𝗖𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹. 𝗪𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹

𝗖𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹. 𝗪𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹: 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗿𝘂 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 is an art-essay book that captures the mobility narratives of women in 80s and 90s Bengaluru Cantonment. It began with the simple question —- How did women hang out in the city?

The book gathers stories from women who lived, worked, or studied in the Cantonment during the 80s and 90s. The stories, in turn, map out spaces in Cantt neighbourhoods that allowed women the option of hanging out, chilling, loitering, putting scene, time pass-ing, just chumma existing, etc etc.

Writer and teacher, Nitya Vasudevan, will be in conversation with three women—CK Meena, Agnes VT, and Vinita Sareen—each with a distinct experience of the Cantonment. Segments of their stories will be read out from the art-essay book by project collaborators Nikhita Thomas and Pranav VS.

This Foundation Project is implemented by India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) under the…