Bengaluru, this weekend
The Hindu
Ranga Shankara and Paperback book shop present Celebrating books with The Water Phoenix on July 24
Ranga Shankara and Paperback book shop present Celebrating books with The Water Phoenix on July 24 at noon. The book is written by Rituparna Chatterjee and is a memoir of childhood abuse, healing and forgiveness.
Rituparna is an award-winning author, journalist and columnist. Her first book, An Ordinary Life (Penguin/Viking, 2017) was on the life of the Emmy Award-nominated actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui. The event will be held at Ranga Shankara JP Nagar. Entry is free.
Call 26493982 for details.
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Gear up for an evening with Nikhil Vai Collective at Hard Rock Cafe, St Mark’s Road, as part of its concert Keep your Saturday night alive series. The artiste will pay a tribute to music icons such as Ed Sheeran and Coldplay. The concert is scheduled for July 30, 7 pm onwards. Tickets are priced at ₹ 500 and above.
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There will be a handbuilt pottery workshop at Blr Creative Circus, Yeshwantpur Industrial Suburb, on July 24 between 11 am and 1 pm. This workshop will focus on making articles using a specific technique “suitable for beginners”.
These are, of course, all worthy and wonderful resolutions. But I gave up smoking years ago, don’t eat red meat now and wake up early anyway. Maturity is that time in your life when you can make no more new year resolutions. Not because you are perfect and have no bad habits, but because you’d like to keep the remaining bad habits, thank you very much.