Feb 22 2026 to Feb 22 2026 11 a.m.

Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

Your brain is doing something incredible right now.

Just by reading this, you’re taking in information, making connections, and building a picture of the world, without even trying. But what if you could understand how that works?

In this workshop, we get into the science and philosophy behind learning itself. How do your senses shape what you believe? Why do two people experience the same moment completely differently? And what does that mean for how you see, and question, everything around you?

Through sharp discussion and some genuinely surprising ideas, you’ll leave thinking about your own mind in a way you never have before.

Around the World in 50 Sundays is a journey that begins, not with a ticket, but with opening a book. In a city like Bangalore where families are always in motion, the BIC Library hopes to offer stillness and a quiet, welcoming space for both parents and children where reading becomes a shared way of being and not a task.

Every Sunday, we open our doors to invite you into a library that listens; building a rhythm of return, a habit of joy and a new community bound not just by books, but by the weekly ritual of reading together.

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Facilitator

Sundar Sarukkai
Philosopher
Sundar Sarukkai has held the positions of Professor of Philosophy at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Founder-Director of the Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities, and Visiting Faculty at the Centre for Society and Policy, Indian Institute of Science. He is the founder of Barefoot Philosophers, an initiative to take philosophy to children and the public. He is the author of the following books: Translating the World: Science and Language; Philosophy of Symmetry; Indian Philosophy and Philosophy of Science; What is Science?; JRD Tata and the Ethics of Philanthropy; Philosophy for Children; and The Social Life of Democracy, as well as two co-authored books with Gopal Guru: The Cracked Mirror: An Indian Debate on Experience and Theory and Experience, Caste and the Everyday Social. His last two books were critically acclaimed novels, Following a Prayer (2023) and Water Days (2025).  His forthcoming book is an introduction to philosophical thinking titled What really is Philosophy?

For more details, see www.sundarsarukkai.in