mumbai

Tall Tales

Stories to Tell

In conversation with Tall Tales co-founders Kaneez Surka and Michael Burns about the way forward for live storytelling in Mumbai.

Control ALT Delete 4.0

Control ALT Delete Returns to Sitara Studio

The popular indie music initiative is back with a crowd-funded music concert featuring all of seven bands. Click through for details.

Make a Difference

Stand-up Comedy to Make a Difference

Three stand-up comics from the popular East India Comedy troupe will perform to raise funds for a good cause this weekend. Details inside.

Bombay Asylum Vol 3

Live in Mumbai: Bombay Asylum Vol. 3 Featuring Atmosfear, SystemHouse33, and Petrichor

The third in the Bombay Asylum series of gigs will feature well-known local metal acts Atmosfear, SystemHouse33, and Petrichor. Click through for details and to purchase discounted tickets.

Bombay Asylum

Aaargh Presents Bombay Asylum, a Series of Fortnightly Metal Gigs in Mumbai

The first Bombay Asylum event takes place at Club Escape in Andheri tomorrow, and features Hacride (France), Nothnegal (Maldives), and Albatross (India). Details inside.

Tall Tales

Tall Tales Is Looking for Storytellers in Mumbai

The live storytelling initiative aims to showcase first-person, nonfiction stories from Mumbai and beyond. Details inside.

Atma Unite

Celebrate Atma’s Sixth Anniversary with Ash Roy, Sky Rabbit, and the Other People

Head to Byculla next week for some great live music, stand-up comedy, and contemporary art—and it’s all for a good cause. Details inside.

Books on Toast

Books on Toast: Donate and Buy Used Books for a Good Cause in Mumbai

The donation drive and sale will benefit the Familia de Ouro project, in association with Lok Seva Sangam, for the benefit of slum children in Bainganwadi. Details inside.

BOMB Thursdays

BOMB Thursdays: Split, the Riot Peddlers, and Punk on Toast Live in Mumbai

The fourth edition of ennui.BOMB’s BOMB Thursdays will take place tomorrow at Kino 108 in Mumbai. Details inside!

Nandita Das's Between the Lines

Play a Little Harder to Get, Playwrights

While Between the Lines tackles the gender divide in the context of a married, well-to-do couple, Class of ’84 flirts briefly with homophobia.

Flights of Fancy

A quick chat with Bidisha Basu, one of the founders of Leaping Windows, India’s first library and café for comic books, graphic novels, and manga.

All That You Can’t Leave Behind

The photographs did not come out of the frames easily. I was naïve to think that I could so simply extricate my pleasant, hopeful memories of India.