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.
Velvet Revolution
There is no longer a red line when it comes to the killing of women journalists today. They are under attack by state and non-state players just like their male counterparts, with the added threat of sexual violence every time they go out in the field. 29 September 2017
Continue to EventA Fly in the Curry: Independent Documentary Film in India
The Godrej India Culture Lab is proud to present *Dr. K.P. Jayasankar* and *Dr. Anjali Monteiro* for a special talk on their *award winning* book A Fly in the Curry: Independent Documentary Film in India. Based on close textual analysis and conversations with filmmakers, the book explores independent documentary film in India as a *site of resistance. *5 May 2017
Continue to EventZamane Ko Dikhana Hai - Celebrating the Cinema of Nasir Husain
The Godrej India Culture Lab was proud to present Zamane Ko Dikhana Hai - a celebration of the joyous cinema of Nasir Husain with author, journalist and editor Akshay Manwani. 31 March 2017
Continue to EventFields of Dreams - Football Girl Power in India
As a build up to Women’s Day 2017, the Godrej India Culture Lab was proud to present Fields of Dreams – a special event about how sports, and football in particular, can bring about social change. 3 March 2017
Continue to EventNostalgia for the Future
Direction: Avijit Mukul Kishore, Rohan Shivkumar Produced by: Films Division India The Godrej India Culture Lab hosted a special screening of the documentary ‘Nostalgia for the Future’. How was the ‘modern’ Indian nation created? What was the utopian zeal of creating a new model of citizenry? Where did the new citizen reject the old-fashioned and feudal systems of the past? ‘Nostalgia for the Future’ is an exploration of all these questions and more, an insight into the aspiration towards modernity and the intimate spaces...28 December 2016
Continue to EventFound in Translation - an Evening with Jerry Pinto
Godrej India Culture Lab was proud to present Jerry Pinto, the Windham-Campbell Prize winningpoet, writer, editor and translator. At our event he spoke about translation. He wants you to know that he knows translation is a doomed enterprise. He knows that you can’t get the local flavours across, not the music of the language, nor the peculiar idioms, but he also wants you to know that he is committed to trying. 2 September 2016
Continue to EventNawabs, Nudes, Noodles by Ambi Parameswaran
We were proud to host the global book launch of Nawabs, Nudes, Noodles along with Pan Macmillan. This is a book which is as much the story of Indian advertising as it is about India. Ambi Parameswaran presented key trends explored in the book in his talk, which was followed by a tête-à-tête with ad guru Santosh Desai.9 June 2016
Continue to EventGetting Better - a special screening with Gulserene Dastur
Economists and politicians, urban planners and journalists all have theories, facts or figures to provide sophisticated answers to the question, "How much healthcare is affordable?" On the ground in King Edward Memorial(KEM) Hospital, this question is a grim reality as the hospital deals with over 1.7 million patients every year!7 April 2016
Continue to Event