Articles

The Sabha Theatre Team

My journey in Sabha, the multilingual theatre society of St. Stephen’s

The English Theatre society Shakespeare Sabha is one of the oldest societies in the country. It has always done English, and Shakespeare plays. We, as a multilingual theatre society, separated from it sometime in 2008. It was really difficult for us to create a separate identity of our own.

Freedom at Midnight: Revisiting Gandhi and his vision of India

Freedom at Midnight: Revisiting Gandhi and his vision of India

Hindustan Standard said, ‘Gandhiji has been killed by his own people for whose redemption he lived. This second crucifixion in the history of the world has been enacted on a Friday – the same day, Jesus was done to death one thousand nine hundred and fifteen years ago. Father, forgive us.’

Shakuntala: The missing narrative of child rights

Shakuntala: The missing narrative of child rights

Shakuntala as a movie is a lot of things, but it is hard to determine whether it is feminist or not, for even though it tells the tale of a woman who aspired to have it all, it is also a tale of a dominant, controlling mother who neglected the wants and needs of her stifled, wanting daughter; for a major chunk of her childhood.