All That Glitters

All That Glitters

All That Glitters

Kolkata

All That Glitters

December 14, 2025,
6:00pm - 8:00pm

Ground Floor Ballroom at The Bengal Club

An evening exploring Calcutta’s nightlife in the 1940’s-70’s, tracing the aspirations of performers navigating the changing socio-political landscape with Professor Aishika Chakraborty, followed by a dramatic reading by Ruchir Joshi from his new novel about Second World War Calcutta, Great Eastern Hotel, accompanied with music by Rivu.

This event is part of the fifth edition of The City as a Museum, an annual festival that travels to various sites, repositories and neighborhoods in Kolkata to explore the transformative potential of peripheral narratives of the city.