What sets kitsch apart from the classical? What constitutes kitsch in the first place? And how did a form with roots in Germany become so easily associated with Mumbai?

Multipolis Mumbai: Kitsch and the City, a panel discussion by the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Ministry of Culture and Avid Learning is set to decode kitsch in the city. Tracing its evolution in visual art, design, architecture and fashion all the way to food and the spoken word, panellists — Pavitra Rajaram, creative director, Pavitra Rajaram Design and former lead designer, Good Earth, Sneha Raisoni, co-founder, Plan B and founder, Tappu ki Dukaan and Pankil Shah, co-founder, Bombay Vintage — will also disband myths around it.