Kathmandu, Aug. 30 -- What happens when a bloodthirsty Cold War ends? Does it result in complete harmony at once, or do its effects continue to branch over time?

Mandala Theatre is screening 'The Age of Darkness', based on 'Andha Yug', a 1953 verse play by Dharamvir Bharati. Originally written at a time when the India-Pakistan partition was marked by violence, it was intended to serve as a reminder, a wake-up call to awaken humanity through the familiar backdrop of the legendary epic 'Mahabharata'.

We know of Krishna providing moral support to Arjuna to restore what's right, Bhishma dying in a bed of arrows, and many scenes that have always portrayed what violence looks like. But this play intentionally questions those heated judgments ...