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This month at Select, we have a talk by *Winona* (they/she), a Visual Communications Designer and gamer. Titled *Dungeon...
25/08/2026

This month at Select, we have a talk by *Winona* (they/she), a Visual Communications Designer and gamer. Titled *Dungeons and Dragons, Feminism and Q***r Joy*, this talk will see Winona introduce Table Top Role-playing Games (TTRPGs) like D&D, how they work, and how they can be a source of fantastical joy for players.

The talk will include a brief history of D&D, how the game started with embedded sexism and exclusion - and how players and systems have become not just inclusive, but q***r-positive over time. Winona will share their journey of playing D&D over the last five years and how Bengaluru has grown as a space for going on heroic adventures and epic quests and embodying exuberant q***r, neurodivergent joy.

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FAQs will be answered and discussions will always be enterntained!

Date: 29th August, Saturday
Time: 3:30 PM
Venue: Select Bookshop, Brigade Road

As always, *All are Welcome!*

_By all we mean those from any walk of life, irrespective of caste, religion, gender, or sexuality. We strive to be an inclusive space for engaged discussion._

This month at Select, we are happy to have a talk by Prof Bindu Menon, a scholar of Cinema and Cultural Studies. The ta...
22/07/2026

This month at Select, we are happy to have a talk by Prof Bindu Menon, a scholar of Cinema and Cultural Studies. The talk will revolve around the images of the war on Iran, from the geographically distanced but emotionally initimate vantage of point of those in South Asia. Prof Menon will reflect on the long history of the mediatisation in Dubai, the cities media infrastructure, and its response to the current crisis.

Prof Menon is the facilitator of the Media and Communications program at Azim Premji University. Her areas of interest include history of media, cultural theory, Gulf studies, and gender studies. She serves as an editorial board member of Studies in South Asian Film and Media.

FAQs will be answered and discussions will always be entertained!

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Date: Saturday, 25th July
Time: 3:30PM
Venue: Select Bookshop, Brigade Road

As always, All are Welcome!

By all we mean those from any walk of life, irrespective of caste, religion, gender, or sexuality. We strive to be an inclusive space for engaged discussion.

This month at Select, we are happy to have Nithin Manayath, a scholar of media, speaking about the vast thematics that f...
24/06/2026

This month at Select, we are happy to have Nithin Manayath, a scholar of media, speaking about the vast thematics that fall under the ideas of shame, sexuality and the union of q***r political and intimate experience.

FAQs will be answered and discussions will always be entertained! Reply to the post or DM to RSVP

Date: Saturday, 27th June
Time: 3:30PM

As always, *All are Welcome!*

_By all we mean those from any walk of life, irrespective of caste, religion, gender, or sexuality. We strive to be an inclusive space for engaged discussion._

This month at Select, we are happy to have *Dr Rishabh Kachroo*, a scholar of Science and Technology Studies, speaking a...
25/05/2026

This month at Select, we are happy to have *Dr Rishabh Kachroo*, a scholar of Science and Technology Studies, speaking about the *social and political life of a vaccine* in the Indian context.

Dr Kachroo is currently a visiting fellow at the National Law School’s JSW Centre for the Future of Law. His areas of interest include global health governance and the public understanding of science. He has had his public facing news stories published on the Scroll, the Wire, the Hindu, the Leaflet and the British Medical Journal

FAQs will be answered and discussions will always be entertained!

DM to RSVP!

Date: Saturday, 30th May
Time: 3:30PM

As always, *All are Welcome!*

_By all we mean those from any walk of life, irrespective of caste, religion, gender, or sexuality. We strive to be an inclusive space for engaged discussion._

This month at Select, we are back with a second edition of our Feminist Town Hall, ‘The Making and Unmaking of a Woman’....
22/04/2026

This month at Select, we are back with a second edition of our Feminist Town Hall, ‘The Making and Unmaking of a Woman’. This edition of the town hall aims to discuss recent political events — the Trans Bill 2026, the domestic workers protests, delimitation bill — with the lens of how the identities of women are weaponised to suit various political agendas.

The town hall aims to be a tempered discussion of the issues at hand, and is conducted with the intention of building solidarity. This will be an inclusive space with no tolerance for bigotry.

Please scan the QR code on the poster or find the link in bio for recommended reading materials.

As always, all are welcome.

RSVP here!

After a two month break, Select talks is back! And to kick things off, we’re really fortunate to have Yashas Shetty from...
25/03/2026

After a two month break, Select talks is back! And to kick things off, we’re really fortunate to have Yashas Shetty from the Indian Sonic Research Organisation - ISRO [] (yeah, we know).

For over a decade, the ISRO has been an artist-run home for experimental music and art that explores the depths of numerous sonic realms, offering residencies and fostering a community that is truly interested and invested in all things sound. From making instruments from what is otherwise dismissed as trash, to creating music programming languages, the ISRO has covered far too many bases for us to even spell out.

In this talk (which might be accompanied with a performance), Yashas will talk about his experience running and the philosphy behind this one of a kind sound research laboratory’

Date: Saturday, 28th March
Time: 3:30 pm onwards

Please DM to RSVP ASAP since the event room has limited space

And as always, all are welcome!

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13/12/2025

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There’s life that’s lived by millions in this country who lie at the tail end of their mortality, despite the endless em...
20/09/2025

There’s life that’s lived by millions in this country who lie at the tail end of their mortality, despite the endless emphasis on discourse revolving around our *demographic dividend peak*.

This month at Select, we have Aparna, a noted researcher in the field of senior living, who will be taking us through the bumpy landscape of elderly care in this country. Join us to learn about the numerous measures that exist in this country which many of us seldom pay heed to until it’s too late, alongside understanding what it takes to bridge the dissonance between need and have for the lovely people we know living in their golden years.

3:30 pm, this Sunday (21st September)

As always, all are welcome!

Bangalore is 🫶Find these books on Bangalore
09/08/2025

Bangalore is 🫶
Find these books on Bangalore

It's Select Talks time! All you poetry enthusiasts (meter no bar), hear hear 📣⏳ Sunday next (the 27th of July)📍 : 71 1st...
23/07/2025

It's Select Talks time! All you poetry enthusiasts (meter no bar), hear hear 📣
⏳ Sunday next (the 27th of July)
📍 : 71 1st Cross, Brigade Road, Bengaluru (See Maps for guidance)

Over the course of a year, Arvind Padmanabhan has penned beautiful haikus; musings on his everyday experiences in this lovely city of ours.
That he will be sharing with us a few of his works from his latest collection of poems,
"No Cherry Blossoms in My Haiku,"
alongside elaborating on the motifs that inspired him to pen them.

Great for if you enjoy a good poem or two, been meaning to write a few haikus yourself (this is an interactive session and Arvind will be taking us through some haiku essentials), or you're just keen on seeing the beauty and meaning in the little things around you.

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