Set in the small Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, Nima, a schoolteacher, faces scandal when an explicit video featuring another woman who looks exactly like her surfaces online. In an effort to clear her name, she travels to the south of the country in order to find her doppelgänger, Meto, only to learn that Meto has disappeared. Locals soon start believing that Nima is in fact Meto’s ghost...
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Award-winning short story writer Gurnaik Johal reads from his debut novel Saraswati, in conversation with Preti Taneja. Brimming with love, lust, violence and loss, Saraswati reveals buried ties between six relatives across the globe. Johal’s magisterial debut explores the passions that bind us to our histories, our lands, and each other.
Baadal Dvaar se Nazar (A Glimpse Through the Cloud Door), is an original experimental work by William Rees Hofmann featuring Benedict Taylor, where sarod meets viola. It explores both tradition and solitude through the dhrupad idiom on the sarod, and openness and experimentation through explorations of consonance, dissonance, harmony, timbre, and resonance on the viola. Inspired by the soundtracks...
An Indian tourist couple arrive in the hill country of crisis ridden Sri Lanka to celebrate their 5th wedding anniversary. But, when things take an unexpected turn, conflicts deepen revealing cracks in their relationship. Film Director, Prasanna Vithanage, winner of over 35 international and national awards, is regarded as one of the most talented and influential filmma...
As part of Freespill poetry night at Masala Festival, this creative writing workshop invites you to explore your roots and celebrate South Asian culture and heritage through storytelling and poetry. In a supportive, experimental space, you'll have the chance to create new work, whether you're trying creative writing for the first time or you're a seasoned poet. Two participants will a...