✨ Maitri Stories ✨
Meet Ben Knapton, Australian theatre director of Warriors, a cross-cultural collaboration which weaves together two age old Indian movement practices.
Discover how a research trip to India in 2015 sparked a creative experiment that is now a movement and a form of storytelling transcending language and cultural barriers.
This is the latest video in our Maitri Stories series, where we spotlight Maitri grantees and the people behind deepening Australia–India ties.
📖 Read more about Ben via our website .au/node/138
#maitristories #australiaindia
Kuch manch waqt ke saath aur khoobsurat ho jaate hain.
Aur kuch rishton ki tarah apne lagne lagte hain.
Yeh deewarein…
yeh roshni…
yeh khaali kursiyan show se pehle wali khamoshi mein bhi
jaise mujhe pehchaan leti hain ab.
Pichli dafa yahan jo mehfil sajji thi,
uski taaliyan abhi tak dil mein basi hui hain.
Iss baar phir laut rahi hoon —
kuch naye geet lekar,
kuch naye jazbaat lekar.
24 May, shaam 7 baje
Royal Opera House, Mumbai ✨
Beyond the skyline, the city is its murals, its koliwadas, its parks, its people and the art that holds all of it together.
In 2022, we sat with artists, changemakers, and experts to explore how placemaking transforms overlooked spaces into living centres of community, culture, and memory. From the truck-art murals of Bandra to the revamped lanes of Versova Koliwada, Mumbai is already showing us what is possible when art meets intention.
🔗 Catch the full session via link in bio or our YouTube channel
#SustainabilityNOW #AvidLearning
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the incredible response to Only Nazm on 26th April 2026 at the Royal Opera House. We are truly grateful for the love and warmth—it was a magical evening with a wonderful audience.
We look forward to seeing you all again soon—stay tuned for our next show in Mumbai🙏✨
2 days to go before my second book, Rootless and Restless, is officially released 🥹 A behind-the-scenes look at how I ended up writing this book 👆🏽
Get your copy now on Amazon / Flipkart (link also in my bio) ✍🏽
Excited to see you at my book launch in your city:
📍 2nd May: Deer Park, Bir, Himachal
📍 5th May: Greenr Cafe, GK 1, Delhi
📍 7th May: The Royal Opera House, Mumbai
📍 16th May: Champaca Bookstore, Indiranagar, Bangalore
Register at the link in my bio (and if your city isn’t included in this leg of the book tour, vote for it in the next leg!). See you soon 💚
Woh shaam bhi aayi aur #OnlyNazms concert mein saari chuninda nazmein gaayi!
Aap sabhi logon ka shukriya jo is concert me aaye , aur jo nahi aa paye, please apne city ka naam batate jaayein, is concert ko pan india aur globally le kar aane ka plan kar rahe hain 🌸❤️
Imagine spending your Saturday morning surrounded by a room full of curious, passionate writers, exploring the world of fiction together ✍️
That’s exactly how our weekend looked like!
We loved collaborating with @avidlearning for this workshop, led by @kmashaikh . From thoughtful discussions to one-on-one conversations and hands-on exercises, it was indeed a fulfilling experience for all the participants!
A big thank you to everyone who joined us!
And if you missed this one, stay tuned - we’ve got more exciting workshops coming your way ✨
The Ship of Shireen Mansion
Why does a ship image top this Tardeo building?
It’s not just a pretty picture of a sea vessel with plump sails – on Shireen Mansion, the 1938-erected building at the entrance to Gamadia Colony in Tardeo, next to the old twin theatres Ganga-Jamuna.
There is a pair of interesting reasons to explain this ship motif.
The first reason is very apt to share today, April 28 being observed as World Art Deco Day. This date marks the anniversary of the 1925 opening of the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris.
Why were images of sea transport popular enough to occupy prominent niches?
The theme was part of the prevailing Art Deco trend. Pre-Independence Bombay architects consciously worked against non-colonial design. Ships, trains and planes – symbolising travel, speed and the surge to hit horizons beyond the Arabian Sea – widely embellished the new exteriors they created. The ship of Shireen Mansion is one such defining motif.
At the centre of the second story is Burjorji Bhesania, once the landlord of Shireen Mansion. His trade involved transporting bales of grass between Bombay’s seven islands. This could only be done in boats. Therefore, this nautical image. Look out for it!
Last night, Kavita Seth carried the words of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Amrita Pritam, Waseem Barelvi, and Josh Malihabadi at the Royal Opera House Mumbai.
Evoking the many varied landscapes of nazms, the ensemble crated an immersive experience, offering room for quiet contemplation and reflection.
Thank you to the artists, collaborators, and audiences who joined us. ✨
#OnlyNazms #KavitaSeth
How is cinema shifting in response to artificial intelligence?
From scripts shaped by algorithms, to marketing strategies to casting decisions guided by data, AI has emerged as powerful tool within the medium.
As part of Lights, Algorithms, Action – Reimagining Cinema with Artificial Intelligence, Smriti Kiran, Harikrishnan Pillai, Devdatta Potnis, and Vishal Bhalla in conversation moderated by Prateek Arora explored how this intersection is reshaping storytelling.
📹Watch the full episode via link in bio or our Youtube channel.
Returning to Mumbai’s ‘Royal Opera House’
24th MAY
w/ New SOUNDSCAPE, New STORIES, New SONGS
Bombay aap pooch rahe the na! kab mil rahe hain?
Lijiye, Mil rahe hain hum🌼
Tickets are now live on
Curated by @kaafi_kultured
A mehfil is incomplete without your presence, your cheers, your claps! Your love ❤️ for ONLY NAZMS is give me courage to do this project pan india. Be there. Feel this .April 26 is just day after. See you all music & poetry lovers.
