Alternative Initiatives

Alternative Initiatives is a Mumbai-based theatre initiative started by noted film, television and theatre actor, and a published author of short stories Mona Ambegaonkar. 

 The one-day Theatre Workshop was aimed to build awareness of how relationships are built between characters/people and their space.

Mona with the workshop attendees.

D'Lo Live in Mumbai

D'Lo is a queer Tamil Sri Lankan-American, politicial theatre artist/writer, director, comedian and music producer. D'Lo has performed and /or facilitated performance and writing workshops extensively  across the U.S, Canada, U.K, Germany, Sri Lanka and India. He is also the creator of the "Coming Out, Coming Home" writing workshop series which have taken place with South-Asian and/ or Immigrant Queer organisations in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco.

D'Lo has been published in various anthologies and academic journals, most recently: Desi Rap: Hip Hop and South Asian America and Experiments in a Jazz Aesthetic (co-edited by Sharon Bridgforth). 

He holds a B.A from UCLA in Ethnomusicology and is a graduate of New York's School of Audio-Engineering (SAE). 

D'Lo performing at St. Andrew's Auditorium, Mumbai.

This year, D'Lo will be working on his latest solo show Minor D'Tales. 

Alisha Pais Live @ The Blue Frog

Alisha Pais is a singer-songwriter from Mumbai who plays folk-rock and alternative music. 

Alisha has played at the NH7 Weekender  in 2010 and 2011, and also at Sunburn 2011. 

As a sessions musician, she has played with BramFutura and The Petri Dish Project.