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discussions and ideas
We hold events that bring thought provoking, idea generating topics in the field of art.
art and artists
We support South Asian artists by finding residencies and promoting their work into the mainstream
production
We produce events and festivals that showcase contemporary art and artists from a South Asian view point in all fields of art - literature, dance, music and visual arts.
Oct 25, 20222 min read
Ajay Walia
Chef Ajay Walia is committed to changing the perception of Indian food in Western culture. Through his work, he’s made people realize...
Oct 25, 20221 min read
Alka Joshi
Alka Joshi was born in India and raised in the U.S. since the age of nine. After decades of writing advertisements, her husband...
Oct 25, 20221 min read
Daisy Rockwell
Daisy Rockwell is an American artist, translator and writer. She translates from Hindi and Urdu into English. She is the winner, with...
Oct 25, 20221 min read
Nik Sharma
Nik Sharma is the best-selling cookbook author, photographer, and writer behind A Brown Table, an award-winning blog. His first cookbook...
Oct 25, 20221 min read
Poorna Jaganathan
Poorna Jaganathan is an American producer and actress, best known for her portrayal of Nalini Vishwakumar in the Netflix series Never...
Oct 25, 20221 min read
Swara Bhaskar
Swara Bhaskar: Bhaskar is an award-winning Indian actress in the Hindi Film Industry popularly known as Bollywood. Swara has played a...
Oct 25, 20221 min read
TM Krishna
TM Krishna is one of the pre-eminent vocalists in the rigorous Karnatik tradition of India’s classical music. As a public intellectual,...
Oct 25, 20221 min read
Vikram Chandra
Vikram Chandra is an author and entrepreneur. His latest book is Geek Sublime: The Beauty of Code, the Code of Beauty. It is his first...
Oct 15, 20221 min read
Ayad Akhtar
Ayad Akhtar is an award-winning novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. He is the author of American Dervish, published in over...
Sep 28, 20191 min read
Tipu Purkayastha
Tipu Purkayastha is an HR leader at KLA Tencor Inc., California Bay Area. He has managed HR teams and disciplines in US, Europe & Asia in...
Sep 28, 20191 min read
Ritu Marwah
Ritu Marwah is an award-winning author. In 2015, she was recognized and awarded by the Indian American Women Empowered’ for her work and...
Sep 28, 20191 min read
Sadaf Siddique
Sadaf Siddique is cofounder and Chief Creative Officer at KitaabWorld (fall 2016), along with Gauri Manglik, whith whom she co-authored a...
Sep 28, 20191 min read
Sugata Ray
Sugata Ray is an Associate Professor of South and Southeast Asian art, at The History of Art Department, University of California,...
Sep 28, 20191 min read
Harsha Ram
Harsha Ram is an Associate Professor at the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Department of Comparative Literature,...
Sep 28, 20191 min read
Rahul Gajjar
Rahul Gajjar studied Graphic Design and Photography at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M. S. University of Baroda, India. He has exhibited his...
Sep 28, 20191 min read
Abhishek Poddar
Abhishek Poddar is a prominent collector and patron of the arts in India. He has been collecting art since high school and has created a...
Sep 28, 20191 min read
Robert Mintz
Robert Mintz is Deputy Director at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. He occupies a key leadership position responsible for managing...
Sep 28, 20191 min read
Shelly Jyoti
Shelly Jyoti is a visual artist, fashion designer, poet and an independent curator whose work references in the cultural context of...
Sep 28, 20191 min read
Jonathan Curiel
Jonathan Curiel is an award-winning author and journalist who has written widely about Islam, the Middle East, foreign affairs, visual...
Sep 28, 20191 min read
Moazzam Sheikh
Moazzam Sheikh is the author of two short story collections, The Idol Lover and Other Stories, 2010 and Café Le Whore and Other Stories,...
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