In Sanskrit plays, paradise is always lost, but the attempt to regain it never ends

Shashi Deshpande

· Aug 12, 2023 · 08:30 am

August reading: Recently published fiction that explore the ideas of home, belonging, and identity

Sayari Debnath

· Jul 30, 2023 · 03:30 pm

This play by Cyrus Mistry records the travails of a Parsi family in a crumbling Mumbai mansion

Cyrus Mistry

· Jul 10, 2023 · 05:30 pm

How British censorship laws ended up creating a rich archive of Black history

Kate Dossett, The Conversation

· Jan 23, 2023 · 11:30 pm

How unsung, obscure publishers from the 18th and 19th centuries made Shakespeare what he is today

Andrew Murphy, The Conversation

· Nov 23, 2021 · 05:30 pm

In the Shakespearean world, Hamlet is a ‘villain of genius’. Here’s why

Catherine Butler, The Conversation

· Oct 21, 2020 · 05:30 pm

How Shakespeare shaped his plays (and made Hamlet fat) to suit his leading man

Lisa Hopkins, The Conversation

· Mar 21, 2019 · 08:30 am

The director of the play cancelled in Jaipur explains why artists shouldn’t give in to the mob

Malini Nair

· Mar 12, 2019 · 11:30 am

Set in the Sikh-American community, a New York play examines what it means to be American today

Anu Kumar

· Nov 17, 2018 · 11:30 am

No lights, no sound systems: A unique theatre festival in Assam blends ecology and community life

Arunabh Saikia

· Dec 20, 2017 · 03:30 pm

‘Everyone has one’: More and more Indian theatre groups are making online trailers for their plays

Chanpreet Khurana

· Dec 19, 2017 · 11:30 am

Much before the Partition, Prithviraj Kapoor was warning of its horrors in gut-wrenching plays

Malini Nair

· Aug 15, 2017 · 11:30 am

What is the secret of long-running plays like ‘Love Letters’?

Deepa Gahlot

· Aug 27, 2016 · 11:30 am