Coronavirus impact: Cultural centres, language training institutes move to digital platform

In light of the coronavirus pandemic, various language training institutes and foreign cultural centres have shifted their occasions to the digital platform. On March 27, the British Council will discuss festival case studies at a webinar. On the other hand, the Alliance Franaise du Bengale will hold two online demo classes of the French language on March 28. According to a British Council spokesperson, during the discussion on Festival Building and Management in India, participants from Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, and the UK will deliberate festival case studies at the webinar. On the Zoom platform, the speakers would take part in the programme where they will present case studies of festivals they represent.

Moreover, they will discuss key points in the cultural festival space, and take questions from the online audience. Alliance Franaise du Bengale is a cultural centre and a French language training institute. Shifting to the digital mode in the present situation, it will organise two online demo classes of the French language from 4 pm on March 28. Apart from this, Max Mueller Bhavan has also shut down. It is a centre of Indo-German cooperation. One can register himself online for courses on modern art at Stadel Museum. By means of the digital platform, one can also read the works of classical and contemporary poets from across the globe and browse through 54 e-books.

Meanwhile, First Flea Edition II, a foremost lifestyle event displaying artwork, food, home decor, costume under one roof, has been indeterminately deferred from its scheduled date of March 28.

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