The Friends of Oddbird Festival closes with a one-man performance by singer-songwriter Shashwat Bulusu that blends music and storytelling into a single, unpredictable journey. Slipping between song and spoken word, the piece moves from absurd humour to quelling grief, traced through the strange companionship of a Mynah bird. The performer's shifts in tone - comic, mournful, deadpan - give the audience a sense of unpredictability and immediacy, much like life itself.

The Friends of Oddbird Festival 2025 is a 4-day festival of theatre, music, dance, and film. Hosted at Oddbird Theatre - an independent space for performance and experimentation in Delhi - the festival brings together artists and audiences to share new ways of seeing and listening.