We’ve been spoilt for choice, no doubt. Ask any journalist who’s been at the receiving end of the barrage of listings, phone calls and multiple mail requests to feature cultural events that have been making first-time entries in our calendars post October last year.

Somewhere, amid this flood that continues to invade our inboxes, a smile has crept in — mostly, to celebrate the fact that the city is finally waking up to giving its cultural character a longer lifeline. Children’s book festivals (a mention in today’s The Guide), annual performing arts events, festivals around neighbourhoods, food, music and film festivals…the works.