Things To Do

One hour with a legend of classical Indian dance, starting at two hundred rupees.

Three hours inside Geeta Govind, guided by someone who has lived the text.

A Saturday night jazz set that earns its keep at a thousand rupees.

A full-on choreography session for anyone who wants to actually move.

A Tuesday night show where the audience is also the material.

Stand-up in Vile Parle on a Tuesday — check the price and go.

Stand-up that does not particularly care if you are comfortable.

From first dates to in-laws — all of it gets it on Tuesday night.

Girgaon after dark, with the stories they do not put on plaques.

Walk through Bombay's freedom story on the day that matters most.

Two days of stories that stay with you long after.

One neighbourhood, many faiths — Bombay at its most quietly layered.

Alibaug, a long weekend, live music, and it costs nothing.

Bollywood love songs, acoustic, no frills — just the feeling.

Learn to move to music that already lives in your head.

Wildlife photography people, one room, no entry charge.

True stories, told live, by people who lived them.

Free jazz, a Sunday night, and nowhere you need to be.

Bombay's spiritual side, on foot, before the week begins again.

Bandra's best stories, told at a height kids can actually reach.

Where Bombay started, explained to someone who wasn't there.

Free, midweek, and focused on something worth thinking about.

Twenty years of the SOI, three of classical music's biggest names, one Sunday.

Rahman's music, candlelight, and the Opera House on Independence eve.

A Monday workshop at Goregaon that asks you to just let go.

A ₹149 jam session in Lonavla on Independence Day — easy call.

Raymond Martin brings music to a Lonavla cultural centre as the sun goes down.

Four hours, four precincts, one city that keeps surprising you.

Two and a half hours inside Bombay's busiest, loudest, most alive bazaars.

The buildings you walk past every day finally get a proper introduction.

Independence Day eve, spent with the hands that built this city's trade.

Independence Day in old Bombay, on foot, with proper stories.

The night before Independence Day, done right at Lower Parel.

A multi-arts event at NCPA that lives between the page and the stage.

A Wednesday evening film at NCPA — the right mid-week pace.

Catch the next generation of Indian classical musicians before everyone else does.

A proper drum clinic — for players who want to get better, not just louder.

Ten hours of stories, one stage, ages nine and up.

Spend Independence Day by Pawana Lake, not stuck in traffic.

A Saturday evening where you actually make the thing you eat.

Nasi Goreng and Gado Gado, made by you, on a Saturday afternoon.

Eight hundred years of Pune, told through stone on Independence Day morning.

An overnight trek to one of the Western Ghats' best monsoon waterfalls.

Independence Day at Shaniwar Wada — Pune's freedom story on foot.

Eat your way through Pune Camp on Independence Day morning for ₹250.