Music, theatre & literature: Here is a list of today’s iconic events at the Kala Ghoda Festival in Mumbai

The annualKala Ghoda Arts Festival is back with newer and more engaging list of activities on the schedule Spread across the Fort area with events happening from February 4 February 12 at K Dubash Marg Rampart Row YB Chavan Centre Cross Maidan and Cooperage Bandstand to name a fewCinema UpstreamBest of KASHISH International Shorts Package Fiction of 5 filmsPresented by KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film FestivalThe 5 films from Venezuala Japan China Portugal and Lebanon are as diverse in their cinematic approach as they in the stories they tell about the LGBTQ communities The Third Solar Term by Zhanfei Song Fado Manor by Salvador Alejandro Gutieacuterrez Leave by Sioly Amundarain The Fish With One Sleeve by Tsuyoshi Shoji Warsha by Dania BdeirTime 600pm ndash 730pmVenue Rangaswar Audi Yashwantrao Chavan CentreMusic Upbeat Anand An Absolute Space of Bliss Presented by Suhel Rais KhanSuhel Rais Khan is a worldrenowned sitarist and son of the legendary sitarist Late Ustad Rais Khan He sings in multiple genres Bringing the essence of his music to KGAF he calls it lsquoANANDrsquoTime 0630pm ndash 0715pmVenue Cross MaidanYatra with AanchalAanchal Shrivastava is an independent sufi amp folk singer giving a contemporary touch to homegrown sounds This Din Shagna Da singer from lsquoFour More Shots Pleasersquo is known for her powerful voiceTime 0730pm ndash 0815pmVenue Cross MaidanSongs of Himalayas by Shantanu MoitraFeaturing Ani Choying Kaushiki Chakraborty Ambi SubramaniamConceptualised and led by Shantanu Moitra renowned music composer of landmark films including Parineeta 3Idiots and Madras Cafe Shantanursquos 100day journey across the Himalayas led to compositions being created on the way He intersperses this musical ensemble with riveting stories and breathtaking visuals of the mountainsTime 0830pm ndash 1000pmVenue Cross MaidanTheatre Flash ForwardThe Bose Legacy English Presented by Playpen Performing Arts Trust Show Case EventsVociferous protestors against British oppression Amiya Nath Bosersquos father Sarat Chandra Bose and uncle Subhas Chandra Bose often found themselves imprisoned or detained under some pretext or another They wrote to him often Long after the people who wrote were gone they leave behind a legacy that we read today Mature Theme UA 16Time 0830pm ndash 0915pmVenue Yashwantrao Chavan CentreLiterature ForewardFinding the Mystical in the MundanePoet and biographer Arundhathi Subramaniam discusses how the metaphysical stems from the physical as she touches upon the practice of poetry and all things art mdash with Pervin SaketTime 600pm ndash 700pmVenue CSMVS Main LawnThe Editorrsquos Cut Literary MagazinesEditors discuss the growing role of literary magazines in shaping Indian writing across genres and forms Smita Sahay Ashoak Upadhyay Indira Chandrasekhar and Anil Menon field questions from Tanuj SolankiTime 600pm ndash 700pmVenue CSMVS Main LawnChildrenrsquos Literature Page TurnersDiamonds in the sky By Katie BagliMedha RajyadhyakshExplore our vast galaxy of celestial bodies and strange happenings through poetry stories and drama Age 610Time 600pm ndash 700pmVenue Kitab Khana Fort MumbaiHeritage Walks Footsteps in TimeGothic Grandeur Footsteps around Oval Maidan 0500pm ndash 0630pm0500pm 0630pmExploring the Jewish Heritage of BombayTalk Prof Saul Sapir talks about Jewish contribution to MumbaiTime Khaki LabVenue 0500pm ndash 0630pmNoteBatch size for each walk is 20Entry will be allowed only with a valid passPasses to be collected from the Heritage Help Desk Ador House at 300pm every day for the next dayrsquos walkIN PHOTOS Watch these innovative installation arts from Kala Ghoda 2023 in MumbaiFor more information visit wwwkalaghodaassociationcom