Fabula | Dharti Patodia - Wednesday 4th @ 19.00

A Muslim in the midst - 28th August @ 19.30

On September 14, 2001, three days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York, a drama unfolds on the streets of Bangalore. A poor Muslim couple Haneef and Shabana have just arrived in the city from a distant village. Desperate to reach a relative’s home in a distant suburb, they are struggling to find a ride late in the night. Watching them closely is a Hindu couple, both executives of American companies. The liberal and westernized executive couple offer to take the traditional and rural Muslim couple along. The conversation quickly takes an unexpected turn as the two worlds collide. Fueled by a pro and anti-Islamic rhetoric, and warnings about potential terror threats intermittently playing on the radio, the characters fight within their self-imposed confines of prejudice and fear, in their attempts to look beyond the obvious ideological differences, and unravel a common fellowship based on humanity.

@ Ranga Shankara

Old Man and the sea - Sunday 8th @ 15.30 + 19.30

Sound As Ornament | Daliah Ziper - Friday 16th @ 18.30

The Magic Making | KG Subramanyam - Friday 16th @ 17.00

Kathak Duet Performance - Saturday 17th @ 17.00

Treshold - Thursday 15th @ 18.00

Gender Bender 2019 - from Wednesday 21st to Saturday 24th

Gender Bender is a joint project of the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan and Sandbox Collective. The project is conceived, conceptualised, and curated by Sandbox Collective.

Gender Bender is an arts festival that showcases diverse kinds of art around gender, sexuality and identity. These range from installations, music, and documentaries to interactive art experiences. Every year, artists all over the world are invited to apply for a trigger grant with new ideas for  projects on gender. 10 applicants to whom the grant is awarded showcase their work, or a segment of it, at the festival.  In addition to showcasing the work of grantees, this year’s festival includes an exciting range of curated displays, performances, and talks. There are photography exhibits, lecture-demonstrations, a stand-up show, Feminist and Queer pop up libraries, a talk on women in comics, a workshop on zine making and much, much more. Gender Bender 2019 promises to be a colourful, exciting and celebratory exploration of gender and art. Schedule: 21 Aug | 7:30m | Inaugural Act: Gender Bender | Who You Callin’ A Lady? | An evening with stand-up comedian Vasu Primlani 22 Aug | 12:00 onwards | Opening of Grantee Showcase   22 Aug | 6:00pm-7:00pm | Women in Comics: A Talk by Kadak Collective  22 Aug | 7:30pm | In Search of Umrao: Exploring Desires and Destinies  23 Aug | 11:00am-5:00pm | Zine Workshop with Kadak Collective  23 Aug | 6:00pm | Talk on Feminist Literature 23 Aug | 6:30pm | Shuddh Digital Romance 23 Aug | 9:00pm | Raqs-e-Bender: An Evening of Fluid Movement with Eshan Hilal 24 Aug | 6:00pm | Talk on Queer Literature 24 Aug | 7:30pm | Movie Screening: Body Electric More : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s1n_ACMPSVWhcCZZptkst684M6WHtmVz/view

The Ethics of Engineering in Amīr Khusrow’s “The Alexandrine Mirror” - Wednesday 14th @ 18.30

It is a remarkable fact about Amir Khusrow (d.1325) – India’s best-known Persian-language poet, courtier to successive Delhi Sultans and the most famous devotee of the Sufi saint Nizamuddin Awliya – that his Persian poetry is as little known in South Asia today as the Hindavi verse attributed to him is well-known thanks to qawwali singing and oral legends linking him to the origins of Hindustani music. This talk will introduce listeners to Khusrow’s life and works before leading them into an exploration of one of his long Persian poems, The Alexandrine Mirror, where he re-tells the life of Alexander of Macedon. With illustrations of the poem from later Mughal manuscripts as well as verse translations of passages from the poem and some of his ghazals, we will ask why and how Khusrow told the life of Alexander as a lesson in the ethics of technology; and why he adapted for this purpose a tale from the Yoga-Vāsiṣṭha, the key Advaitic text in his milieu. http://bangaloreinternationalcentre.org/event/the-ethics-of-engineering-in-amir-khusrows-the-alexandrine-mirror/

A Night at the Opera - Saturday 10th @ 18.00

The Bangalore Men, in collaboration with pianists and soloists, present “A Night at the Opera” – a concert of arias, duets, trios and choruses from some of the most beloved operas, such as Carmen, The Magic Flute, Tosca and The Flying Dutchman. Come join us on a journey into the world of enchanted woods, magic flutes, love, hate and death; all vital ingredients to create the world of opera! For ninety minutes, we will together explore this art form, which has been a pillar of Western classical music for centuries.

Accompanying us on this journey, we have guest artists Payal John (soprano), Anisha Chandy (soprano) and Tanisha Herbert Rozario (mezzo-soprano); and at the grand piano two of the country’s most eminent pianists- Ms Rebecca Thomas Colaco and Mr Shantanu Patel.

http://bangaloreinternationalcentre.org/event/a-night-at-the-opera/

Caste Matters | Suraj Yengde - Thursday 8th @ 18.00

Caste Matters, the stunning new book by Suraj Yengde, invokes the personal and the political to provide us a searing perspective of caste in 21st century India. Partha Chatterjee calls it “A book that demands to be read”. Anand Teltumbde writes, “Caste Matters is an experiential exposition of the hidden side of caste by a promising young scholar who has risen from the dark alleys of his childhood to the academic dazzle of iconic Harvard”. Join us for the Bangalore launch of this book, where Ramachandra Guha, Menaka Guruswamy, Grace Banu and Achal Prabhala will engage in a discussion with the author.

Bangalore International Centre

http://bangaloreinternationalcentre.org/event/caste-matters/