JMM26

Ee sala Bengaluru!

Nov 28–29 · Freedom Park, Bengaluru

JMM26

Ee sala Bengaluru!

Nov 28–29 · Freedom Park, Bengaluru

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India's largest festival of ideas and people transforming justice comes to Namma Bengaluru

India’s largest festival of ideas and people transforming justice comes to Namma Bengaluru

Three Powerful Mela Ideas to Transform Justice

Courts of the People

Courts of the People

What if our justice systems - courts, police, prisons - could be designed with citizens at the centre?

WORKSHOPS · IMAGINARIUMS · EXHIBITIONS

Courts of the Living

Courts of the Living

What if coexistence was a principle at the heart of all our justice systems -embracing the more-than-human that we make our world with?

THEATRE · STORYTELLING · DISCUSSIONS

Free to Thrive

Free to Thrive

What if we could design economic models that from inception are just and equitable?

TALKS · EXHIBITIONS · WORKSHOPS

Resolution City Bengaluru

What does this city know about resolving its disputes? And how can Bengaluru - a city known for building solutions - also become Resolution City.

Resolution City Bengaluru

What does this city know about resolving its disputes? And how can Bengaluru - a city known for building solutions - also become Resolution City.

50+

50+

50+

Justice ideas from the margins, now at the centre.

Justice ideas from the margins, now at the centre.

Justice ideas from the margins, now at the centre.

The Mela's Innovation Popup brings 50 new ideas to the Mela as colorful stalls, stories and activities anchored by the innovators themselves. The heart of the Mela common area is a pulsating mix of creativity, friendship and rest.

The Mela’s Innovation Popup brings 50 new ideas to the Mela as colorful stalls, stories and activities anchored by the innovators themselves. The heart of the Mela common area is a pulsating mix of creativity, friendship and rest.

The Mela’s Innovation Popup brings 50 new ideas to the Mela as colorful stalls, stories and activities anchored by the innovators themselves. The heart of the Mela common area is a pulsating mix of creativity, friendship and rest.

Story spaces

Hear directly from those who're living unique stories we can all learn from

Community tables

Spaces to ease into ideation and imagination

Yum local food

Food thats taste bhi, health bhi, and local

Art that Inspires

Art that centres justice, changemaking and creativity

Showcases, performers, artists, and YOU.

Showcases, performers, artists, and YOU.

Every year, the Mela brings together incredible original justicemaking stories, changemaker-performers, and art with the power to move worlds. Keep watching this space for more and more confirmations as they flow!

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Dixon Chibanda

The Power of Grandmothers

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Chaitanya Tamhane

Telling a Court Story

More showcase, speakers, and artists will be added every week

“The hope I was promised if I came to the Mela; I am finding it.”

VARUN GROVER AT JMM2025

"This is a Mela of Melas."

Muktiyar ali at JMM2025

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Shilpa Mudbi and Ramakka

Music · Memory · Movement

"No other gathering puts lawyers, techies, environmentalists, grassroots campaigners, street artists, and puppeteers in the same conversation."

“No other gathering puts lawyers, techies, environmentalists, grassroots campaigners, street artists, and puppeteers in the same conversation.”

Freedom Park in Bengaluru

What is now a public park, was once a prison

What is now a public park, was once a prison

What is now a public park, was once a prison

Freedom Park carries a layered civic story - what was once a prison is now a public commons. This year’s Mela comes to this special place with hope, new ideas and a powerful national community.

Freedom Park carries a layered civic story - what was once a prison is now a public commons. This year’s Mela comes to this special place with hope, new ideas and a powerful national community.

Who is a Justicemaker?

Any person who seeks to solve justice issues with the right energy, attitude and creativity, is a justicemaker. The ways of solving can be diverse - building, convening, storytelling or capacity building.

Nishant Srinivasaiah talks living with elephants

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Bring a question, an idea, or just yourself! Write to team@agami.in

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