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A Valentine’s Day Beyond Roses

From cultural festivals to music, poetry, and performance, explore how art offers a more intimate way to experience love this Valentine’s Day

Author: Mahalaxmi Saiprakash·13 Feb 2026

Diversity and Inclusion
Festival Marketing

Indian Cinema Beyond the Theatre

What happens when a community takes back public space and uses art to reshape its identity? Govandi Arts Festival shows us what art can do!

Author: Anushka Amrute·17 Jan 2026

Diversity and Inclusion
Festival Management
Festival Marketing

Govandi: A Public Place Becomes the Protagonist of an Arts Festival

What happens when a community takes back public space and uses art to reshape its identity? Govandi Arts Festival shows us what art can do!

Author: Mahalaxmi Saiprakash·9 Dec 2025

Diversity and Inclusion
Festival Management
Festival Marketing

The Controlled Chaos of Culture at IFP

An inside look at how India’s biggest creativity festival actually runs, and what keeps it alive with founder Ritam Bhatnagar.

Author: Anushka Amrute·28 Nov 2025

Audience Development
Creative Careers
Festival Management
Festival Marketing
Programming and Curation

Crafting India: Building Spaces for Craft Revival in a Modern India

Across India, craft is more than an art form, it’s a living language of memory and meaning. From Delhi’s design dialogues to Nagaland’s bamboo villages, a quiet revival is reshaping the country’s handmade traditions.

Author: Anushka Amrute·15 Oct 2025

Diversity and Inclusion
Heritage
Sustainability

Between Beats and Bond, RANJ × Clifr are Quietly Building Their Music Blueprint

On the first episode of Artist Spotlight, RANJ × Clifr open up about turning friendship into fire and bringing their fearless sound to the stage at Jazz Weekender 2025.

Author: Team FFI ·9 Oct 2025

Artist Management

A Festival That Rewrote the Soundscape of Rajasthan

From Mehrangarh’s ramparts, Jodhpur RIFF shows how a festival can shape a city. In this interview, Divya Bhatia shares insights newer festivals can learn from.

Author: Mahalaxmi Saiprakash·29 Sep 2025

Diversity and Inclusion
Festival Management
Festival Marketing
Heritage
Production and Stagecraft
Programming and Curation

Ziro: India’s Coolest Indie Music Festival

Every September, as the monsoon withdraws and the skies above Arunachal Pradesh finally clear,…

Author: Anushka Amrute·12 Sep 2025

Festival Marketing
Heritage
Sustainability

Festival In Focus: Short+Sweet South India 2025

Ten minutes can change everything: Here are 5reasons why you should attend the Short+Sweet South India 2025 edition!

Author: Mahalaxmi Saiprakash·9 Sep 2025

Diversity and Inclusion
Festival Marketing

Festival in Focus: EyeMyth Media Arts Festival

EyeMyth began as a gathering for the emergent, the in-progress, the hard to define….

Author: Team FFI·19 Jun 2025

Digital Futures
Programming and Curation

There’s No Substitute for Practice. Here’s How Showing Up Pays Off.

The world is full of impressive job titles. But titles don’t build careers. “Creative…

Author: Team FFI·6 Jun 2025

Creative Careers

Creative Careers Are Changing. So Are the Job Titles.

Walk into a museum, a festival office, or the backrooms of a cultural organisation…

Author: Team FFI·12 May 2025

Creative Careers