An estimated 1.5 lakh people will visit the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival this year. They'll shop, eat, take in performances, attend readings, participate in workshops, go on heritage tours and discuss new ideas. Few will realise that the 400 events offered up to them were put together by a team of volunteers, curators with regular day jobs and members of the non-profit Kala Ghoda Association. The artists are also busy putting in that extra effort which makes a performance, a 'Kala Ghoda' performance.
Behind the nine-day carnival is an even bigger circus – one that features six months of planning, sleepless nights, phones that won't stop ringing and great stories. Here are some of them...
From HT Brunch, February 2
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