{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Two by Two (Private)","title":"The hyperindependent Bangalorean walks into a hospital rave","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4182,"description":"On 22 August, a hospital in Bengaluru hosted a “rave party” in its corridors, with kombucha and hospital props. Enough people were bemused and outraged. A week later, a \"peptide party\" was cancelled the day before it happened, after Karnataka's drug regulator asked what exactly was in the mocktails and later conducted raids. These are just a small flavour of the kind of strange, unusual events that are happening in the city. There are others : like invite-only house parties with AI-generated cocktails, people opening up their living rooms for strangers to come in and listen to music, running clubs, and people who make a habit of sitting in Cubbon Park reading different books, together, without speaking. \nThis summer, a new kind of Bangalorean has come to the forefront - they want to be around people, but never with people. \nAnd brands have noticed.\nThis episode is about what happens when people who crave ambient belonging meet brands  that are ready to push the envelope to find noise. The hyperindependent Bangalorean has moved here for a job, lives with flatmates they found on an app, is self-reliant to a fault, and is yet lonely in a very specific way. They will fill in a Google form to attend a party but won't accept an invitation to one. Then come the brands, who have discovered that fifty solitary attendees who are ready to experiment with something bizarre are worth more as a story than actually doing the work of crafting an event that’s worth their money and time. \nPraveen puts this theory to two people who have spent years building events and curating spaces in Bengaluru. \n\nKarthik Balakrishnan runs Underline Centre, a community space in Indiranagar that hosts a film club, improv, board games and origami meetups, and which he describes as \"a daycare centre for adults\". \nArpan Peter is the founder and CEO of Foreward Lifestyle and Experiences, a culture IP house behind the India Jazz Project and The Shift, a bar-culture platform whose ₹4,000 Secret Shift...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/-lz2oYAFcDWjwwtYqQohhLTL1KGPvzWQf77IkxVkbQs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yYWMx/YzE0YTZjYTBjZGJk/MmJjYzI3NzYwZjI0/MTRkYy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}