Book & Film Club
Our book and film clubs always have the authors and filmmakers in attendance respectively. Our readings and screenings are followed by passionate animated discussions. Join us for our events and tell your friends about them as well. Most of our events are open to the public with RSVP.
Pop up Kashish
Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival is the biggest LGBT (Lesbian Bisexual Gay and Transgender) Film festival in India and South Asia. Since its debut in 2010, Kashish has today become one of the important annual events in Mumbai's cultural calendar. The Godrej India Culture Lab hosted a special Pop Up edition of the festival on 10 May 2013.10 May 2013
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Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai, a medieval Sufi poet, is an iconic figure in the cultural history of Sindh. His remarkable poems are sung by many communities in Kachchh and across the border in Sindh (now in Pakistan).These songs speak of the pain of parting, of the inevitability of loss and of deep grief that takes one to unknown and mysterious terrains. Umar Haji Suleiman of Abdasa, in Kachchh, Gujarat, is a self taught Sufi scholar; once a cattle herder, now a farmer,...1 March 2013
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Love! Some say it’s a feeling that can never be explained in words. Some say it is a journey of emotions. Love makes the world go around…Love is a many splendoured thing... (In that case, why do I hate you like I love you?) This Valentine’s Day (or rather, the day after), the Godrej India Culture Lab hosted a very special talk and book reading by Annie Zaidi, someone who’s written an entire book in trying to decipher this strangest of all...15 February 2013
Continue to EventThe City of Devi
In the desolate streets of Mumbai, empty after threats of nuclear annihilation, Sarita can only think of one thing. She must buy the last pomegranate that remains in perhaps the entire city for her physicist husband Karun, who has been mysteriously missing for over a fortnight. Jaz – young, cocky and handsome – is also looking for his own lover. Traversing the surreal landscape, always under the pervasive influence of the Bollywood cinema megahit Superdevi that some blame for sparking religious fanaticism, both Sarita and Jaz...14 January 2013
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In Bengalaru, a law student falls in love as the nation’s highest courts decide whether his love is legitimate. In Mumbai, a film star and a parent discuss their own journeys of "coming out" as advocates of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender movement. In rural Kerala, two girls row a small boat and feel their hearts opening, even as they outgrow the village that is their only home. These are the lives of queer Indians today: poignant, gripping, and occasionally even...5 November 2012
Continue to EventFinding Carlton
This was an exclusive screening and was accompanied by a interactive session with the director of the film, Susheel J. Kurien. Finding Carlton is an original and lovingly crafted documentary of the story of jazz in India. It explores the African American jazz diaspora in South Asia and for the first time, brings to life a remarkable example of early cultural globalization. 18 October 2012
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How does an item girl tackle sexual harassment at her work place? Why does a highly paid woman software engineer pay a dowry? When a woman focuses on her career, does she lose out as a wife and a mother? Is there a female model of achievement as distinct from a male one? These and other similar questions are explored in Unbound: Indian Women @ Work through a series of interviews conducted by the author with women from all walks of life...17 September 2012
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The Liberals is a very private story of a very public middle-class consumption revolution. From proselytizing American schools in Calcutta to Page-3 parties in Delhi and television studios in Bombay, the book brings to life unforgettable characters spawned by the needs of the world’s largest democracy. Communist Bob Dylans jam with murderous villagers, girlfriends give lessons in capitalism, TV stylists snarl over white shirts, Amar Singh talks about love and Akshay Kumar about what it takes to be the boy next door. Through it...30 August 2012
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