Trusts Act\, 1882) is an evolving organisation dedicated to creating gender transformative safe spaces for empowering adolescents\, women and youth\, while driving systemic change through innovative programmes and advocacy. \nIn over a decade of our work\, we have had the privilege of impacting over 3\,00\,000 lives through our programmes. Our unique girl-4-girl movement has enabled us in strengthening the voices of adolescent girls across India. \nThis is a closed meeting for members only.
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/together-4-change-by-voice4/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion
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SUMMARY:Homo Philosophicus: Everyday philosophy and ethics in the age of AI
DESCRIPTION:A public conversation with Sundar Sarukkai about his latest book\, Homo Philosophicus: Discovering the Spirit of Philosophy in Everyday Life\, moderated by Ram Bhat of Hornbill Academy. \nThe conversation will explore everyday philosophy and ethics: how we think\, make choices and live with one another at a time when AI is increasingly woven into ordinary life. Drawing on the book\, it will consider what philosophical thinking offers us in understanding these changes\, without assuming prior knowledge of philosophy or technology. \n\nPresented by Hornbill Academy\, this is a free public event and the format is a conversation followed by audience questions\, lasting 90 minutes. This also connects to the questions behind Hornbill Academy’s focus on the ethics of AI in its work\, while keeping the book and the public conversation at its centre. \n\nAbout the speakers: \nSundar Sarukkai\nSundar Sarukkai is a philosopher\, author and educator working primarily in the philosophy of the natural and social sciences. He founded Barefoot Philosophers\, an initiative that takes philosophy to children and the public. He has been Professor of Philosophy at the National Institute of Advanced Studies and Founder-Director of the Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities. His books include The Social Life of Democracy\, the novels Following a Prayer and Water Days\, and his latest philosophy book\, Homo Philosophicus: Discovering the Spirit of Philosophy in Everyday Life. \nRam Bhat\nRam Bhat is a co-founder of Hornbill Academy and holds a PhD in Media and Communications from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He co-founded Maraa\, a collective working on arts in public spaces and the democratisation of media. His work spans media and communications\, community radio and research on internet infrastructure\, politics and hate speech. He has taught media and communications in India and worked with organisations on issues including misinformation\, internet regulation\, media ownership and access to communications. He will moderate this conversation. \nRSVP Here.
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/homo-philosophicus-everyday-philosophy-and-ethics-in-the-age-of-ai/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
CATEGORIES:Book launch
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20261031T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20261031T190000
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SUMMARY:Under the Lamp Book Club – October Meet
DESCRIPTION:Under The Lamp (UTL) is a read-along book club where we pick a book of the month for everyone to read and come together once a month to discuss it. \nFor the month of October\, and to mark Halloween\, the club is organising a special screening for its book club members. The meeting will feature a screening and discussion of the book and movie The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. \nThis is a closed meeting for members only. Anyone interested to join this event\, please write to us.
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/under-the-lamp-book-club-october-meet/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
CATEGORIES:Reading Session
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20261031T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20261031T120000
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SUMMARY:Sketchbook Saturday
DESCRIPTION:About Sketchbook Saturday \nSketchbooks are private\, and intimate spaces for artists to think\, experiment\, and try new ways of designing or creating art. Sketchbook Saturday is a bi-monthly event that sees artists from the Penciljam group sharing their Sketchbooks and creative process with the broader creative community. \nFeaturing Artist | Adithya Suresh\nAdithya is a cybersecurity engineer working in Bengaluru\, who has been interested in the art form of drawing since his childhood days inspired by cartoons and anime like Dragon Ball Z. \nHe loves to do live sketching and carries around his sketchbook wherever possible\, documenting life as a form of memory keeping. His other interests include voice acting\, listening to old songs and travelling. \nYou can find him on Instagram at @sketchesbyadi. \nRSVP Here. 
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/sketchbook-saturday-9/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
CATEGORIES:Interactive Session
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20261023T183000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20261023T203000
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SUMMARY:Jazz And the City: Latin Percussion through Indian Cinema
DESCRIPTION:MoonArra world fusion ensemble is an amalgam of Indian Classical\, jazz and world music influences based in Bangalore\, India. In this exciting musical workshop\, the group explores how in the early 40s and more so in the 1950s Latin percussion entered Indian Cinema and the sound of film music changed\, it’s compositions and songs and background score heavily influenced by Latin Percussion and its infectious rhythms. Music directors such as Naushad\, RD Burman\, O.P. Nayyar\, M.S. Vishwanathan\, Ilayaraja\, Rajan Nagendra\, Hamsalekha used it extensively to match the mood\, setting\, atmosphere\, tension\, song\, etc.\, in hundreds of films. \nBios: \nJagadeesh M.R – Internationally acclaimed guitar player\, composer and founder of MoonArra\, Jagadeesh has been performing jazz and fusion for over three decades.  Having studied both Indian Classical and Western classical music\, Jagadeesh utilizes both to explore jazz and world music. Playing both nylon classical guitar and electric steel string guitar\, Jagadeesh with MoonArra\, has collaborated and performed with International musicians from Asia\, Africa\, Europe\, America & Australia. \nJagadeesh continues to network with musicians both locally and internationally as part of his events interest. Jagadeesh currently is Director Culture & International Relations at The Bangalore School of Music. \nJagadeesh along with Madhuri also successfully curated and executed the first edition of the Bengaluru Jazz Fest in November 2025. \nMadhuri Jagadeesh–  A Masters in World Literature\, internationally acclaimed singer songwriter and co founder of MoonArra\, Madhuri’s vocals has influences from all over the world\, but rooted in India.  She’s always loved the open sound of jazz and finds it the most inclusive form of music and a universal mode of communication. Madhuri has found a niche in world music and is constantly looking to expand the scope and possibilities of this genre with new influences and sounds from around the world as she travels A vocalist and songwriter\, composer and pioneer of the Indian Opera\, Madhuri has conceived and created significant concert productions for MoonArra such as Operaaga\, Raagas Round Midnight\, Women Aah Men\, A Continent Called Jazz\, The Cosmic Tree\, Voices of Trees\, Love The Classics\, Ladies of Jazz and Love\, The Classics\, Ladies and Gentlemen of Jazz. \nUshnish Acharya– is trained in Latin Percussion from Kolkata has made it his life’s calling to study and perform Latin Music and has performed with MoonArra since the last two years \nThis is a paid event. RSVP HERE. \n 
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/jazz-and-the-city-latin-percussion-through-indian-cinema/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
CATEGORIES:Performance
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SUMMARY:Urban Undesirables: City Transition and Street-Based Sex Work in Bangalore
DESCRIPTION:This book presents urban transition experiences over nearly three decades in Bangalore city based on the narratives of the city’s street-based sex workers. Sex workers – female\, male\, and transgender – have been omnipresent in Bangalore’s streets for decades. However\, despite being blacklisted as ‘undesirable’ and hazards to the ‘ideal public’\, they have their own unique imaginaries and narratives of the city and its mutations. In mapping out their spatial and social ecosystems and experiences with technology\, this book redraws\, rewrites\, and relooks at Bangalore and its transformations from their perspectives. The analysis of their experience is anchored to concepts around neoliberal urbanism\, gender\, labour informality\, and the politics of technology. We take an unconventional journey through their spaces\, comrades\, and battles to announce and affirm their individuality and agency through their empowerment strategies\, and through their struggles to reclaim their spaces and assert their identities as informal workers and legitimate citizens of the city.\nAbout the Authors: \nAnant Kamath is Associate Professor with the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS)\, Bangalore. He works on the sociology of technology in India\, with special interest in the subaltern. Concerns on inequality\, urban transition\, social mobility\, spatiality\, gender\, and caste\, undergird his enquiries on technological experiences and outcomes. He is the author of Urban Undesirables: City Transition and Street Based Sex Work in Bangalore  (2022) The Social Context of Technological Experiences (2020) and Industrial Innovation\, Networks\, and Economic Development (2015)\, besides several research articles. He completed his PhD at the United Nations University / MERIT (The Netherlands\, 2013)\, and has studied at the Centre for Development Studies (CDS\, Trivandrum)\, Madras School of Economics (MSE\, Chennai)\, and St Joseph’s College\, Bangalore. \nNeethi P. is Associate Professor with Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) Bangalore. She works on urban labour informality and focuses on women informal workers and various forms and responses from upcoming alternative labour associations. She has published in the areas of garments\, electronics\, ports\, home-based work\, street vending\, sanitation\, mill work\, and sex work. She is the author of Urban Undesirables: City Transition and Street Based Sex Work in Bangalore  (2022)\, and Globalization Lived Locally: A Labour Geography Perspective (2016)\, and several research articles. She has completed her PhD and MPhil at the Centre for Development Studies\, under Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU\, 2014). She was also a Fulbright Nehru Doctoral Fellow at the University of Georgia in 2011-12.\nRSVP Here. 
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/urban-undesirables-city-transition-and-street-based-sex-work-in-bangalore/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20261011T110000
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SUMMARY:Dungeons & Decisions (A Worldbuilding Workshop)
DESCRIPTION:Inspired by the futures-thinking section of Befizuli sawaal\, this is a tabletop worldbuilding session where small groups build an entire speculative world from scratch — no prior experience needed. Participants enter through a “portal” into a world that doesn’t yet exist\, shaping it across three layers: Planetary Conditions (waste\, water\, energy\, climate)\, Social Systems (power\, ownership\, hierarchy\, with a nod to Sultana’s Dream)\, and Future Shock\, where near-future\, Black Mirror-style developments (carbon budgets\, air subscriptions\, predictive AI) force the group to adapt what they’ve built. \nEach table gets a unique set of visual prompt cards\, so every world evolves differently — and by the end\, groups have collectively imagined\, negotiated\, and stress-tested a society of their own\, discovering what future they’d actually want and what it costs to sustain it. \nBefore the game begins\, a short intro walks participants through ways of thinking about futures\, plausible\, probable\, preferable\, giving them a shared vocabulary to build with. \nAt the end\, every table’s world gets brought to life\, we animate each group’s cutouts in Canva\, turning their static map into a short moving snippet of their world. So every participant leaves with a tangible output to show. \nFacilitator: Shubh R Wadhwa\, Founder and Editor of Kacha Mucha Magazine\nI’m a creative educator. That’s code for\, I use visual design to tell stories\, make ideas easier to understand\, and hopefully spark a little curiosity along the way. Over the years\, I’ve had the opportunity to exhibit my work at the Lalit Kala Akademi\, spend a brief minute teaching at Tapmi\, Manipal\, NID (National Institute of Design)\, and work alongside farming communities to help bring their stories to urban audiences. I tend to think of design not just as something that looks aesthetic\, but also as a tool for social impact. Kacha Mucha is an extension of that belief. \nRSVP Here. 
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/dungeons-decisions-a-worldbuilding-workshop/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
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SUMMARY:Lost and Found: Figuring Archives and Piecing Nawabi Lucknow Together
DESCRIPTION:How can we read a city when parts of its built fabric have disappeared\, and its history survives through partial\, contradictory\, and often biased records? \nDrawing from the book\, A Queer Reading of Nawabi Architecture and the Colonial Archive: Lucknow Queerscapes\, this session explores methods of working with maps\, photographs\, paintings\, written accounts\, and surviving architectural traces to understand and reconstruct lost urban spaces in Lucknow. \nThe session will focus on two precincts: Machhi Bhavan and Qaiserbagh. Through these cases\, we will discuss how archival materials produced at different moments and for different purposes can be placed alongside one another\, reoriented\, superimposed\, and read against the grain to recover obscured spatial relationships and histories. \nThe event will combine short presentations with participatory exercises. Maps of the precincts will be projected onto the floor\, and members of the audience will be invited to locate themselves within them and connect archival images to particular positions and viewpoints. Corresponding photographs\, paintings\, and other visual fragments will be shown on the wall projection. Through this movement between map\, image\, text\, and reconstruction\, the audience will engage with the archive as a field of clues\, contradictions\, and possibilities through which the city can be read anew. \nAbout the Authors\nSonal Mithal (she/her) is an architect\, artist\, and educator. She is co-founder of research and conservation studio\, People for Heritage Concern. She serves as Chair of the Masters in Conservation and Regeneration program at CEPT University. Her practice\, teaching\, and writing transects architecture\, landscape\, queer studies\, history\, and conservation. She is invested in research-based artistic practice informed by systematic archival inquiry\, political critiques\, and design environments integrating contemporary ecological factors. \nArul Paul (he/they) is an architectural historian and educator. He is Associate Professor at the Nitte Institute of Architecture\, Mangalore\, and a Doctoral Candidate in Art\, Design and Transdisciplinary Studies at Srishti Manipal Institute of Art\, Design and Technology. His research and teaching explore the intersections of architecture\, urbanism\, queer studies\, media\, archives\, and cultural memory. \nRSVP Here
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/lost-and-found-figuring-archives-and-piecing-nawabi-lucknow-together/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
CATEGORIES:Interactive Session
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260927T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260927T150000
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SUMMARY:Under the Lamp Book Club - September Meet
DESCRIPTION:Under The Lamp (UTL) is a read-along book club\, where we pick a book of the month for everyone to read\, and come together to discuss it once a month. This month’s meeting will be a discussion on the books Black Bag by Luke Kennard and The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams.  \nThis is a closed meeting for members only. Anyone interested to join this event\, please write to us.
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/under-the-lamp-book-club-september-meet/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
CATEGORIES:Reading Session
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260926T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260926T200000
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SUMMARY:Mothers Won't Drown by Linear Festivals
DESCRIPTION:Mothers Won’t Drown explores the physical forces at play in the act of birthing. \n\n\n\nImagining the fluid-based relationship between a fetus and the pregnant mother\, the performer explores the in-between spaces of compassion\, sickness\, nourishment\, resistance\, play\, and ecstasy that characterise the world of the natal. Inspired by the essay The Great Mother by Adriana Cavarero\, the work uses yarn and the act of knitting as metaphors for the umbilical root\, while pointing at the disruptive potential of the vaginal rupture from which a new being is born. \nWho marks our roots? Who decides our thresholds? How do we overcome our boundaries\, our borders? These are the questions ‘Mothers Won’t Drown’ intends to trigger. Using the yarn and knitting as metaphors for the umbilical root\, this performance explores the slippery terrain between the fetus and the pregnant mother\, and invites its audience to wonder\, why the world has more territories but not enough playgrounds. \nAbout the Artists\nMeghna Bhardwaj and Denis Barwa began their collaboration at Frankfurt Lab 2025\, at the end of which they performed a duet choreographed by Meghna titled Mothers Won’t Drown. The work originates in Meghna’s choreographic research Yarning that she began in the year 2021. Currently\, Meghna and Denis continue to work on the solo version of the piece through a distance collaboration between Italy and India. So far\, they have shared the work-in-progress at OddBird Theatre and Khuli Khirkee Mela\, New Delhi. \n\nRSVP HERE. \n\n\n 
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/mothers-wont-drown-by-linear-festivals/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260924T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260924T180000
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SUMMARY:Fiscal Fables: A Citizen's Guide to Public Finance
DESCRIPTION:There is an unending debate on the north-south claims on government money. Every election cycle unmistakably sees a discussion on freebies and corruption. The states and the union continue to have multiple disagreements concerning the Goods and Services Tax. And while Indian cities contribute to the bulk of its GDP\, they are perennially begging for money. \nDiscussions around the topics listed above are now commonplace\, yet they often take place in the absence of a grasp on public finance concepts\, even though this discipline provides a framework to understand the role of a government in the economy. \nThat’s where Fiscal Fables comes in. It demystifies India’s public finances to a lay audience and explains public finance concepts with the help of relatable stories and examples\, to make this vital knowledge accessible to a general interest reader. \nFiscal Fables was written by Pranay Kotasthane and Sarthak Pradhan. \nThis event will consist of the book launch of Fiscal Fables\, followed by a discussion with Pranay and Sarthak about the book\, the idea behind it\, the process and research that went into it and what people should look forward to while reading it. \nRSVP Here
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/fiscal-fables-a-citizens-guide-to-public-finance/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
CATEGORIES:Book launch
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260920T183000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260920T183000
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SUMMARY:The Parallel Cinema Club: On the Silver Globe
DESCRIPTION:On the Silver Globe is a science fiction film directed by Andrzej Żuławski in 1977. One-fifth of the film remains unfinished due to its tumultuous production. The Polish communist government halted production because of the film’s radical themes and forced Żuławski into exile. About a decade later\, he returned and completed the unfinished sections using B-roll footage accompanied by his narration. \nWhile superficially a science fiction film\, the film is deeply philosophical and explores human nature. Astronauts establish a human civilization on an Earth-like planet\, where they eventually create myths around their origins. Marek\, an astronaut who arrives later\, is hailed as their prophesied messiah and is forced to question his humanity within this role. \nThe film explores humanity’s tendency to create myths to understand the absurd\, and how religion can transform from a source of meaning and comfort into a tool for violence\, dogma\, and oppression. Its dense\, theatrical dialogue\, exaggerated acting\, constantly moving camera\, and vast locations reinforce these themes. Despite its unfinished state\, the film remains a powerful work of science fiction and a testament to art’s resilience against oppression. \nThis is a ticketed event. RSVP Here. 
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/the-parallel-cinema-club-on-the-silver-globe/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260920T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260920T133000
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SUMMARY:Coming Unstuck: Creativity Through Noticing
DESCRIPTION:Coming Unstuck: Creativity Through Noticing invites participants to slow down\, pay closer attention\, and rediscover the delight in ordinary moments through simple practices of noticing. \nIf you’re feeling creatively stuck\, or looking for inspiration on a passion project\, or simply seeking a different way of engaging with the world\, then join us! This workshop is for anyone curious about nurturing their creative practice\, and requires no prior artistic experience. It is open to people of all ages and backgrounds. \nThis workshop is designed to find inspiration by exploring new ways of tuning into our immediate surroundings. Participants will be guided\, through ideas on creativity\, practical prompts\, and exercises\, to access ways to stay engaged in a world in which our attention is a commodity. As Julia Cameron writes\, “The quality of life is in proportion\, always\, to the capacity for delight”. Come join us as we come unstuck by finding the delights contained within everyday life. \nAbout the Facilitator: Nitya Misra \nNitya Misra is a filmmaker and artist from Bangalore and the founder of One By Two Films\, a film studio making creative documentaries. She uses the medium of narrative film to examine supposedly insignificant moments as a way to uncover the extraordinary aspects of everyday life in urban spaces. Her work spans advertising films\, feature films\, and short films and documentary. \nRSVP HERE.
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/coming-unstuck-creativity-through-noticing-2/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260919T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260919T190000
DTSTAMP:20260914T113453Z
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SUMMARY:CITY SHAPERS COLLECTIVE: Mobility in Urban Spaces
DESCRIPTION:City Shapers Collective was launched by Mod Foundation as a long-term initiative examining how design influences Bengaluru’s transformation and future. Conceived as more than a platform for dialogue\, the Collective positions design as an active tool for engaging with the city’s evolving challenges\, bringing together practitioners\, researchers\, policymakers\, and civic actors to collectively imagine pathways for urban change. \nHow do we move through the city?  \nBengaluru is at an interesting moment in its mobility story.  \nFootpaths are being cleared in the name of pedestrian movement. Tunnel roads\, underpasses and road-widening projects are being proposed to improve traffic flow. Metro infrastructure is expanding\, while the city continues to struggle with inadequate public transport capacity and fragmented pedestrian networks.  \nAt the same time\, these interventions raise a larger question:  \nAre we building a city that moves people\, or a city that moves vehicles?  \nMobility is often reduced to questions of traffic\, speed\, capacity and infrastructure. But the experience of moving through a city is much more complex. It is about who can move\, who cannot\, where people feel safe\, where they can pause\, and whether they can participate in public life.  \nThis edition of City Shapers Collective at BLR Design Centre looks at mobility through the everyday experience of navigating Bengaluru — walking to school\, waiting for a bus\, crossing a road\, sitting on a katte\, taking the metro\, cycling through a neighbourhood\, or simply spending time on a street.  \nThe conversation brings together different perspectives to ask what it would mean to build a mobility system around people and urban life\, rather than simply the movement of vehicles.  \nSpeakers:\nRhea Karan – Project Manager\, Purpose; (Co-Lead\, Sustainable Mobility Network)\n\n\nRhea Karan is a Project Manager at Purpose\, a global social impact organization that works on shifting narratives and building movements across climate\, public health and equity. At Purpose\, she co-anchors the Sustainable Mobility Network (SMN)\, a pan-India coalition advancing clean\, inclusive and accessible transport for all. She has led and contributed to research and public dialogue on women’s bus subsidies\, the everyday realities of public transport use\, and non-motorized transport solutions. Her work focuses on strengthening mobility systems so that they move beyond access and affordability to safety\, dignity\, and equity. \n\nDevina – Founder & Practice Lead\, Mudito\nDevina leads Mudito\, a safety-as-design social enterprise operating on the premise that safety is the condition that makes everything else possible: access\, participation\, rest\, return. The practice spans public space and mobility\, cultural institutions\, childhood and care\, and digital platforms. Mudito also manages textwhenyougethome\, a narrative movement and archive of over 1000 first-person accounts of everyday safety from more than 120 cities across 52 countries. This is built on the observation that the small calculations people make to get home are evidence of design failure\, not personal caution. Her current work explores what a city looks like at a child’s height\, at a delivery rider’s speed\, and after dark. \nTejashwani – Manager – Community Resiliency at United Way Mumbai \nTejashwani is a development professional with over a decade of experience across psychology\, communications\, and community resilience. She works at the intersection of child wellbeing and urban mobility. As part of United Way Mumbai’s Community Resilience team for the past three years\, she has led safe mobility programmes for the city’s most vulnerable road users\, work that puts her directly in conversation with how children navigate\, and are put at risk by\, urban infrastructure. Her foundation in Psychology and Education (Ambedkar University & Delhi University) has long anchored her in child centred work: she worked as a psychologist at the mental health unit of a Delhi government shelter home housing 120+ children under the Juvenile Justice Act\, and later designed a citywide gender sensitization programme with auto rickshaw drivers\, early\, hands on experience with how public transport actors shape safety for the city’s most exposed users\, including children. She brings this rare combination of clinical insight into child development and lived experience designing mobility interventions to the question of what child safe cities actually require. \nRSVP for the event here. \n 
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/city-shapers-collective-3-0-mobility-in-urban-spaces/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260919T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260919T133000
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SUMMARY:Cluster Fig Poetry Reading Session – Louise Glück
DESCRIPTION:Cluster Fig began during the slow days of the pandemic lockdown as an intimate monthly gathering of friends reading English poetry that had moved\, unsettled or delighted us through the month. Named after a poem by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra\, whose work many of us cherish\, the series has always been an open\, unthemed space for attentive listening and inspired reading. \nThe community is thrilled to have been bringing Cluster Fig into a physical setting at the BLR Design Centre for the past few months. This September in-person edition is dedicated to the extraordinary poetry of Louise Glück\, whose poems look unflinchingly at love\, loss\, solitude\, grief\, family\, desire\, death and the strange business of being alive. Glück’s language can feel impossibly austere most times\, until suddenly\, a single line churns something inside you that can lead to an oceanic thrill or a chilling silence\, both of which\, we hope\, will wake you to a new sense of looking\, feeling\, being. \nWe’ll read Glück’s poems aloud\, sit with their silences as if it were an act similar to prayer\, and discover (or rediscover\, if you’re already a fan) together why her work is startlingly familiar and intimate as well as effortlessly universal\, while also discovering its sharpness. You don’t need to know Glück\, or even consider yourself a “poetry person”. Come and join us. Poetry will do the rest. Something akin to magic. \nAll poetry-lovers are welcome!\n\n\nThis is a ticketed event.\nIndividual Entry fee: 250/-\n\n\nRSVP Here.
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/cluster-fig-poetry-reading-session-louise-gluck-2/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
CATEGORIES:Poetry Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260917T183000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260917T183000
DTSTAMP:20260903T120825Z
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SUMMARY:Author of the Month - Pratima Chabbi
DESCRIPTION:The Author of the Month Series is envisioned as a year-long curatorial initiative at BLR Reads – Library and Archive\, strengthening its role as a shared cultural and civic space. Building on BLR Reads’ ethos of reading beyond books\, the series will invite one author each month for an in-depth book discussion\, situating literature within wider conversations on the city\, history\, design\, culture\, and everyday life. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe initiative aims to deepen reader engagement\, foster sustained community participation\, and build meaningful collaborations with authors\, publishers\, academic institutions\, and cultural organizations. Each session will be accompanied by curated reading lists and\, where relevant\, allied activities such as talks\, walks\, or exhibitions. \nThe edition in collaboration with SkilLit Readers\, we bring to you The MTR Story: A Labour of Love\, by Pratima Chabbi. The MTR Story: A Labour of Love celebrates a century of the iconic Mavalli Tiffin Rooms. The book honours the countless individuals who built up the MTR legacy\, while also depicting the way in which the restaurant has transformed over the last 100 years. \nThis session will feature a conversation with Pratima facilitated by Srilakshmi and moderated by Poorvaja Prakash from SkilLit Readers followed by an immersive experience with the participants about Bangalore.\nAuthor of the Month – Pratima Chabbi\nPratima Chabbi is a food and culture writer based in Bengaluru. Over the past fifteen years\, she has worked across various restaurants and media outlets\, engaging with the intersections of communication\, service\, and culinary culture. Her writing has appeared in Food Lovers\, Bangalore Mirror\, BBC Good Food\, Goya\, and The Established. In addition to The MTR Story: A Labour of Love\, she has also written Chakla Makla\, a children’s picture book about delicious stories from childhood\, and the joy of discovering food. \n\n\nAbout SkilLit Readers\nSkilLit Readers is a story-led skills lab that transforms books into launchpads for real-world expression and thinking. They re-imagine what reading can lead to with the help of integrated and multidisciplinary learning. Specifically for adults\, we aim to create safe\, story-rich environments where they form authentic connections and community through books\, stories\, and exploration. \n\nPoorvaja Prakash\, Co-Founder\, SkilLit\nPoorvaja has 12+ years of experience in International Development\, Education\, Social Impact\, Facilitation and Research in organizations such as Teach For All\, Peepul\, Global School Leaders\, among others. She is a published author in a peer reviewed journal and is the host of ‘The Sports Kaleidoscope’ – a sports-related podcast. \nSrilakshmi R\, Co-Founder\, SkilLit\nSrilakshmi has 10+ years of experience as an English and Social Science teacher in IB & ICSE schools such as Chaman Bhartiya School\, Oberoi International School (JVLR-Mumbai)\, The Gateway School of Mumbai and Head Start Educational Academy\, Bangalore. Srilakshmi is an IB Certified Educator. She has a special interest in children’s literature across the world. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP here
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/author-of-the-month-pratima-chabbi/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
CATEGORIES:Reading Session
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260912T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260913T170000
DTSTAMP:20260901T052050Z
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SUMMARY:Multispecies Hackathon by Elephant Academy - A Socratus Initiative
DESCRIPTION:The Multispecies Hackathon brings together students\, researchers\, designers\, technologists\, and storytellers to reimagine our relationship with the natural world by centering the perspectives\, needs\, and agency of non-human life. By combining AI\, computer vision\, remote sensing\, hardware\, and new media with deep ecological thinking\, participants build solutions that promote biodiversity\, enable coexistence\, and advance conservation. \nIn a city as dense with multispecies life as Bengaluru\, coexistence is not just a necessity. It can also be a source of joy\, connection\, and a deeper sense of place. \nOver two days\, teams will build real tools\, ideas\, and interventions for a world beyond humans\, combining AI\, computer vision\, remote sensing\, hardware\, and new media with ecological thinking. \n🧠 Tracks: Human-Wildlife Coexistence · Biodiversity · Conservation\n🤝 Mentors: Ecology · Technology · Design · Journalism\n🏆 Top teams get more than a trophy. Sshhh… \nA traveling hackathon series that began in Kochi and is journeying across the world\, bringing together people working across disciplines to build solutions that centre non-human life. \nPresented by Elephant Academy\nA Socratus Initiative \nThis is a free event. RSVP HERE. 
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/multispecies-hackathon-by-elephant-academy-a-socratus-initiative/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
CATEGORIES:Datajam
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260906T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260906T180000
DTSTAMP:20260824T120353Z
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SUMMARY:Reel Duniya Real Duniya - Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Reel Duniya\, Real Duniya: Cinema\, Memory\, and Leisure in Laggere is a photo-illustrated essay book that explores how cinema is experienced by those for whom it is at once a place of leisure\, livelihood\, and community. Emerging from six months of place-based research in Laggere\, a predominantly working-class neighbourhood in Bengaluru with rich cinema culture and infrastructure\, the book reflects on the many shapes cinema can take in everyday life beyond the screen. It explores how cinema slips into the life of garment workers\, who synchronize the sound of the sewing machine with the hum of their favourite romantic hits. It asks what does one of Bengaluru’s surviving single-screen theatres mean to the many people whose work sustains it? \nThrough conversations with garment workers\, theatre employees\, fan club members\, neighbourhood residents\, and lifelong cinema lovers\, Reel Duniya\, Real Duniya reflects on cinema as it accompanies everyday routines\, nurtures friendships\, and finds expression in both ordinary acts of care and grand gestures. \nThe launch of this book\, co-authored by Eshwari R and Mahima Gowda\, brings together contributors including Shreyas and others from Laggere\, whose voices\, stories\, and experiences shape the pages of the book. \nThe conversation will be moderated by Mridupankhi Rajkumari\, bringing together the contributors to reflect on the stories\, people\, and experiences that shaped the book. \nThis event is presented by India Foundation for the Arts (IFA).  And the project by Eshwari and Mahima was implemented by IFA under its Project 560 programme\, supported by BNP Paribas India Foundation.\nRSVP here.
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/reel-duniya-real-duniya-book-launch/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
CATEGORIES:Book launch
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260905T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260905T200000
DTSTAMP:20260824T125402Z
CREATED:20260824T125402Z
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SUMMARY:100ಕು100 by Dakhnistan Studios
DESCRIPTION:Inspired by the intimacy of J. Cole’s Dollar and a Dream shows and the immersive nature of iconic listening experiences\, this event reimagines the modern live-event format by putting accessibility and community at its centre. \nRooted in Bangalore’s Dakhni Hip-Hop culture\, the event creates a space for original language\, storytelling\, music\, and lived experiences. Audiences can come together to discover local artists\, connect with the community\, and experience hip-hop in a setting that feels intimate and authentic. \nMore than just a gig\, this is an attempt to create a home for Dakhni Hip-Hop in Bangalore. \nThis is a paid event. Please reserve your spot here.
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/100%e0%b2%95%e0%b3%81100-by-dakhnistan-studios/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260903T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260903T200000
DTSTAMP:20260824T065440Z
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SUMMARY:꿈 - What do you dream? by Anya Shankar
DESCRIPTION:꿈\, stands for dream. Have your dreams ever scared you? Surprised you? Bared your ambitions\, or gave you a sense of deja vu? Do you think all of us dream the same thing but in different ways? In different languages? Across time? \nJoin us for an evening of sharing our memories\, a part of ourselves through our dreams. You will be able to see strangers across the world share how\, what and why they dream what they dream. What do they fear? What do they want no one to know? And how they envision their lives to unfold. \nAnd if you like\, you can share yours too. Make a collage of what you see\, want to see\, and share your dreams without saying anything. Take it home\, or leave it with us to keep it safe. \nBecause sometimes\, the only person you can be completely honest with is a complete stranger. \nRSVP for the event here!
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/%ea%bf%88-what-do-you-dream-by-anya-shankar/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260830T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260830T140000
DTSTAMP:20260818T084739Z
CREATED:20260818T084739Z
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SUMMARY:What Sells in the Present World: Decoding Modern Buyer Behaviour
DESCRIPTION:In a market driven by AI-powered search\, social proof\, and shifting consumer values\, standard cost-benefit messaging no longer drives conversions. This hands-on\, activity-based workshop unpacks the psychological and sociological drivers behind modern buying behaviour to help creators and founders build high-value\, resonant products. \nParticipants will explore four key shifts in consumer choice:\n\nResourceful Buying: How preferences beyond price influence purchasing decisions.\nTech-Informed Mindsets: Navigating comparative search\, reviews\, and brand image in the age of AI.\nValue Attribution: Capitalising on growing consumer demand for sustainability and health benefits.\nExperiential Value: Designing product and service touchpoints that offer experience over pure utility.\n\nFeaturing interactive exercises\, reflective discussions\, and a real-time product evaluation\, attendees will dissect their own product offerings and leave with actionable messaging frameworks to better position their brands. \nSession Facilitator: Divya Sundaram\nDivya Sundaram specialises in consumer behaviour\, messaging strategy\, and brand narrative\, helping founders navigate evolving buyer expectations. Her sessions combine psychology\, interactive exercises\, and practical strategy to turn behavioural insights into actionable business outcomes. \nHosted by: First Brick Collective\nFirst Brick Collective is a Bangalore-based brand and storytelling initiative helping entrepreneurs\, creators\, and business leaders build strong brand foundations. Through workshops\, strategic sprints\, and advisory\, it helps founders sharpen positioning\, craft compelling narratives\, and turn business ideas into resonant\, market-ready messaging. \nRSVP for the event here!  \n 
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/what-sells-in-the-present-world-decoding-modern-buyer-behaviour/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
CATEGORIES:Interactive Session
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260829T140000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260829T150000
DTSTAMP:20260825T090611Z
CREATED:20260825T090611Z
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SUMMARY:Sketchbook Saturday
DESCRIPTION:About Sketchbook Saturday\n\nSketchbooks are private\, and intimate space for artists to think\, experiment\, and try new ways of designing or creating art. Sketchbook Saturday is a bi-monthly event that sees artists from the Penciljam group sharing their Sketchbooks and creative process with the broader creative community. \n\n\nAbout the artist | George Supreeth \nGeorge Supreeth has been sketch journaling for close to two decades and teaches Sketch Journaling at the Penciljam Academy. He enjoys fantasy fiction\, comics and discovering new music. George is a co-founder of the Nabachika Foundation\, a non-profit that works in the area of the Citizen Arts. \nGeorge’s website: www.georgesupreeth.com \nRSVP HERE.
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/sketchbook-saturday-8/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
CATEGORIES:Interactive Session
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260823T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260823T180000
DTSTAMP:20260818T083731Z
CREATED:20260818T083731Z
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SUMMARY:Under the Lamp Book Club – August Meet
DESCRIPTION:Under The Lamp (UTL) is a read-along book club\, where we pick a book of the month for everyone to read\, and come together to discuss it once a month. This month’s meeting will be a discussion on the novel ‘Rebecca’ by Daphne du Maurier. \nThis is a closed meeting for members only. Anyone interested to join this event\, please write to us.
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/under-the-lamp-book-club-august-meet/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
CATEGORIES:Reading Session
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260820T183000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260820T183000
DTSTAMP:20260811T054243Z
CREATED:20260811T054243Z
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SUMMARY:Author of the Month - Indu Antony
DESCRIPTION:The Author of the Month Series is envisioned as a year-long curatorial initiative at BLR Reads – Library and Archive\, strengthening its role as a shared cultural and civic space. Building on BLR Reads’ ethos of reading beyond books\, the series will invite one author each month for an in-depth book discussion\, situating literature within wider conversations on the city\, history\, design\, culture\, and everyday life. \nThe initiative aims to deepen reader engagement\, foster sustained community participation\, and build meaningful collaborations with authors\, publishers\, academic institutions\, and cultural organizations. Each session will be accompanied by curated reading lists and\, where relevant\, allied activities such as talks\, walks\, or exhibitions. \nThis edition\, we bring to you ‘Vāsané‘ by Indu Antony. Vāsané is a sensory archive of Bengaluru that can be read with the nose. Combining twelve bespoke scents\, an olfactory map\, and years of research\, the book explores how smell carries memory\, belonging\, and the emotional landscape of a city. It is an invitation to encounter Bengaluru not through what it looks like\, but through what lingers in the air. \n\nAuthor of the Month – Indu Antony \nIndu Antony is a multidisciplinary artist based in Bengaluru\, India. Her practice unfolds at the intersection of feminism\, the body\, memory\, and public space\, often weaving intimate personal narratives with larger socio-political conversations. Through long-term projects such as Cecilia’ed\, she reflects on the presence of gendered bodies in public spaces\, questioning who gets to occupy\, move through\, and belong in the everyday landscapes of our cities. \nDeeply invested in community-building as an artistic practice\, Antony co-founded two community art spaces—Kanike (with fellow artists) and Namma Katte\, a women’s leisure and gathering space—both rooted in creating accessible\, non-hierarchical spaces for dialogue\, rest\, and shared imagination. Her work consistently moves beyond the gallery\, finding meaning in slow encounters\, collective storytelling\, and everyday rituals. \nAntony also initiated Bengaluru’s first smell archive through her project Vasane\, mapping the city through its olfactory landscape as a counterpoint to the visual overload of the IT capital. Committed to widening access to self-publishing—especially for women—she founded Mazhi Books\, an independent publishing platform that supports experimental and personal narratives. Her first book received wide recognition and critical appreciation\, marking the beginning of an ongoing engagement with books as intimate\, tactile archives of lived experience. \n\n\n\n\nRSVP HERE. 
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/author-of-the-month-indu-antony/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
CATEGORIES:Reading Session
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260814T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260814T180000
DTSTAMP:20260812T105857Z
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SUMMARY:Journeys with Koitso: PnZa Circle
DESCRIPTION:This is a closed event. Invite Only.  \nThis is to welcome you to an exclusive evening of PnZa Circle based on the ongoing spoken story series\, The Yak and the Woman. Join me for an in-person session where we can finally meet and connect beyond our online story circles. \nThis session takes you to the beginning of a long series of stories that have been part of many online programs on storytelling and healing journeys I have held over the last 15 years\, probably more\, with you. As part of this session\, I will also explore the traditional linkages between stories\, harmony and self-transformation through ‘kura’ and keep some room for personal/group sessions towards the end. \nIf you are new to this circle and wish to join in\, you are most welcome! \nAbout this circle:\nThe Yak and the Woman stories are part of an ongoing story circle and revolve around the traditional concept of the three essential journeys that we come across in our lives as we strive to find inner harmony and transformation. These spoken stories are deeply rooted in the medicine and nature traditions of the Eastern Himalayas\, providing a glimpse into the wisdom of the past\, one story at a time. \nSession highlights:\nStory Circle – 45 minutes\nBreak – 5 mins\nPnZa Kura – 45 minutes\nBreak – 10 mins\nIndividual Sessions – 15 minutes \n 
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/journeys-with-koitso-pnza-circle/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
CATEGORIES:Interactive Session
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260808T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260808T110000
DTSTAMP:20260724T091154Z
CREATED:20260724T091154Z
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SUMMARY:Building a Resilient Bengaluru: One Year Culmination Event
DESCRIPTION:STORMWATER & THE CITY \nBuilding a Resilient Bengaluru \nA year of research\, citizen action and collective learning. \nJoin us as we reflect on the first phase of the Building a Resilient Bengaluru campaign\, launch our Year One Report\, and explore what’s next for Bengaluru’s stormwater future. \nExhibition • Report Launch • Panel Discussion \nExhibition on view until 14 August\nFree & Open to All \n\nRSVP HERE 
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/building-a-resilient-bengaluru-one-year-culmination-event/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Panel Discussion
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mod Foundation":MAILTO:mail@mod.org.in
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260806T103000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260806T123000
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SUMMARY:Auto Akka and the Hot Seat
DESCRIPTION:Translating Climate Research into Children’s Books: Auto Akka and the Hot Seat \nHow do we create stories on climate change that connect with younger audiences? In this session\, we’ll dive into the making of Auto Akka and the Hot Seat\, a bilingual children’s storybook exploring urban heat in Bengaluru through the eyes of auto rickshaw drivers.\nWe’ll share the journey from on-ground field research with drivers to narrative development and visual design\, showing how research can step outside academic silos to engage a much broader public. The session will feature a brief presentation on the book development process\, and a short reading of the book!\nThe session will also include an open ended discussion on tools for engagement. \nAuto Akka & the Hot Seat was supported under the Bengaluru Sustainability Forum’s Small Grants Programme 2025. The event is being organised by BSF in collaboration with the Auto Akka & the Hot Seat project team. \nThis is an invite-only event. 
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/auto-akka-and-the-hot-seat/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
CATEGORIES:Interactive Session
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260802T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260802T190000
DTSTAMP:20260720T104138Z
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SUMMARY:Every Brilliant Thing by Arena Theatre Productions
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Every Brilliant Thing\, written by Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe\, is a one-person play that celebrates the beauty found in the ordinary moments of everyday life. Through the story of a child who begins making a list of everything that makes life worth living\, the play unfolds into a poignant exploration of hope\, memory\, and human connection. With warmth\, humour\, and intimacy\, the play navigates themes of depression\, grief\, suicide\, and loss without diminishing their complexity. Instead\, it offers a deeply moving reflection on resilience and reminds us that even in life’s darkest moments\, there are countless reasons to keep looking for brilliance. \nHappening two days over the weekend. Come and enjoy a show filled with heart and soul performed by two distinct actors. \nAugust 2 at 5pm: Performed by Shivam Singh \nShivam Singh is a talented theatre artist and photographer based in Bengaluru. Through his work he portrays the memories\, moods and emotions of the lives around him. As an actor\, he is set to star in Arena Theatre Productions’ upcoming play “A Thousand Splendid Suns.” Shivam is passionate photographer whose work is  instinctive\, spontaneous\, and often experimental. He is drawn to the quiet emotional weight hidden inside ordinary life; fleeting expressions\, isolation within crowds\, moments of longing\, and human connections that often pass unnoticed. \nDirector: Tahera  \nTahera is an actor\, director\, movement\, voice coach\, and the Founder of Arena Theatre Productions. Based in Bengaluru\, she stands at the forefront of the new generation of Indian theatre practitioners. As a director\, her distinct style uniquely integrates abstract movement and tight ensembles into her productions. She has helmed a diverse repertoire of staged plays\, including Fourteen\, Taramandal\, To Kill a Mockingbird\, The Seagull\, The Vagina Monologues\, Tumhare Baare Mein\, and The Kite Runner. Under her artistic leadership\, Arena Theatre Productions has mounted showcases at premier venues across India\, including the Tata Theatre (NCPA)\, Chowdiah Memorial Hall\, Good Shepherd Auditorium\, and the Prestige Centre for Performing Arts. \nAbout Arena Theatre Productions: \nArena Theatre Productions brings the audiences of Bengaluru with high quality theatre experiences\, in an effort to grow the love of theatre in India. Arena is a critically acclaimed theatre group that puts up a variety of theatrical experiences\, from period pieces to corporate dramas\, readings\, workshops for corporate partners and to NGOs.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][nectar_btn size=”medium” button_style=”regular” button_color_2=”Accent-Color” icon_family=”none” text=”This is a ticketed event. 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URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/every-brilliant-thing-by-arena-theatre-productions-2/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260802T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260802T170000
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SUMMARY:Cluster Fig Poetry Reading Session - Mary Oliver
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]‘Cluster Fig’ began during the slow days of the pandemic lockdown as an intimate monthly gathering of friends reading English poetry that had moved\, unsettled or delighted us through the month. Named after a poem by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra\, whose work many of us cherish\, the series has always been an open\, unthemed space for attentive listening and inspired reading. \nThe community is thrilled to bring Cluster Fig into a physical setting at the BLR Design Centre and this in-person edition is dedicated to the luminous\, incisive poetry of Mary Oliver. \nMary Oliver’s radiant poetry — from a poet who transformed attention into an everyday ethical practice throughout her life — possesses such grace that truly noticing a heron lifting from a marsh\, a blade of grass\, a dog or a solitary walk through the woods forces us\, rightfully\, to confront the essential questions of being alive. Oliver’s poems are deceptively simple\, yet they dismantle our certainties\, leading us toward humility\, wonder and a fierce love for the living world. In an age built to reward distraction\, her poetry asks us to patiently look longer\, listen more carefully and live more deliberately. We invite you to spend a Sunday afternoon immersed in some of Oliver’s unforgettable poems.\n\nAll poetry-lovers are welcome!\n\n\nThis is a ticketed event.\nIndividual Entry fee: 400/-\n\n\nRSVP Here.\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/cluster-fig-poetry-reading-session-mary-oliver/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
CATEGORIES:Interactive Session
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260801T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260801T190000
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SUMMARY:Every Brilliant Thing by Arena Theatre Productions
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Every Brilliant Thing\, written by Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe\, is a one-person play that celebrates the beauty found in the ordinary moments of everyday life. Through the story of a child who begins making a list of everything that makes life worth living\, the play unfolds into a poignant exploration of hope\, memory\, and human connection. With warmth\, humour\, and intimacy\, the play navigates themes of depression\, grief\, suicide\, and loss without diminishing their complexity. Instead\, it offers a deeply moving reflection on resilience and reminds us that even in life’s darkest moments\, there are countless reasons to keep looking for brilliance. \nHappening two days over the weekend. Come and enjoy a show filled with heart and soul performed by two distinct actors. \n 1st August at 5pm: Performed by Syed Saad \nSyed Saad is an actor and writer based in Bangalore\, and a core member of Arena Theatre Productions\, contributing across both acting and production. His work spans digital commercials and stage\, with performances in multiple renditions of To Kill a Mockingbird\, The Seagull\, The Kite Runner\, and A Thousand Splendid Suns. He has also adapted Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull into a contemporary interpretation for Arena Theatre Productions. His recent theatre work\, including The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns\, has been critically acclaimed for the depth and craft of his performances. \nDirector: Tahera  \nTahera is an actor\, director\, movement\, voice coach\, and the Founder of Arena Theatre Productions. Based in Bengaluru\, she stands at the forefront of the new generation of Indian theatre practitioners. As a director\, her distinct style uniquely integrates abstract movement and tight ensembles into her productions. She has helmed a diverse repertoire of staged plays\, including Fourteen\, Taramandal\, To Kill a Mockingbird\, The Seagull\, The Vagina Monologues\, Tumhare Baare Mein\, and The Kite Runner. Under her artistic leadership\, Arena Theatre Productions has mounted showcases at premier venues across India\, including the Tata Theatre (NCPA)\, Chowdiah Memorial Hall\, Good Shepherd Auditorium\, and the Prestige Centre for Performing Arts. \nAbout Arena Theatre Productions: \nArena Theatre Productions brings the audiences of Bengaluru with high quality theatre experiences\, in an effort to grow the love of theatre in India. 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URL:https://blrdesigncentre.com/event/every-brilliant-thing-by-arena-theatre-productions/
LOCATION:BLR Design Centre\, BLR Design Centre\, 6th Floor\, 46/1\, Church St\, Haridevpur\, Shanthala Nagar\, Ashok Nagar\, Bengaluru\, Karnataka\, 560001\, India
CATEGORIES:Performance
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