Bhubaneswar, June 18 -- Students of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) and KIIT, who earned international recognition for staging Shakespearean classics in Santali at the World Shakespeare Theatre Festival in Romania, returned home to present their historic performances in Bhubaneswar, drawing widespread appreciation and admiration.

The special cultural programme was inaugurated by Odisha Legislative Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy, who lauded the students for their remarkable achievement and for taking Odisha's indigenous language and artistic talent to the global stage.

The KISS and KIIT students created history by becoming the first group to perform Shakespeare's plays in the Santali language at an international theatre festival...