Mahanet

Mahanet is a term coined by Alok b. Nandi in 1998, proposing initially to explore the relations between narratives of South Asia – the maha(bharata) – with distributed stories, flowing à la (inter)net. In the years 2007-2008, the focus went into radio chronicles about “book & India” for the IndeHebdo program in Paris. This series being discontinued, things went into pause mode. Here is Mahanet back. We are in 2026, and stories about South Asia are flowing, from film to food, from tech to travel, from hospitality to everyday experiences. Zillions of stories. At Mahanet, we are exploring the relational, the pluriversal, the infrastructural and distributed dimensions of narratives. Mahanet is an interactive narrative lab. In real life sessions and conversations in salon as well as meet-ups will focus on the participative, performative, personal or plural.