Kala Ghoda brings art, culture out of closed spaces and into neighbourhood

Mumbai's Kala Ghoda Arts Festival turns 20 this year

Every year, on the first Saturday of February, South Mumbai’s crescent-shaped art precinct comes alive with stalls, street performances, exhibitions, plays, heritage walks, talks, and more. This year, the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival (KGAF) promises to be a little different. “Kala Ghoda at 20” seeks to act as a time capsule of sorts, taking one back to 1999, when the iconic fest was first held.

One will get a glimpse of how the festival democratised art by bringing it out of intimidating closed spaces and into the neighbourhood — and, also how, for nine days during each edition, Mumbaikars made the