A contemporary classical presentation that draws on diverse musical and lyrical influences, strung together in a narrative that brings music and poetry together in a seamless blend.

Manasi Prasad (vocals)
Shadrach Solomon (keys)
Vishnu Ramprasad (Navtar)
Shivling (Flute)
Manjunath NS (Drums)
Karthik Bhat (Tabla)

Revanta’s contemporary approach to the traditional pandanallur-style margam breathes fresh life into an ancient tradition. Telling stories of long-distance relationships, the environment and its destruction, and globalisation through Bharatanatyam, the artist shares his creative journey while showcasing some of his newest work that has enthralled audiences in India and abroad.

Formed in 2018 by Bindu Subramaniam, Ambi Subramaniam, Mahesh Raghvan and Akshay Anantapadmanabhan, the Thayir Sadam Project is a blend of Indian classical and digital music.known for their engaging performances, and their ability to seamlessly weave elements of traditional and modern music styles.

Bengaluru Fantastic, Bengaluru’s first tech-art festival in public space pops up at digital #blrlitfest, with an engaging interactive piece, titled “Between.Today”.

This piece pays homage to our past and our future, just as it brings together eloquently the creativity embedded in the technology and the art worlds. Using Deep Learning AI, it reminds us of our creative fore-bearers who have laid the foundations upon which we have launched ourselves into this brave new world.

itihaasa, a first-of-its-kind digital app that recounts the history of Indian IT since the 1950s through 600 short videos with over 37 hours of footage and 350 archived photographs and articles. Find answers to questions like – When was programming first taught in India? How did education in computer science evolve? How did India embark on a journey to manufacture computers and software? Who were the earliest IT entrepreneurs and much more through stories in six dimensions -Time, People, Organization, Policy, Technical Terms and Place.

“itihaasa is more than an homage to the past or a nostalgia tinged walk. It is a narrative of triumph that has brought us to the present and a missive of optimism for the future.”
Kris Gopalakrishnan, Co-founder of Infosys

Interact with the periodic table through games, word search and other fun activities to celebrate 150 years of Mendeleev’s Periodic Table. Organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry to commemorate the International Year of Periodic Table.

Have you always wanted to be the main protagonist in one of the classics of world literature?
Yes?
Then you have the opportunity! Experience the world as Kafka’s Gregor Samsa

The VR adaptation of Franz Kafkas “The Metamorphosis” gives people the chance to discover the live of Gregor Samsa and to feel the transformation into a bug on their own body.

One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug…

The metamorphosisVR was developed by the Goethe-Institut Prague together with a Czech start up coordinated by a film director of Prague Film School Mika Johnson and is presented at Bangalore Literature Festival by Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore.

BlrBusking is a group of people that sit in public places and write poems or make artwork for strangers. Fueled by the zeal to meet with new and interesting people, and peek into their lives through refreshing conversations, we have busked around the globe now and interacted with countless strangers. We look forward to doing more of the same with new and interesting people at the Bangalore Literature Festival.