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Goethe Medal 2017Award for the Indian publisher Urvashi Butalia

Once a year, the Goethe-Institute awards the Goethe Medal. This year, three women are being distinguished with the award: Lebanese author, Emily Nasrallah; Russian journalist, translator and historian, Dr. Irina Lasarewna Scherbakowa; and Urvashi Butalia, who is from India. [more …]
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Start up with German

A Project for German learners and teachers in India

“Startup with German” is an initiative of the German Embassy, Central Agency for German schools abroad, DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), InDaF- The Indo-German Teachers Association and the Goethe-Institut/ Max Mueller Bhavan which offered two competitions - one each for students and teachers.
Photo (detail): © dpa; picture alliance / Felix Hörhager/dpa
Venice BiennaleRadical and brutal

Germany stands out at this year’s Venice Art Biennale, winning two Golden Lions. Opinions differ regarding the German Pavilion, however. [more …]
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Call for applicationINDO-EUROPEAN RESIDENCY PROJECT KOLKATA

Three artists practicing different art forms will live together in a shared apartment (individual bathroom) for six weeks in Kolkata and one week in Santiniketan.
Artists from all forms of the arts are invited to apply.
© Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata
We are movingGood bye!

For nearly 50 years, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata was synonymous with the address “8, Ballygunge Circular Road”. From 7th May, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan will close its doors permanently at this address and prepare the shift to its new premises at Park Mansion on Park Street.
Photo (detail): © Primalux/Fotolia
The advantage of being multi-lingualIt’s all a matter of communication

Many countries have several official languages, which is not always to the advantage of the political climate. But the citizens, above all, benefit from being multi-lingual. [more …]
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Call for EntriesUrban Lens Film Festival 2017

The Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) in association with the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan will host the 4th edition of the Urban Lens Film Festival from 21 to 24 September in Bangalore and from 6 to 8 October in New Delhi.
Submission deadline: Friday, 30 June 2017

German LanguageOpportunities for students and teachers of German

Practise German free of charge

Practise German free of charge with our varied selection of online exercises and in the community

MagazineNews from culture and society in Germany and India

The revolutionist Wladimir Majakowski in “1917 – Der wahre Oktober” by Katrin Rothe

Photo (detail): © Katrin Rothe Filmproduktion

The German Animated Film Scene
Rare Birds, Big Dreams

The animated film has a hard time of it in Germany – despite all the outstanding training programs that are available. For a long time the genre was regarded as a playground for the more exotically inclined. Now there are encouraging signs that that may be changing. [more …]

Classroom Physical Training, Khel Khel Mein

Low-income schools
Taking sports to the grassroots

Khel Khel Mein or Just For Kicks are non-profit aimed at bringing sports education to low-income schools where it's lacking or neglected. [more …]

K. Nagarkar: Seven Sixes are Forty-Three

Kiran Nagarkar
A persistently elusive maverick

Kiran Nagarkar’s 1974 novel Saat Sakkam Trechalis was just launched in a new English edition. Seven Sixes are Forty-Three describes the interior landscape of a dissolute and moneyless young man in Bombay and Pune of the 1960s and 70s. [more …]

ProjectsTopics and Projects of Goethe-Institut in India

Photo (Detail): © martinbrombacher.de

Cultural BuildingsWell Worth Seeing

Tourist magnets, architecture as theatre and cultural flagships: buildings like the newly-opened Elbphilharmonie are meant to enhance culture with their spectacular architecture – and positively influence the development of a city or a region. But does it work?

Goethe.de/futureperfectFuture Perfect

The Goethe-Institut and the foundation FUTURZWEI collect stories for tomorrow - already today and everywhere.

Forgotten and RecalledMy Parents' World

As the world is now gripped with the Syrian refugee crisis and debates rage on their acceptance in various countries in Europe, it may be the right time to look back into some of the biggest refugee crises and human migration in recent history. The debates centre mostly around the broader theme of what impact the refugees would have if they are allowed to settle in a particular society.

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Goethe Medal 2017Award for the Indian publisher Urvashi Butalia

Start up with German

Venice BiennaleRadical and brutal

Call for applicationINDO-EUROPEAN RESIDENCY PROJECT KOLKATA

We are movingGood bye!

The advantage of being multi-lingualIt’s all a matter of communication

Call for EntriesUrban Lens Film Festival 2017

German LanguageOpportunities for students and teachers of German

German courses

German exams

Teaching German

Practise German free of charge

MagazineNews from culture and society in Germany and India

The German Animated Film Scene
Rare Birds, Big Dreams

Low-income schools
Taking sports to the grassroots

Kiran Nagarkar
A persistently elusive maverick