Bengaluru to host 3-day fest that aims to put nature in focus

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Bengaluru: What started as a platform for wildlife photographers in 2014 has evolved into a three-day event for all nature lovers. Nature in Focus Festival 2023 is being held this weekend in Bengaluru's Jayamahal Palace, from July 28 to 30.

The festival will feature film screenings, talks, panel discussions, photography exhibitions, art installations, workshops and masterclasses and a sustainable flea market, all in an effort to foster a deeper connection with nature.

On day 2, Delhi-based band, Indian Ocean will perform songs from the latest album ‘Tu Hai', which among other pertinent issues, also talks about environmental degradation. “We also try to involve policy makers.

We have been inviting senior officials from the forest and the police departments so that we can start a dialogue with them,” said Rohit Varma, founder of Nature in Focus. According to Varma, he and his co-founder Kalyan Varma, both wildlife photographers, started the festival in 2014, as there was no platform for wildlife photographers to showcase the work or to learn or to collaborate with other wildlife photographers.