29 October,2010 03:00 PM IST | | The Guid Team
The Great Indian vegan Challenge
Get a taste of Spain right here in town
Where ITC Windsor, Golf Course Road on from October 29, 7.30 to 11 pm
Call 2226 9898 foru00a0 Rs 1,050 per person
Tuck into authentic, fiery Spanish food and spirits in this week long Spanish food and wine fiesta. To provide that authentic Spanish taste, the hotel is flying down Spanish chef Angel Campillo. At the fest you can eat your fill of a selection of tapas and paella, classic rice dish made with seafood, chicken or meat. For this festival Spanish ingredients such as smoked meats and cheese, Iberico ham and paella Bomba rice are being specially flown down from Spain too.
Find out who created Peter Pan and how?
where Cinemasophy Club, New Acropolis Centre, St Marks Road
On October 30, 6 pm Call 2211 5967u00a0
Finding Neverland looks at the platonic relationship between JM Barrie, the creator of famous children's character Peter Pan, and a widowed, mother of four children Sylvia Llewelyn Davis. The film traces the beautiful bond that develops between Barrie and Sylvia's children as they start fuelling his imagination as well as play a father figure to them. In fact the crux of Peter Pan stories about little boy who do not want to grow up is influenced by one of Sylvia's children Peter. But this relationship comes under much speculation in Edwardian London.u00a0u00a0
Learn the art of life from celebs
Where MLR Convention Centre, JP Nagar
On October 30, 3.30 pm onwards
Callu00a0 98335 51677 For Rs 1,000 onwards
Rahul Bose, Prahlad Kakkar, Chetan Bhagat and Pratish Nair are coming to town this weekend to tell Bangaloreans how and why to be creative for a successful professional, personal and social life. This one-day-long workshop titled Guts & Beyond - Creativity Cuts Competition - A Creative Workshop aims to create solutions to various kinds of challenges that life throws at you.u00a0u00a0u00a0
Love in its myriad forms
where Crossword, Residency Road call 2558 2411
on October 29, 6.30 pmu00a0
Anita Roy, Editor, Young Zubaan will be in town to launch Zubaan's latest offering: Dead Camel and Other Stories of Love by Parvati Sharma. Roy will be in conversation with Prasanna Chandrasekharan and Nithin Manayath at this book reading and discussion. The book, a collection of short stories deals with love in all forms: love for a dead camel, gay love, young love, love in Mughal times and even love under a quilt. Watch out for Sharma's tribute to Ismat Chugtai's famous tale Lihaaf in the story The Quilt.u00a0u00a0
where Hotel E-Inn, Kirloskar Road
on From October 30 to November 1, 8.30 am onwards
call 4040 0400
If uttering the word vegan makes you want to throw up or say meh, then here comes a programme to change your beliefs forever. At the three-day longu00a0 IVU-India, South West Asia Vegetarian Congress, Practicing Ahimsa: The Core of Our Values, you get to taste vegan delights like saut ufffded asparagus and bell peppers, brown sugar wheat doughnuts, Adraki, Channa Dal, Spaghetti Aglio Olio Pepperoni, Aloo Baigan Hyderabadi, Herb Tossed Vegetable, Kadai Tofu, Soya Cheese with Spinach and more. The spread does not include any dishes comprising diary and honey.
But that's not all. You will also get to attend a series of workshops, a musical concert, discussions and lectures comprising speakers like Malaysian author Mohana Rosie Gill, Dilip Bafna, the managing director from Animal Rights Fund among others. The speakers will address topics ranging from healthy eating habits in children to the intelligence and emotions of animals. However, the treat of the event comes on the last day as you will be taken around the city and to organic farms on the outskirts on an excursion too.u00a0
