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Mumbai: 18.10.-20.10.Celebrating 50 years!

In October 2019, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai will celebrate its Golden Jubilee with a three-day festival acknowledging the role played by different individuals, institutions and partners over the years in shaping the work of the institute in Mumbai.

Illustration: Tobias Schrank, Goethe-Institut

Launch offer for book loversThe German List

Demanding, modern German-language literature in English – that is the German List. Since 2009 Naveen Kishore has been editing this series in his publishing house Seagull Books. On the occasion of  the anniversary Seagull Books and the Goethe-Institut present the „Seagull Library of German Literature“ – a fantastic paperback edition of 25 English translations of German titles, which will be unveiled at the Frankfurt Book Fair on 16 October.

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India: 1.10. - 13.12.Science Film Festival

The theme of this years festival is Humboldt & the web of life. Alexander von Humboldt revolutionized the conception of nature by defining it as an interconnected living web. The Science Film Festival 2019 aims to highlight the relevance of this view in the 21st century in regard to environmentalism, climate change and sustainability.

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Experiments in public spaceFive Million Incidents

Five million incidents is a series of activities that will take place in the premises of Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan in Kolkata and New Delhi over a span of one year. It aims at expanding our notion of art as an extension of everyday experience of life. Numerous practitioners of different art disciplines will explore the “process of making” as a moment of sharing and interaction with you, the audience.

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Popcast in OctoberCurrent Music from Germany

In our October Popcast moderator David Creedon presents music by Ilgen Nur, Wanubalé, Die Liga der gewöhnlichen Gentlemen, Die höchste Eisenbahn und Shari Vari. Rock, Pop, Hip-Hop, Electro: every month we shine our search beacon into the nation’s studios and clubs. Together with Zündfunk, Bavarian Radio’s scene magazine, we showcase the latest music by riveting off-the-charts bands.