A festival in Bengaluru that celebrates urban literature
The Hindu“Urban literature is symptomatic of all the stresses people face in this century,” says Pooja Sagar, who leads the Word Lab at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Sadashivanagar. City Scripts, the annual urban writing festival of IIHS, the 9th edition of which will be held between May 10 and 12, is all about celebrating various city-centred narratives. “And as cities keep changing, we will also keep evolving right along with them.” This year, the theme for the festival will be Text and Tapestry, an attempt to “ look at how narratives around the city unravel like threads on a fabric, figuratively, and how these threads loop, unwind and extend across genres and themes,” as Pooja puts it. While the core concept of City Scripts has always been a celebration of urban narratives through writing, the festival has always allowed space to include creative and interactive elements like workshops, exhibitions, and performances that explore urban issues from diverse perspectives, says Sofia.
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