Karthik Hebbar

Humming stories through ragas

Karthik Hebbar is a well known Musician, Theater Practitioner and Writer based out of Bangalore.

He is also an Art activist championing for Queer rights and expression.

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Karthik Hebbar is an Art Activist based out of Bangalore. He is an accomplished Musician, Writer, Media Personality and Theatre Personality from Karnataka. He is Well known in the performance arena for his creative endeavours and collaborations. Karthik has collaborated with theatre groups, Dancers, Film makers and has been instrumental in creating a lot of original work.

Karthik also is a Carnatic Classical Vocalist – composer and has contributed to the Classical Dance/Music fraternity with his innovative poetry, compositions, Lecture Demonstrations and Critical writing. He also indulges in photography, writing columns for a few leading publications and has published short stories in Kannada.

Karthik also is a popular playwright and Theatre Director and is doing lot of work in the modern theatre space. He is often invited to speak at diversity forums and Queer initiatives. Karthik has been very vocal of his journey as a queer artist. He has published on Queer Issues on various websites and blogs. He has written and directed Plays that meditate on gender, identity and LGBTQ rights. He has also created multiple innovative compositions in Carnatic Classical style that are queer themed. Karthik is also writing Insta -poetry series that give us a sneak peek into queer life and experiences through poetic expression.