A new cultural exchange, Poland meets India seeks to blend an intercontinental cultural exchange by exploring history with the arts.  This collaborative presentation brings together a solo Bharatanatyam performance and visual storytelling to trace a lesser-known chapter of Indo-Polish history. Bharatanatyam dancer Apeksha Niranjan and Polish writer-researcher Monika Kowaleczko-Szumowska will come together to explore cultural similarities between the two countries, while centring the story of Polish refugee children who found shelter in India during the Second World War.

Wanda Nowicka (left) with a friend at Valivade refugee camp in Kolhapur (1943-1948)