Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, Literature & Writing Schedule

Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, Literature & Writing Schedule

Please note that this is not the official site for the Literature and Writing section. We are placing this schedule here as a convenience to our readers and members, and to help the organisers spread the word. The programme may change due to unforeseen circumstances.

Literature and Writing Festival
Presented by R. Sriram & Janhavi Acharekar
Elphinstone College, NGMA Auditorium & David Sassoon Library – Garden



4th Feb 2006 – Saturday

5.30 pm
NGMA Auditorium
The Dark Horse: Walking Down Arun Kolatkar's Lane
The Literature Festival at Kala Ghoda is inaugurated with a powerful performance by Gowri Ramnarayan and group. ‘The Dark Horse' uses dialogue, music and poetry to explore the mind of renowned poet Arun Kolatkar. The show has met with much success in Chennai, Pondicherry, Kolkata and Mumbai.
Cast: Dhritiman Chaterji, Amrita Shetty
Performers: Andrea Jeremiah, R.Sunder, Craig Fernandez
Script, Direction, Music: Gowri Ramnarayan
Poetry Texts: Arun Kolatkar
Vocals: Savita Narasimhan
Lights: Amit Singh

7.30 pm
David Sassoon Library Garden
Launch of Atlas: New Writing, Art & Image and Aark Arts Contemporary World Poetry
Presented by: Sudeep Sen [editor] & Crossword [publisher]
Readings by/of:
Dilip Chitre, Arun Kolatkar, Kaifi Azmi, Tom Alter, John Agard, Grace Nichols, Amit Chaudhuri, Charles Bernstein, Christopher Merrill, Peter Porter, Les Murray, Tomaz Salamun, Matthew Sweeney, John Hartley Williams, Fiona Sampson, Amir Or, Zoran Anchevski, Naomi Shihab Nye, Imtiaz Dharker, Raj Rao, Arundhathi Subramaniam, Jerry Pinto, Anand Thakore, Priya Sarukkai Chabria, Sharmishtha Mohanty, Hoshang Merchant, Anjum Hasan, Bina Sarkar, Tishani Doshi, Leeya Mehta & others
Photography by : Rafeeq Ellias

5th Feb 2006 – Sunday

4.30 pm
David Sassoon Library Garden
Poetry for Youth
Presented by: Anju Makhija and Jane Bhandari
A delightful reading and performance of poetry for young adults by poets Jane Bhandari, Anju Makhija and others.

6 pm
David Sassoon Library Garden
A Talk with Shantaram
Theatre personality Dolly Thakore in conversation with author of ‘Shantaram', Gregory David Roberts
Shantaram, the novel that has taken the world by storm, is based on the author's own experiences. It is the story of an Australian convict on the run in Mumbai, his life in the slums and his tryst with the mafia. Participate in a discussion with the author of this extraordinary work that celebrates the spirit of this city.

7.30 pm
David Sassoon Library Garden
Rain by Sudeep Sen: ‘Poetry, Art & Jazz in Performance'
Reading by: Sudeep Sen & Tom Alter
Jazz Flute: Rajeev Raja
Art by:
Jehangir Sabavala, Paritosh Sen, Gulammohammed Sheikh, Jatin Das, Arpana Caur, Gieve Patel, Baiju Parthan, Paresh Maity, Meera Devidayal, Rekha Rodwittiya, Jogen Chowdhury & others

6th Feb 2006 – Monday

5.30 pm
David Sassoon Library Garden
Sufi & Urdu poetry
Reading by:
Anju Makhija, Ashok Banthiya & Tom Alter
Sufi Songs by:
Kala Ramesh
Reading of the works of Ghalib, Iqbal and Faiz. Poetry reading of renowned 16th century Sufi poet Shah Abdul Latif, translated by poet Anju Makhija and Hari Dilgir. Sufi songs of Kabir, Gorakhnath and Shah Latif.

7 pm
David Sassoon Library Garden
Criticism & Camaraderie
Presented by: Bina Sarkar Elias, editor Gallerie
Join Gallerie, the arts and ideas journal on a lively discussion with artists, poets, writers, photographers, actors and filmmakers – on the need for good criticism.

7th Feb 2006 – Tuesday
6 pm
David Sassoon Library Garden
Fresh Off The Shelf: Recently launched books
Talk & Reading by authors:
Kankana Basu, Sharmistha Mohanty, Neeru Nanda, Sonia Faleiro, CP Surendran
Authors talk about their works, the writing and publishing process, interspersed with readings.

8 – 9 pm
David Sassoon Library Garden
Shooting Rhymes & Cutting Verses
Film Screening in collaboration with The British Council
13 short films where the directors give a visual interpretation to poetry and successfully blend two art forms, showing incredible imagination in adding their own personal signatures to literary gems.
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8th Feb 2006 – Wednesday
7.30 pm
David Sassoon Garden
Short stories from around the country: Performances
Performance by:
Shivani Vakil, Digvijay Savant, Anupama Jayaram, Jasvinder Singh and Dilshad Edibam.
A performance of Urdu, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali and Hindi short stories in translation from Katha.

9th Feb 2006 – Thursday
6 pm
David Sassoon Library Garden
Writing Non-Fiction: The Mills, Narmada Dam and Godhra
Talk & Reading by authors:
Darryl D'Monte, Dilip D'Souza, Dionne Bunsha
Ex-editor of the Times of India and author Darryl D'monte in discussion with journalists and authors Dilip D'Souza and Dionne Bunsha about writing for causes, interspersed with readings.

8 – 9.30 pm
David Sassoon Library Garden
Beats 'n' Bars & Air Guitars
Film Screening in collaboration with The British Council
A celebration of contemporary British music through 8 short films that explore some of the many possibilities revealed by combining music and visual images.
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10th Feb 2006 – Friday

5.30pm
David Sassoon Library Garden
Mumbai Poetry Live! with the British Council
Reading & Performance by :
John Agard, Imtiaz Dharkar, Eunice de Souza, Adil Jussawalla, Ranjit Hoskote, Jerry Pinto, Arundhathi Subramaniam, Menka Shivdasani, CP Surendran, Marilyn Noronha, Sampurna Chattarji, Anju Makhija and Revathy Gopal
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11th Feb 2006 – Saturday
10.30 am – 5 pm
Elphinstone College Seminar Room
Fiction Writing Workshop Part 1
by Neeru Nanda
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6 pm
David Sassoon Library Garden
Performance Poetry with the British Council
Reading & Performance by poet:
Shamshad Khan

8 – 9 pm
David Sassoon Library Garden
Shooting Rhymes & Cutting Verses
Film Screening in collaboration with British Council
13 short films where the directors give a visual interpretation to poetry and successfully blend two art forms, showing incredible imagination in adding their own personal signatures to literary gems.
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12th Feb 2006 – Sunday
10.30 am – 5 pm
Elphinstone College Seminar Room
Fiction Writing Workshop Part 2 by
Neeru Nanda, with Guest author Kalpana Swaminathan
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5.30 pm
David Sassoon Library Garden
SMS poetry competition awards
Flash fiction competition awards

6 pm
David Sassoon Library Garden
Literature & New Media
Readings and performances by: Caferati.com
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7.45 pm
David Sassoon Library Garden
Literature & New Media
Readings by Iqbal Patni: Tasveer ki Aawaz (The voice of images)

8.30 – 10 pm
David Sassoon Library Garden
Beats 'n' Bars & Air Guitars
Film Screening in collaboration with British Council
A celebration of contemporary British music through 8 short films that explore some of the many possibilities revealed by combining music and visual images.
More Information...


The Fiction Writing Workshops
These will be interactive sessions where the participants will be given brief inputs on which to create character, dialogue, plot and outline interspersed with readings from stories written by renowned writers. On Day 2 of the workshop the participants are expected to bring their own story for a critical review. Acclaimed author, Kalpana Swaminathan, will moderate the session between 4 and 5 pm. as a guest writer.

Participants must preferably e-mail Neeru to confirm their attendance and submit a very brief note on themselves. Those interested in participating on Day 2 must fill the application form (please visit www.kalaghodaassociation.com for more details) and submit their stories beforehand.

Neeru Nanda has been in the field of writing and publishing for almost 15 years. She has attended various Fiction and Literature related courses in Columbia University, New York. She has just released her first collection of short stories titled IF, published by Rupa & Co. The book has been endorsed by Ruskin Bond and has been receiving very favourable reviews in the press.


Poetry with The British Council

John Agard

Poet, playwright, performer, anthologist, John Agard was born in Guyana and went to Britain in 1977. He worked for the Commonwealth Institute from 1978-1985 as a touring reader, during which time he visited some two thousand schools across the UK talking about his Caribbean experiences and giving talks, readings and workshops. John was the first Writer in Residence at the South Bank Centre, London in 1993 and was honoured with a Paul Hamlyn Award in 1997. His books include Man to Pan (Casa de las Americas Prize, 1982), Mangoes and Bullets, We Animals Would Like a Word With You, From the Devil's Pulpit, and he has edited several children's poetry anthologies.

Imtiaz Dharker

She is a poet, artist and documentary film-maker Her collections 'Purdah', 'Postcards from god' and 'I speak for the devil' include her own drawings for these sequences. Her next book, to be published by Bloodaxe in April 2006, is 'The terrorist at my table'. According to Alan Ross, writing in London Magazine, 'Hers is a strong, concerned, economical poetry, in which political activity, homesickness, urban violence, religious anomalies, are raised in an unobtrusive domestic setting, all the more effectively for their coolness of treatment'.

Shamshad Khan

"..there is no convenient category in which to place Shamshad Khan. Her poetry is delicately worded yet strong in its messages. She presents her work with such physicality that to watch her truly engages the senses."

Carmen Walter, Writing Magazine Shamshad Khan is a Manchester-based poet. She is the Co-editor of two anthologies of poetry and currently is the Literature Advisor to the Arts Council England (North West) and Associate Artist with the green room, Manchester. She has recently been shortlisted for an Arts Foundation Fellowship in performance poetry (to be announced 2006).

Her publications include: "The Firepeople" (Payback Press 1998), "Velocity" (Black Spring Press, 2003), "Masala" poems for children (McMillan 2005) Her performance work includes: Megalomaniac - Verse theatre with live beat box and music from Jason Singh (of Nitin Sawhney Sound System) and Basil Clarke. This piece premiered at the green room, Manchester's centre for new performance in 2004 and was selected for presentation at the Decibel international showcase (2005) and is on a UK national tour (2005/06). Hard Cut - A poetic monologue with music. Selected for "National Review of Live Art", the UK's leading annual showcase of new contemporary performance (2002); performed for conference of women live art performers (Beurne, Switzerland 2003) and the Barcelona Literature Festival (2004). Megalomaniac and Hard Cut are both directed by Mark Whitelaw, winner of the Lawrence Olivier Award 2004. Her commissioned performances include - BBC Radio 3 and the Manchester Museum installation (2003-05). Arts and Business (Oct 2005), Glasgow Hidden Gardens (Nov 2005) and in 2006 she has been commissioned to present a programme for BBC Radio on Muslim poets.



Films with The British Council
1. Shooting Rhymes & Cutting Verses

Summer With Monika
Corrina Askin
5min, Animation, 2000
This short animated film is based on Roger McGough's classic quirky love poem "Summer With Monika". With insightful humour it explores the paranoia and self doubt which seeps into most romantic relationships at one stage or another.
Corrina Askin's imaginative film seems at first glance to be a stream of consciousness in which the images shift effortlessly from one to the next but on closer inspection reveal a very deliberate sense of timing, one that supports a well thought out narrative.
Summer With Monika is an exciting montage of colour and exuberant abstraction which gives a perspective which does not always tally with the narrators. An upbeat score composed by Aidan Mulholland and Roger McGough's soulful narration keeps everything light-hearted.

Picassoesque
Sally Ann Arthur
3min, Animation, 1998
An colourful animated version of Julia Darling's poem Picassoesque: sticking two fingers up at the beauty industry's obsession with stick-like ankles/women. Those with more pillar-like legs are encouraged to ignore the images which bombard them and enjoy their strong wide limbs!

Elevator
Alrick Riley
4min, Fiction, 2000
In an elevator a chance encounter of two men creates an atmosphere which instigates presumptions. A question belying preconception cultivates these presumptions which mutate though ignorance into fear doing the journey downwards. A man's mind disintegrates. The poet explains it and we then witness the final, beautiful scene.

The Burdened Ass
Adrian Hedgecock
12min, Fiction, 2002
France, 1916: John, a soldier and wannabe poet needs to save his sanity, and his ass, whilst he still can. Deserting the front line, John wonders with his head in the clouds until befriending an ass (as in ‘donkey') whose attitude towards life helps the young soldier to recall everything he's been missing and re-evaluate everything he (thinks he ) knows...

Lonely Boy
Becalelis Brodskis
2min, Animation, 2002
A moving portrait of loneliness. The story of a man who estranged from those around him lives out his life utterly alone.

Broken Glass
Marte Holth
5 Min, Animation, 2001
Sand-dry humour leavens a stop-motion anti-nostalgia nightmare. Just don't call for mommy when you wake up.

The Lines
Suzie Hanna, Hayley Winter
4min, Animation, 2001
This collaborative film is based on a short poem, ‘The Lines' by Andrew Motion. Animated text in the landscape and electro-acoustic sound interact to interpret and experiment with the meanings contained in the poem. Themes visited are history of the building of the railways, changing seasons and death. Techniques include 16mm film and video pixillation, drawn and mixed-media animation, edited digitally using Adobe Premiere.

Minister For Exams, The
Paul Trewartha
2min, Animation, 99
The Minister for Exams is a short film based on a poem by Brian Patten that explores the oppressive nature of education, as represented in context of a child's undefiled imagination.
Designed to manipulate the flow of vision through a use of space, editing and direction, this film addresses the relationship between language and movement, thought and expression.

Not Waving
Jane Rogayska
4min, Fiction, 2002
A happy group of picnickers bustle to the beach. One man changes into his swimming trunks, puts on a pair of flippers, does a clownish dance and dives into the grey-blue sea. The other picnickers notice their friend waving from the water, and wave back energetically. We hear the waves. The man waves from the deep water, his hand sailing from side to side. Gradually, he loses control in the water and disappears.

For You
Heidi Kocevar
3min, Animation, 2000
The changing faces of love are shown through the attempts of a man to capture his beloved forever. The film is approximately 2min. 45sec. long. It was painted with clay straight under the camera and is strongly influenced by the paintings of Rene Magritte.

The Tyre
Brian Hill
9min, Fiction, 2000
The Tyre is a short film based on a poem by poet, Simon Armitage. The Film is about a sales rep who feels trapped and tied down by his life. He eventually frees himself through a magical childhood memory.

The Man With The Beautiful Eyes
Jonathan Hodgson
5min, Animation, 2000
A gang of kids find a strange house with an overgrown garden where they play. Only once do they meet the man who lives there, a dead-beat alcoholic with a free and easy spirit who welcomes them. The children see him as a romantic character in stark contrast to their neurotically house proud parents.

The Old Fools
Ruth Lingford
6min, Animation, 2002
‘The Old Fools' directed by Ruth Lingford is based on the poem of the same name by Philip Larkin. The film presents a clear-eyed look at the inevitability of our own decay and death, with some humour and visual seduction. Using images that are visceral, abrasive and sometimes quite beautiful, the film hints at the consequences of our society's denial of death. Techniques include DV footage, drawings and typography digitally animated, using Painter and After Effects.



Films with The British Council
2. Beats n Bars & Air Guitars

Music can paint pictures, make you laugh and dance the whole night through. It can relax you, put you into a contemplative frame of mind or take you to another dimension. Beats ‘N' Bars & Air Guitars celebrates the joy of making music through film and presents musicians who want to experiment, create soundscapes and push boundaries of musical ex-pression. The programme offers a chance to look again at the diverse experiences music can offer, and explores some of the many possibilities revealed by combining music and visual images.

The films are diverse in both style and content, ranging from the contemplative poetic black and white film, Listen, through the surreal Stop my Head, the abstract Colour Keys, and the hard-hitting story of F unction at the Junction to the documentary Go to your Room. The programme examines some of the many ways in which music can create its own narrative, and reveals the vibrancy of the contemporary British film and music scenes.

The Films:

Listen (Director: Mandeep Ahira, 11 minutes)

Stop my Head (Director: Caroline Espenhahn, 4 minutes)

Colour Keys (Director: David Daniels, 4 minutes)

Function at the Junction (Director: Justin McArdie, 14 minutes)

Aggressively Joyful (Director: Chris Rodgers, 2 minutes)

Stairway at St Pauls (Director: Jeroen Offerman, 9 minutes)

Go to your Room (Director: Dami Akinnusi, 31 minutes)

Holly Bolly (Director: Dishad Husain, 15 minute)

http://www.caferati.com/contests/KGAF2006Lit.htm

Amazing Line Up of Music next 15 days

Jan 31st & Feb 1st
Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull will perform at Shanmukhananda Hall. Opening
Act by Alms for Shanti.

Feb 4th
Bryan Adams at MMRDA grounds, Bandra Kurla Complex
Tickets are 800 & 1200
For home delivery of tickets call 2649 3665

Feb 10th to 12th
The One Tree Music Festival
Promoted & Produced by Oranjuice Entertainment & Fountain Head
Tickets are available at many city outlets (Not sure which) but for Home
delivery call Big Tree at 2649 3664

Feb 10th
Uriah Heep
The Father's of British Metal.
(you can catch Mick Box the founder, live on the Nightshift on Feb 2nd
on GO FM)

Indus Creed
Will be 2 among the many acts.

Feb 11th
The Earth Wind & Fire Experience featuring Al McKay
(their music sways between soul gospel & funk)

Kool & The Gang


Feb 12th
Walter Trout & The Radicals
(voted the 6th best guitarist of all times by the BBC)

The Original Blues Brothers Band

Tickets are available at many city outlets (Not sure which) but for Home
delivery call Big Tree at 2649 3664


Other acts expected to be hitting Mumbai soon are Black eyed Peas & U2

Happy Rocking,

Book Readings : By the Sea

Crossword Juhu, Organised a series of Book Readings under the blanket of "By the Sea" as part of the Ongoing Juhu Hamara Festival.

The session brought together:
Arundhati Subramaniam read some of her poetry.
Saleem Peeradina an Indian professor of creative writing from the US who read some of his prose from The Ocean in My Yard.
Sonia Faleiro read from her yet to be released "The Girl"
There was Anand Thakore, a musician cum poet who read some poetry he had written. He was heavily into greek tragedies, & I doubt if too many people seated in the crowd could understand what he was all about.

It was interesting to watch the reactions of the panelists while any one other than themselves was speaking. Arundhati's facial expressions were very distant, uninvolved & bored while the others were reading. When it was her turn, she started off with a broad smile to try & build rapport with the audience, which had no one fooled.

Prof. Saleem Peeradina was the most polite & well mannered of the lot. I guess it comes out of being a creative writing prof where he must be enduring much worse.

Sonia's diamonds were glittering in the lighting and she seemed restless as she kept fidgeting around in her chair.

Anand Thakore seemed like a tantrum throwing musical creative sort. He didn't throw any tantrums but it seemed possible that he might. Some tea had to be arranged for him as he needed to drink something hot.

The readings were interesting. Arundhati has a way with words. Must come from practice. Would have been good if the professor could have used a little more expression in his voice & on his face. Sonia's book seems worth buying. Anand, I don't know. I will need to do a lot more catching up on my greek literature before I can pick up his writings, otherwise I will be forced inot doing more research than reading to understand what he said.

It was a pleasant reminder of what the Sea means to Mumbaikars.

The worst part was when the session was thrown open to questions, one crazy character came upon the scene. Wearing a black "ganji/baniyaan/singlet/whatever u call it" Some wooden beads around his neck & the most colorful camouflage pants ever. He had been absent throughout the readings but suddenly came downstairs when the open session began. Then he went about asking the most convoluted questions in neither pidgin english nor hindi, that no one could understand whther he was trying to make a statement or ask a question. He would just orate for 7 minutes or longer, refusing to be interrupted by either the panel, the moderator or the audience & then stand defiantly waiting for someone to realise that he had stopped talking for now & maybe this was the chance to cut him off.

But this character (neither kid, nor man, nor teen) was an extreme pain in all the wrong places. Then he started lagaoing as to how he gets 5 lakhs for writing an ad brief or something like that. Maybe he thought that there would be cameras there or something, but all he seemed to be there for was some attention. It didn't matter if it was positive or negative or that the entire assembly there would have liked to throw their slippers at him. So irritating was he, he spoilt the entire atmosphere & camaraderie that had begun to build up.

If u wanna read more catch Sonia Faleiro's perspective on her blog on the same.

Mumbai Festival Schedule Jan 14th to Jan 27th

January 14, 2005
Event: Opening Ceremony
Time: 7.00 p.m.
Venue: Gateway of India
Activity: The honorable Chief Minister of Maharashtra & Tourism Minister, GOI will be the chief Guests. Show directed by Dr. Vijaya Mehta, Invocation scripted by Shankar Mahadevan. Fashion show by Shiana N C, bollywood Stars & Famous Mumbai personalities to grace the event.

Event: Mannat Deewar
Time: 9.30 p.m.
Venue: Marine Drive
Organized by: JSW Foundation
Activity: CM to inaugurate.

Event: Mumbai Mela
Time: 10.30 p.m.
Venue: Bandra Reclamation
Organized by: Surabhi Foundation
Activity: Renuka Chaudhury to inaugurate

Event: Karting Race for Hiranandani Residents
Time: 3.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m.
Venue: Powai
Organised by: Hiranandani
Activity: Go-karting competition for the residents of Hiranandani Gardens

Event: Exhibition race of Karting Champions
Time: 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.
Venue: Powai
Organised by: Hiranandani
Activity: Go-karting competition for the National Champions at the Hiranandani gardens

Event: Conditions Apply
Time: Throughout the Day
Venue: Mobile Billboard Art Project
Organised by: JSW Foundation
Activity: This January, as part of the Mumbai Festival, Jitish Kallat will present a Mobile Billboard Art Project titled Conditions Apply that will travel through various parts of Mumbai along a prescribed route over seven days. The Mobile Truck carrying the billboard will begin its journey at the Gateway of India. The aim is to take art out of the gallery-museum framework and on to the street and bazaar creating an unexpected collision between the chance viewer and the artwork. The work comprises of a large 10 feet x 20 feet image printed on vinyl and mounted on a large signage truck. This image is made using the childhood inkblot technique of folding paper and letting colours bleed between them.
The two complimentary colours of the National Flag form the massive inkblot in Conditions Apply. The colours, saffron and green, often read symbolically in religious terms, have come into confrontation on various occasions in the recent past despite having co-existed harmoniously for decades. On the billboard the two colours merge and form a large symmetrical butterfly-like pattern. The `central' fold of the inkblot can be read as a metaphor for the axis of governance that needs to tilt neither left, nor right of center to create the much-needed symmetry and harmony in our highly polarized polity.

Event: Food Zone
Time: 4.00 p.m. to 12 a.m.
Venue: Jehangir Art to Prince of Wales
Activity: Mouth watering, delicious & chatpata dishes to eat and take away

Event: Heartwarming Dishes
Time: 4.00 p.m. to 12 a.m.
Venue: Regal Theatre to Gateway of India
Activity: First time ever a whole stretch between Regal cinema and Gateway of India will experience rare delicious foods like chiwda an other dry snacks Farsan, garlic chutney, corn bhel and chiwda at the fest. Mumbaikars can expect made-to-order cholcolate chip cookies and brownies.made by NGOs, charitable trusts and women at home. To eat and take away. They are already preparing loads of for their big day - January 15, when they set up a stall, as part of the Heart Warming Dishes, at the Mumbai Festival. I

Event: Tagda Arm Contest
Time:
Venue: 60 colleges in Mumbai
Activity: Selection of Mr. & Ms. Tagda Arm.

Event: Shopping Festival
Time: Throughout the day
Venue: Across Mumbai
Organised by: Orange & supported by Coke
Activity: Raffle Prizes-Daily raffle draws to be won, International holidays, Watches, Jewellery, Diamonds, Two-Wheelers, Cars, Visit to Star Parivar at their set locations. Over 5000 retail outlets participating in shopping. Further information available on Radio City & Times of India. Participating malls-Crossroads, Tardeo, High Street Phoenix, lower Parel, Globus Bandra, Inorbit Malad, Centre one Vashi, Nirmal Lifestyle mulund, RMall Mulund, Shopper's Stop bandra-Andheri-Chembur-kandivili, Westside Kalaghoda-Hughes Road, Crossword book Stores kemps Corner, Haiko Super Market-powai, The Loft Powai, Culture Shop Powai, Be:kwality House Kemps Corner-juhu tara Road, Fuel opera House, Vijay Sales-Mahim-Goregaon-Borivili, Food bazaar The Hub.

Event: City Delights
Time: Throughout the day
Venue: Across Mumbai
Organised by:
Activity: Special offers and discounts offered by participating restaurants across the city.

January 15, 2005
Event: Think City: Realities & Possibilities of change in Mumbai
Time: 9.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Venue: Little Theatre, NCPA
Activity: Mumbai is at a critical moment of change, with its landscape, business and culture, being transformed in the face of the many challenges over the last decade. This workshop is an invitation to examine the shifting contours of the ongoing change, and map the direction the city can, will, or ought to take in the future. It would be expected to probe fundamental concerns like the task of urban management. A greater understanding of the different ways of life in the city, and the interconnections between them, can only develop out of a focus on richer description, as is sometimes forgotten that the question of justice is tied to that of efficiency, and that the question of culture is tied to both. Participants include Kumar Ketkar, editor Loksatta, Arvind Adarkar, Architect and activist, Vyayjayanti Rao, anthropologist, Pankaj Joshi, architect and planning consultant

Event: Footsteps/Footfalls
Time:
Venue: Bandra Reclamation Promenade
Activity: Artists from Rangavalli Parivar Thane, in an effort to nurture and popularize Rangoli as an art form, will work with a city based contemporary artist to create a 25 ft x 8 ft Rangoli. The leitmotif of the foot - seen in different Rangoli traditions - will be used to explore the idea of migrants, their passages through the city, their aspirations. This contemporary Rangoli will articulate the spirit of Mumbai

Event: Mannat Deewar
Time: 11.00 a.m.
Venue: Marine Drive
Activity: Governor to visit

Event: Shell Dhoom Macha De
Time: 4.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.
Venue: Hiranandani, Powai
Organised by: Bharat Shell Group
Activity: Final Round of Autorickshaw Race

Event: "Oceanic"
Time: 5.30 p.m.
Venue: Priyadarshani Park
Organised by: JSW Foundation
Activity: Subodh Kerkar Exhibition

Event: Glow Positioning System
Time: 5.30 p.m. to 10.00 p.m.
Venue: GPO/Kaburtarkhana, near CST Mumbai
Organised by: JSW Foundation / Ashok Sukamaran
Activity: GPS at the GPO is an interactive installation, which will transform an entire chowk into a visual instrument. Lights can be "played" across the architecture, on the trees and across the roads, by anyone on the street. An urban panorama is unfolded- by you. The individual enters into a simple yet powerful interaction with their city. This is a visual relationship, but also a relationship about power, about kinesthesia, and touch, and play.

Event: Free Cooking classes and Food Talk
Time: 4.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
Venue: Across Mumbai
Organised by: Rashmi Uday Singh
Activity:

Event: Food Plaza
Time: 7.00 p.m. onwards
Venue: Kaifi Azmi Park, Juhu
Organised by: Rashmi Uday Singh
Activity: Inauguration by Shabana Azmi

Event: Channel [V] Launch Pad
Time: 7.00 p.m to 10.00 p.m.
Venue: MMRDA, Bandra
Organised by: Channel [V]
Activity: Channel [V] Music Band Competition culminates to a grand finale. 5 winning bands to perform with international artists Tata Young & Raja of Husan.

Event: Hungama TV Kite Flying Contest for Children
Time:
Venue: Islam Gymkhana, Marine Drive
Organized by: IBH
Activity:

Event: Dheel De Kite Flying Contest
Time: 4.00 p.m to 7.00 p.m.
Venue: Islam Gymkhana, Marine Drive
Organised by: Giants International
Activity: Kite Flying contest

Event: Windows - Worlds within Worlds
Time: 10.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m.
Venue: Victoria Mills, Off Worli Naka
Organised by: JSW Foundation
Activity: Showcase of objects to evoke the life of Mumbai's working class.

January 16, 2005
Event: International Marathon
Time:
Venue: Across Mumbai
Organised by: Procam International
Activity: Marathon

Event: Children Festival
Time: 12.00 p.m to 7.00 p.m.
Venue: Hiranandani
Organised by: IBH
Activity: Event No.1 - Childrens' Festival at the Mumbai Festival(Tinkle Jamboree) exclusive for children - Children can look forward to a host of activity such as contests, workshop, Magic Show, exciting games and fun. Exciting prizes to be won. Age Group: 7 to 14 years. Event No.2 - Special Attraction - March-Past of Band with Tinkle characters around Hiranandani Gardens,Powai and colourful fireworks.

Event: Puppet Show - Inspired by Amar Chitra Katha
Time : Not given
Venue: Bandra Reclamation (within Mumbai Mela)
Organised by: IBH
Activity:

Event: MTV Jazz Show
Time: 7.00 p.m.
Venue: Gateway of India
Organised by: MTV
Activity: Performances by George Duke, Al Jerreau, Earl Klugh, Governor of Maharashtra and U.S. Ambassador to be chief guests.

Event: Falguni Pathak Nite
Time: (Coordinate with committee about timing)
Venue: MMRDA, Bandra
Organised by: Sankalp
Activity: Music

Event: Colourful fireworks
Time: 6.00 p.m.
Venue: Powai
Organised by: Hiranandani
Activity: Colourful display of fireworks at the Hiranandani Gardens

January 17, 2005
Event: Zara Hat Ke
Time: 6.00 p.m.
Venue: Gateway of India
Organised by: Deutsche Bank and Kotak Bank
Activity: Regional folk performances by special children organised by SAVE the Children, India

Event : Limca Fresh Face
Time: 8.00 p.m.
Venue: Gateway of India
Organised by: Limca
Activity: Fresh Face Hunt

Event: Science Demonstration
Time: All throughout the day
Venue: 15 schools all across Mumbai
Organised by: TIFR
Activity: Children of Mumbai will be exposed to the latest developments in the field of science by the professors from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

January 18, 2005
Event: "Mumbai Meri Jaan"
Time: 7.00 p.m.
Venue: Gateway of India
Organised by: HDFC
Activity: A musical evening by Sonu Nigam, Usha Uthup & Vaishali Samant

January 19, 2005
Event: Louis Banks & Aditi Bhagwat nite
Time: 7.00 p.m.
Venue: Gateway of India
Organised by: Deutsche Bank and Kotak Bank
Activity: Fusion of classical dance and western music

January 20, 2005
Event: Aatma
Time: 7.00 p.m.
Venue: Gateway of India
Organised by: Deutsche Bank and Kotak Bank
Activity: A sufi music ensemble by Ustad Sultan Khan & group

January 21, 2005
Event: Blue - Celebrating Mumbai Waterfront
Time: 7.30 p.m.
Venue: Bandstand Amphi Theatre, Bandra
Organised by: JSW Foundation
Activity: Book Launch-Release of book, `Manyness of Mumbai' by Architect Uttam Jain and published by Indian Architect & Builder and Super Book House.

Event: Blue - Celebrating Mumbai Waterfront
Time: 8.00 p.m.
Venue: Bandstand Amphi Theatre, Bandra
Organised by: JSW Foundation
Activity: Sapphire an evening of dance celebrating women and water. Lata Surendara (Bharatnatyam), Geeta Radhkrishna (Kathak) & Jhelum Paranjape (Odissi)

Event: Blue - Celebrating Mumbai Waterfront
Date: January 21 - 23, 2005
Venue:
Organised by: JSW Foundation
Activity: Blue Brigade-Signature Campaign, endorsements by city's celebrities, CEOs, media personalities & every Mumbaikar stating "I believe in Blue" will be a part of all the three-day activities.

Event: "Different Strokes"
Time: 7.00 p.m.
Venue: Gateway of India
Organised by: Deutsche Bank and Kotak Bank
Activity: Sitar recital by Ustad Raees Khan & unique combination of music by Talat Aziz & Sharon Prabhakar

January 22, 2005
Event: Blue - Celebrating Mumbai Waterfront
Time: 8.30 a.m.
Venue: Bandra Bandstand, Carter Road
Organised by: JSW Foundation
Activity: Clean up Drive-500 Naval Officers & Volunteers

Event: Tinkle & PETA Walking Tour
Time: 10.00 a.m.
Venue: Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Borivili
Organised by: IBH
Activity: Organised in collaboration with PETA, children will be taken on a tour of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park. The tour will conclude with a short educational talk by PETA and an exciting contest.

Event: Blue - Celebrating Mumbai Waterfront
Time: 10.30 a.m.
Venue: Bandra Bandstand, Amphi Theatre
Organised by: JSW Foundation
Activity: Installation -Installation of Street furniture by Anjani Khanna, Shilpa Kalanjee & Purvi Parikh.

Event: Chaufulla
Time: 7.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m.
Venue: Kamgar Kalyan Maidan, Lower Parel
Organised by: Coke
Activity: Folk Dances and performance from rural Maharashtra

Event: Shakti
Time: 7.00 p.m.
Venue: Gateway of India
Organised by: Pancham Nishad
Activity: Fusion Music

Event: Blue - Celebrating Mumbai Waterfront
Time: 7.30 p.m.
Venue: Carter Road, Bandra
Organised by: JSW Foundation
Activity: Frames of Blue-Slide show, on proposal of waterfronts by Hafeez Contractor, PK Das & Ratan Batliboi.

Event: Puppet Show - Inspired by Amar Chitra Katha
Time : 5.00 p.m.
Venue: Bandra Relclamation (within Mumbai Mela)
Organised by: IBH
Activity:

Event: Mini Golf Championship
Time: 10.00 a.m. onwards
Venue: Powai
Organised by: Hiranandani
Activity: Mini Golf Championship will be open to the age group of 15 years and above. Participation will be allowed to first 300 persons. Either one stamp size photo or a xerox copy of any photo identity shall be submitted at the time of registration. No entry charges. There will be attractive prizes.

Event: Magic Show
Time: 5.00 p.m. onwards
Venue: Powai
Organised by: Hiranandani
Activity:

January 23, 2005
Event: Blue - Celebrating Mumbai Waterfront
Time: 11.30 a.m.
Venue: Carter Road, Bandra
Organised by: JSW Foundation
Activity: Design competition for waterfront by young designers and students of architecture

Event: Blue - Celebrating Mumbai Waterfront
Time: 7.30 p.m.
Venue: Amphi theatre, Bandra
Organised by: JSW Foundation
Activity: Confluence- Fusion Music evening by Indian Ocean Group

Event: Tinkle Jamboree & Hungama TV Kids Ka Kamaal Contest - Live
Time: 12.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.
Venue: Phoenix Mills, Lower Parel
Organised by: IBH
Activity: Drawing contest, fun & games for children

Event: Tinkle & PETA Walking Tour
Time: 10.00 a.m.
Venue: Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Borivili
Organised by: IBH
Activity: Organised in collaboration with PETA, children will be taken on a tour of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park. The tour will conclude with a short educational talk by PETA and an exciting contest.

Event: Closing Ceremony " A New Beginning"
Time: 7.00 p.m.
Venue: Bandra Reclamation