Hans-Ulrich Treichel, poet and novelist and a professor at the German Literature Institute has developed a literary reputation in Germany for writing which is humorous and yet challenging. He enjoyed huge popular and critical success with the publication of his first major prose work, Lost (Der Verlorene) in 1998. Among many other awards he has received the Hermann-Hesse-Prize (2005) and the Eichendorff-Prize (2006). Lost has been translated into twenty-one languages and has been made into a film. It was translated into English by Carol Brown Janeway. Hans-Ulrich Treichel will read from his book Lost. The reading is followed by a talk moderated by Urvashi Butalia (Zubaan Books).

Goethe Institute New Delhi

To mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 2008 the Goethe-Institute, in collaboration with the foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future initiated an International Short Film Competition for the students of film colleges in various countries. Nine award-winning productions on the theme of human rights are being presented at the International week of Justice organized by Amnesty International India.

The festival will highlight the issues of death penalty, disappearances, war on terror, prison experiences and trials and the freedom of expression, with a special focus on journalists and artists.

Goethe Institute New Delhi

In keeping with its engagement with art and the public space, and also to fulfil the need for a platform for young and emerging photographers the Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan has organised 'Art, Space and the City', a photo exhibition on art and culture in the public spaces of Bangalore. This is part of a larger project aimed at raising awareness of the importance of public spaces in Bangalore which are disappearing rapidly, in the name of modernisation, commercialisation of land and expanding infrastructure.´

The photographers involved in the project set about to try and figure out, in how far spaces in Bangalore that can be deemed public in the sense of more or less uninhibited access – like streets, parks, tanks, neighbourhoods, cricket grounds etc. – are used for cultural and/or artistic activities.

The exhibition will include a Meet-the-Artists session between 4.00 and 6.30 p.m. on Saturday, december 13, 2008 at the Bhavan.

Goethe Institute Bangalore

The Sixth Kalpanirjhar International Short Fiction Film Festival 2008, scheduled for 1-5 November 2008 at Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata, expects a larger number of entries this year and larger crowds of viewers. A national jury will select the best film out of entries selected for screening at the Fifth Festival for the Patton Award of Rs 20,000 only for the best Indian entry. All entries to the Festival must have been made on or after 1 January 2007.

Kalpanirjhar Foundation