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How a Marathi play was built from unrecorded grindmill songs of women

India, Aug. 16 -- There is a moment in 'Bhirrr...', staged at The Tamaasha Studio recently, when the lights fade out and two saris, suspended in the air above the actors, seem to hold the entire weigh... Read More


How a Marathi play was built from unrecorded grindmill songs of women

MUMBAI, Aug. 16 -- There is a moment in 'Bhirrr...', staged at The Tamaasha Studio recently, when the lights fade out and two saris, suspended in the air above the actors, seem to hold the entire weig... Read More


Why Phule's 'Trutiya Ratna' strikes a chord with student protests, 150 years on

MUMBAI, July 27 -- We recently gathered at Studio Tamasha for a reading of Jyotiba Phule's 'Trutiya Ratna' (The Third Eye or The Third Jewel). This play penned 150 years ago has been translated into E... Read More


Why Phule's 'Trutiya Ratna' strikes a chord with student protests, 150 years on

India, July 26 -- We recently gathered at Studio Tamasha for a reading of Jyotiba Phule's 'Trutiya Ratna' (The Third Eye or The Third Jewel). This play penned 150 years ago has been translated into En... Read More


Why Phule's 'Trutiya Ratna' strikes a chord with student protests, 150 years on

MUMBAI, July 26 -- We recently gathered at Studio Tamasha for a reading of Jyotiba Phule's 'Trutiya Ratna' (The Third Eye or The Third Jewel). This play penned 150 years ago has been translated into E... Read More


How 2 Marathi plays, 'Shivaji Underground' & 'Sangeet Devbabhali', are reshaping the stage

MUMBAI, June 22 -- In a Marathi theatre landscape often defined by the box office, two plays -- 'Shivaji Underground in Bhimnagar Mohalla' and 'Sangeet Devbhabhli' -- have defied the status quo, carvi... Read More


How two Marathi plays - 'Shivaji Underground' and 'Sangeet Devabhabhli' -- are reshaping the stage

India, June 21 -- In a Marathi theatre landscape often defined by the box office, two plays -- 'Shivaji Underground in Bhimnagar Mohalla' and 'Sangeet Devbhabhli' -- have defied the status quo, carvin... Read More


How 2 Marathi plays, 'Shivaji Underground' and 'Sangeet Devbabhali', are reshaping the stage

MUMBAI, June 21 -- In a Marathi theatre landscape often defined by the box office, two plays -- 'Shivaji Underground in Bhimnagar Mohalla' and 'Sangeet Devbhabhli' -- have defied the status quo, carvi... Read More


Shereen Ratnagar: An archaeologist who went beyond history

India, May 27 -- The last time I met Shereen Ratnagar, I asked her about the political clamour surrounding India's first Prime Minister. She glanced at the cello-taped image of Jawaharlal Nehru fixed ... Read More


An archaeologist who went beyond history

India, May 27 -- The last time I met Shereen Ratnagar, I asked her about the political clamour surrounding India's first Prime Minister. She glanced at the cello-taped image of Jawaharlal Nehru fixed ... Read More