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Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia with Sathya Saran
Mita Vashisht
Jerry Pinto Also Laughs
Tanuja Chaturvedi
Arathi HN, Ramesh Karthik Nayak, Syam Sudhakar, T. Sumathy
Shikha Malaviya with Prerna Gill
Maria Goretti with Sathya Saran
Prerna Gill and Sohini Basak
Anuradha Venkatraman, Karthik Hebbar, Praveen Kumar and Shweta Prachande with Akhila Krishnamurthy
Kinshuk Gupta and Uttaran Das Gupta
Varun Grover with Ira Sisodia
Aparna Rayaprol, CK Meena and Prabal Kumar Basu
Shubha Mudgal in conversation with Humra Quraishi and Maitreyee B Chowdhury
Gurupriya Athreya and Vedant Bharadwaj with Akhila Krishnamurthy
Javed Akhtar with Humra Quraishi
Jaya P Srinivasan, Mohit Kataria, Padmavathi Rao, Sandeep Shikhar and Sourav Roy
Yogesh Maitreya with Uttaran Das Gupta
Aekta Khubchandani, Anukrti Upadhyay, Aparna Chivukula and Urooj
K. Satchidanandan with Syam Sudhakar
Megha Rao, Mehak Goyal and Nishi Jagavat with Anukrti Upadhyay
Maithreyi Karnoor, Sophia Naz and Zilka Joseph
Arundhati Ghosh and Prabal Basu
Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan with Reena I. Puri
Aman Akshar
Anuradha Singh, Neelesh Raghuvanshi and Vinod Das with Lovely Goswami
Kumudha Chandrasekharan and Vidhya Subramanian with Sourav Roy
Kavish Seth, Roshan Aade and Samruddha RK
Shoshin is a concept from Zen Buddhism meaning 'beginner's mind.
Description: It refers to having an attitude of
openness, eagerness, and lack of preconceptions when studying, even at an advanced level,
just as a beginner would. In this workshop, we'll explore poetry with a fresh lens while
learning about key concepts that make for good poetry through discussion and activities.
Bhumika Anand is the Founder and Director of Bangalore Writers Workshop (BWW). BWW is the first-of-its-kind
writing and storytelling school established in Bangalore, India since 2012. BWW fosters the creative mind
and encourages a community of writers.
Language: English
Age: 18+
Ticket Charge: Rs. 1000
A facilitated workshop by Tania and Ansar
Description: Have you ever wanted to try your hand at poetry but felt like it was not your cuppa chai? Here's a poetry facilitation workshop which invites everyone to join us and create a poem together. Facilitated by Dream a Dream's facilitators Tania and Ansar, this 2-hour interactive session will help you tap into your imagination and spark your latent creativity through poetry. It is an opportunity to reflect on your own definition of success as you connect with yourself and others, reimagining the way we gather and learn.
Language: English, Kannada, Hindi
Age: 16+
Ticket Charge: Rs. 1000.
A facilitated workshop by Rochelle Potkar
Description: During this workshop, well-known
poet Neelesh Raghuvanshi will discuss the creative process in detail, which will set aspiring
poets on the path for developing greater sensitivity and imagination. Through guided writing
exercises, the participants will also develop newer perspectives of seeing the world around them
more poetically.
Neelesh Raghuvanshi is a well-known poet who lives in Bhopal.
Her poetry collections include 'Ghar Nikasi', 'Pani Ka Swad',
'Antim Pankti Mein', 'Kavi Ne Kaha', and ''Khidki Khulne Ke
Baad'. She has also written two novels- 'Ek Kasbe Ke Notes'
and 'Shahar Se Das Kilometer'. Besides poetry and novels,
she has also written plays for children and screenplays for
various tele-films. Her poems have been translated into
several Indian and foreign languages. She works at
Doordarshan Centre, Bhopal.
Language: Hindi
Age: 16+
Ticket Charge: Rs. 500
Description: Bring along a
poem you have struggled with and Jerry Pinto and the Hive Mind will
take a look. It is an exercise in trust, yes, and an exercise in
vulnerability but we shall all rely on the kindness of strangers.
What you might take away from the workshop is a sense of what
might be wrong with the poem, what might be right with it or just
the experience.
Jerry Pinto has two books of poems to his credit: “Asylum and Other Poems” and “I Want a Poem and Other
Poems”, and both books are available from Speaking Tiger. He has more than 40 years of teaching experience.
Language: English
Age: 18+
Ticket Charge: Rs. 1000
Description: This workshop welcomes the participants
to experience the bhajan culture of North Karnataka. Every year, Temples across North Karnataka
come alive with bhajan songs and tattva padas that carry rich folk traditions of the region.
These songs carry philosophies of the community, life lessons and celebration of the season.
In this introductory session facilitated by Shilpa Mudubi, you will
learn a few bhajan songs and also get a gateway peak into the folk
traditions and rituals of North Karnataka.
Shilpa Mudbi Kothakota is an artist currently living in Kalaburgi.
Born and brought up in Bangalore, she graduated in Media Arts and production
from Sydney, Australia. She has been in the field of social justice as a social
activist and media consultant with NGOs working on youth, women and child rights.
She taught Documentary filmmaking in Mount Carmel College, and has worked at Ranga Shankara
Theatre Bangalore as a Program Coordinator. She is the Co-founder of Urban Folk Project,
a collective that looks that collating of folk knowledge systems of North Karnataka.
She has been a Karnataka Janapada Academy member for the three years 2019 to 2022.
She is currently on the Academic Advisory Committee of the IGNCA, Indira Gandhi National
Centre for the Arts, Bangalore.
Language: English
Age: 12+
Ticket Charge: Rs. 1000
Description: Beginnings and endings, characters and
conflicts -- learn all there is to know about how to create the perfect short story from
acclaimed author Jahnavi Barua.
Jahnavi Barua is an award- winning writer and her books, Next Door, Rebirth and Undertow
have won the Author Award, the Kalinga Literary Prize and been nominated for the
Commonwealth Prize, Man Asian Literary Prize and the JCB prize. She has also judged
the last Commonwealth Short Story Prize.
Age: 12+
Ticket Charge: Rs. 500
Description: A village is having the worst summer ever, will the dragon help the villagers by bringing in Rain?
Genre: Puppetry
Description: A session where tales, movements, music and reality unravel through the magic of bharatanatyam. Get ready for giggles, grand expressions, and a whole lot of dancing delight!
Genre: Dance Movement
Description: One day a little cat felt very lonely. So he started looking for a friend. The cat goes on a quest with an acquaintance whom he meets on the way, but maybe the answer was always right in front of him.
Genre: Book Reading and Activity
Description: Pattu wakes up in the night to
find Mr. Thookam gone! She reaches out to Akka with her fears, and the two sisters
set out to find Mr. Thookam. But where is he? Is he hiding?
Join us for a fun book reading session and let’s find Mr Thookam
together! This 30 minute interactive session hopes to address
children’s night time fears with giant scoops of wonder, humour
and fantasy.
Genre: Activity with Illustrator
Description: Patting,
pulling, pushing and poking.....working with clay can be fun.
Storytelling boosts imagination and encourages creativity. What
if we combine the two, exploring-clay & storytelling ? That is
exactly what 'CLAY STORIES' is all about!
Join storyteller Priya Muthukumar of Storipur to
listen to some interesting tales hiding inside a
ball of clay. Priya will narrate stories from here
& there while simultaneously rolling and moulding a
ball of clay. This unique, new interactive fun
session will introduce children to unlimited
possibilities. Let's roll our clay & craft our story !
Genre: Clay Based Storytelling
Description: Hey kids! Get ready for a double dose of dance excitement with Aparna! First, we'll explore the magic of fusion dance, blending styles together. Then, we'll add a colorful twist as we dance with scarves, making it a memorable and fun-filled session. Don't miss out on this dance extravaganza!
Genre: Dance Movement
Description: Come walk with me in the jungle. Make friends with several animals and solve their problems. The author will read animal stories from her book ‘Chaos in the Jungle and other Stories' followed by a jungle game with the children.
Genre: Book Reading and Activity
Description: Let’s dive into the magical world of Julia Donaldson's Room on the Broom and Gruffalo. An active storytelling with lots of interactive and musical elements for the children.
Genre: Theatrical Storytelling
Description: With offerings from sonnets in iambic pentameter, to limericks, acrostics, and villanelles, It’s Time to Rhyme is the perfect introduction to the joys of poetry for readers of all ages. Using ingenious examples, Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan explains the fun world of verse while inviting children to use their creativity and write their own poems. Whether you’re a young reader interested in knowing how poetry works, a parent looking for an entertaining way to explore the form with your children, or a teacher looking for a unique text to introduce students to the basics of verse,
Genre: Book Reading
Description: Indulge in an immersive experience of Kamishibai, a venerable street storytelling tradition originating from Japan. Prepare to be enthralled as verses and narratives spring to life, transcending time and space with their vibrant presence accompanied by live music.
Genre: Japanese Storytelling
Description: Join us for a mime performance! Watch as the funniest of stories unfold- all with no sound! How you ask? Come experience this through the magic of mime.
Genre: Mime
Description: Daring escapes from a locked airtight canvas bag, sword slicing through a young boy-these are feats dared to be performed only by adults. But this time, the tables have turned upside down with the arrival of 12-year-old stage illusionist– Jayant Patwari. Brace yourselves to be amazed by him where the impossible is possible!
Genre: Magic Show
Description: Spend your morning enjoying a series of acts by the goofiest clowns in town! Multiple short performances followed by lots of audience interactions will ensure you're rolling on the floor with tears of laughter running down your face.
Genre: Clowning
Description: A story performance about a little boy who wants to wear bangles, just like his sister but his father forbids him from wearing them. The conversation that the boy has with his grandmother that festive night opens up the topics of gender fluidity, individuality and acceptance. Join the author for an interactive discussion on gender norms followed by a storytelling session with character dolls, peppered with cultural dance moves.
Genre: Book Reading and Activity
Description: An interactive session where tales & tunes mingle to create melodies in the jungle!
Genre: Musical Storytelling
Description: What does a BEST Friend look like? The girl next door or the boy who shares your school bench? Your patient grandma, or the Uncle who always agrees to play gully cricket? Best friends can also have four legs and a tail...AND a trunk! Let's explore that kind of friendship, between a young girl and an elephant in the story 'A Pair of Twins'.
Genre: Book Reading and Activity
Description: A session that invites kids to be their goofiest, silliest selves. No rules, just fun and embracing all our weirdest, wildest ideas!
Genre: Theatre
Description: Join Toulou in her fun-filled book-reading session accompanied with a bit of acting, a bit of dance, a bit of singing and lots of mad and crazy. Because the script demands it! Toulou will be accompanied by two kids who insist on performing with her
Genre: Book Reading and Activity
Description: Join author Aditi Chandrasekhar for an afternoon of listening to stories and moving through stretches as you get ready to unwind this weekend. Wear comfortable clothes and carry a bottle of water, and you're all set for the session!
Genre: Book Reading and Activity
Description: Embrace your inner silliness with some fun mime and drama based activities. Explore how your voice, sounds, gibberish, movement and props are used to create poetry in motion.
Genre: Mime
Description: Where do we meet animals, and what do they mean to us in our daily lives? Stories, anecdotes, and incidents that remind us of our fellow inhabitants on Planet Earth, and the delight and responsibility they bring.
Genre: Book Reading and Activity
Description: Have you seen or experienced the world the way children do? Especially the world today - which has changed and evolved so much!
We, the children of Today see so many choices, wonder why we can't play in the mud,
see animals go extinct, have to choose between carrots and icecreams, ask not to be compared
with our friends, wonder what it would be like if the world was different..
Genre: Poetry Performance
Description: Long ago in the mythical
forests of the North East, lived a family of Patta Animals. They were made
of leaves of all the shapes and colors you can imagine. Let's bring back the
Patta Animals back to life using dried leaves, some colors and a bit of
imagination.
Do you have a tree near your house?
Have you ever walked across a pile of dry leaves?
What if you could pick up those leaves and turn
them into imaginary animals with a sketch pen and
some colors?
Learn to do the same with Swar
in this 30 minutes fun filled session. Try to grab some dried leaves on the way.
Genre: Activity with Illustrator
Description: Did you know Ramanujan loved puns as much as he loved numbers, and laughed at his own jokes? Meet the author of the hilarious book RAMANUJAN: FROM ZERO TO INFINITY, get to know all about India's greatest mathematician, crack riddles, and buy a signed copy of the book with a personal message for each child!
Genre: Book Reading and Activity
Description: Two brothers, Little D and Yuyu, begin their journey to self-discovery, as they unlock a hidden access
to their Grandpa's magic box that unexpectedly ports them into a world filled with fascinating adventures.
Come and join the central characters in their magical adventure today, as you are ported with
them to the world of 'superkids yoga' where you unravel your secret superpower to make all
things magical!
Genre: Book Reading and Activity
Description: The fabulous Shenoy boys are back with an amazing magic show.
Genre: Magic Performance
