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 […]
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 […]
Mothers Won’t Drown explores the physical forces at play in the act of birthing. Imagining 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 […]
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. This is a closed meeting […]
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? Drawing 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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
About Sketchbook Saturday Sketchbooks 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. Featuring Artist | Adithya Suresh Adithya is a […]
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. For 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 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. The 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 […]
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’ […]
