On the occasion of Mirza Ghalib’s birth anniversary, Gyaan Adab presents Mi…Ghalib, a play that traces the journey of a young playwright who attempts to portray the life of Mirza Ghalib in his words. The great poet guides him on a spiritual journey full of verses, intoxication and conflict that seems to intertwine with the […]
Monsoon descends and the clouds split open the gutters running parallel on both sides of the narrow village gully swell up in a spate and bridge the gap between them to shake hands… Gyaan Adab invites you to the launch of Dilip Mohapatra’s second book of poems, ‘Different Shades’ published by Authorspress India, which […]
Exhibition, workshops, discussions… Creative arts are often used in therapy in conjunction with other approaches, to help express thoughts and feelings, to gain personal insights, and to generally enhance the therapeutic process. Opening up through artistic expression can contribute to health and wellness. Sharing powerful or disturbing feelings is known to contribute to overall physical […]
We invite you to an evening of mystery and terror to celebrate the birth anniversary of the master of the macabre – Edgar Allen Poe. To commemorate his contribution to gothic literature, Gyaan Adab is organizing an evening of theatre and poetry based on Poe’s stories. Delve into madness and mayhem with performance poetry - […]
Gyaan Adab invites you to a unique ballet, Yatra which is based on the four basic ends (purusharthas) of human life, as recognized by the Hindu tradition: Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha. It is a fast-paced and lively ballet based on the various stages of the protagonist’s life as he searches for the true meaning […]
“Copper is such a rich metal, in its raw state it speaks to me, the artist. Hold a sheet over a flame and ghostly images of earth colours, red, blue, green and purple spread over the sheet, a beautiful patina buried in its molecules from the day it was conceived in the rocky womb of […]
Bringing alive Randhir Khare’s new novel STRANGERS ON THE SHORE The programme features the voices of Saurabh Dalmiya, Priyanka Menon, Sumedh Sarojini and Neeti Pherwani who enthrall with their thespian skills, playing intriguing and hilarious characters shaded with dark humour, whilst the mood of the evening and the novel is set by the gifted musical trio consisting […]
Whether you are a published or aspiring writer, or simply enjoy writing, this one-day workshop or ‘Writer’s Gym’ will help the writer in you limber up on these lines: • Understanding your own writing aspirations • Honing writing habits • Getting into, and then past, the purely autobiographical • Transforming the personal into the universal […]
The scratching Sound of a Pen Gyaan Adab invites you to 'Sarir-e-Khamma', an acoustic interactive musical session presented by Highway 61, where emphasis is on lyrics, poetry and stories of the songs. Thoughts become Words and express the need to become eternal on paper. We all write: either as compulsion or passion. We all read […]
Writer Gouri Dange takes the lid off the ‘mystique’ of being a published writer and all that jazz. Whether you are published, unpublished, self-published, overpublished, underpublished, maybe-published, pretend-published... you will recognize many of your secret ignominies as well as silent triumphs in these hilarious readings from her diary. Agents, publishers, editors, illustrators, fellow-writers, marketing and […]
