Bollywood Bliss

At Bollywood Bliss, we began not with grand canvases or elaborate materials, but with something beautifully simple — a pen, a page, and the intention to slow down. Lettering was our starting point because it meets everyone where they are. It does not require artistic training. It does not demand perfection. It simply asks for presence. In a world that moves quickly and often pulls women in multiple directions, the act of forming letters by hand becomes quietly powerful. It invites steadiness. It restores rhythm. It creates space. Our lettering series unfolded gently across four sessions, each building confidence not…

There are moments in a community’s journey when something begins to glow quietly beneath the surface — the sense that people deserve more joy, more belonging, more spaces where their hearts can rest without explanation. Bollywood Bliss, our newly funded initiative supported by the National Lottery Community Fund, is one of those moments. It feels less like a launch and more like a natural continuation of everything we have been building for years through Bollywood Chai Cafés and Bollywood Revisited, where colour, culture, music, and conversation created small pockets of healing for people who needed it most. Now, this work evolves into an 18-month Festival of…