© Goethe-Institut Mumbai

Mumbai: 21 May Walking, Seeing, Collecting - The Shifting City

The lecture by Kaiwan Mehta. will be followed by a panel discussion with the artists Rachel Lopez, Sameer Kulavoor and Ritesh Uttamchandani on their forms and mediums of discovering and documenting, chronicling and producing anew their cities within Bombay-Mumbai-Bambai.

© Goethe-Institut Kolkata/Design:Sharanya Chattopadhyay

Kolkata: 25 MayArts for Juniors

Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata and ThinkArts continue with the initiative for children to engage, discover and explore the world of art, music and books through a range of diverse, exciting activities.

Photo (detail): © Adobe

Artificial intelligence The sensitive algorithm

Artificial intelligence is now an integral part of our everyday lives. It makes our smartphones smarter and can diagnose disease and write screenplays. Are there any limits, and might it soon surpass us in creativity and empathy – and perhaps even help us achieve immortality one day?

© Mohd Rasfan/AFP/Getty Images

SportswomenA badminton icon

The Indian badminton player, Saina Nehwal, has become a role model for the country. There will soon be a Bollywood biopic. Her country is in urgent need of strong women.
 

KlassikcastCurrent from the classical scene

Our first Klassikcast went online a year ago, in November 2017. Month for month we have been showcasing artists, their music and their stories. It’s been an eventful year covering the opening of Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, the Bayreuth Festival, up-and-coming talents and established stars, as well as a number of jubilees and premieres. And now we’re celebrating our own first anniversary!

Photo (detail): © Adobe / Stockwerk-Fotodesign

IntersexGender diversity

At the beginning of 2019, population registers in Germany were amended to include a third gender category. The option box is headed ‘divers’, which translates as ‘miscellaneous’ or ‘other’, and it was introduced for a dual purpose: to remove the burden from parents faced with deciding an intersex child’s future and to show that being different can also be normal.