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Tag: Bangalore

  • Bonjour India : Urban Ballet

    In the first edition of Bonjour India in 2009 I had walked away mesmerised by the elegance of Isabelle Anna and Quincy Charles who performed Kathak on western music in “Opus à Kathak.” Of all the events I attended in Pune, it was the Kathak performance that stayed with me for…

  • Dance DISCourse – helping Indian Classical Dance Forms Perpetuate.

    A complete ignoramus when it comes to dance forms, I was initiated to Indian classical dance by a close friend who is a trained danseuse of the Bharatnatyam form. After attending a few dance performances by her and others in Pune, I was re-introduced to Indian classical dance in Bangalore,…

  • Lingering at Balur Estate

    Imagine walking up a winding path, surrounded by towering trees, hundreds of hectares of coffee, pepper, cardamom and betel nut plantations, the gurgling of the mountain stream and chirping of the birds the only other sound apart from that of the dead leaves under your feet. Top this with the…

  • Book Orgy

    A few months ago I wrote about the second hand bookstores of Bangalore, Blossom and Bookworm, regular haunts and the source of some of the most interesting books in my collection. I don’t remember a single occasion when I have walked out of either of these stores empty-handed. What truly…

  • Piya Behrupiya : A Colourful Shakespearean Pastiche

    It’s almost sacrilege to suggest that somebody could equal Shakespeare’s genius or even add to it, but theatre genius, Atul Kumar seems to have achieved just that with the brilliant adaptation of Amitosh Nagpal’s translation of the Bard’s Twelfth Night. I had been waiting for this play to come to Bangalore since ages,…

  • Gourmand Geets : Esplanade

    One rainy evening, after spending a week cooped up at home on a severely restricted diet, my friend and I were restless and our gourmandise was at its peak. We set out in search of good food in a tranquil ambience and found ourselves passing Esplanade on 100 feet road.…

  • Krafff : une soirée de danse, marionnette et théâtre.

    Les amateurs du théâtre et de la danse à Bangalore ont eu une expérience insolite le week-end dernier. L’Alliance Française de Bangalore et Rang Shankara (théâtre renommé au sud du Silicon Valley de l’Inde) ont accueilli Krafff, un groupe de théâtre et danse. Mise en scène par Johanny Bert, le…

  • Ganpati Visarjan Bengaluru Style !

    Born and brought up in Bombay, I am no stranger to Ganpati visarjans. We lived close to the beach and I was familiar with the chaotic madness, frenetic beating of the dhols accompanied by loud music blaring from the speakers and the huge idols of the visarjan processions. I grew…

  • Gourmand Geets : Ants Café

    I first heard about Ants Café from an acquaintance, who said that it was a cool place to chill out on a weekend, adding that it was a Northeast Indian joint. So when my friend and I decided to head there one rainy evening, it was to sample Northeast Indian…

  • Comic Con Express 2012 : Bengaluru

    Ever since I first read about Comic Con on Twitter, I’ve wanted to attend one. Comic Con came to India in 2011 and was organized in Delhi in 2011 by Twenty Onwards Media. Comic Con Express is the travelling version of Comic Con India. Its first stop was in Bombay in November…

  • Gourmand Geets : Onam Sadhya at Enté Keralam

    A restaurant I had passed often on my way to my corporate class or after shopping at 1 MG, Ente Keralam has been on my “to eat at” list for a while now. So when my friend showed me the advertisement for the Onam Sadhya special at Ente Keralam I…

  • Les bouquinistes de Bangalore

    J’adore des livres. Mon rêve, c’est d’avoir une maison où une salle serait la bibliothèque. Une grande salle dans laquelle il y a une fenêtre qui donne sur un jardin et dont les autres murs sont couverts de livres. Bien évidemment j’aime des librairies. Un après-midi passé dans une librairie,…