Anoushka Kumar

There’s a tangible buzz around campus on the evening of April 10 — although it’s not your average Thursday night at Ashoka. It is the opening night of School of Rock, an adaptation of the 2003 Richard Linklater film, a comedy starring Jack Black as Dewey Finn, a struggling musician who poses as a substitute teacher to win the Battle of the Bands.

The symposium is part of a yearly series presented by the Centre for the Creative and the Critical in partnership with the Institute of Advanced Studies at University College London (UCL) and the India International Centre, New Delhi.