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Ratan Thiyam showed that the more rooted you are, the more universal you become

July 24, 2025 7:03 pm

After Habib Tanvir, Thiyam remains the most acknowledged and awarded Indian theatre practitioner abroad. Fusion of a strong regional sensitivity with a modern sensibility will remain Thiyam’s lasting legacy

Writer's Corner: how his school days, Bengaluru life shaped lawyer Aditya Sondhi’s works as a discerning playwright

July 08, 2025 11:23 am

Writing a play is very different from performing in one "because it is essentially conversational and there can hardly be a superfluous word anywhere,” says Bengaluru-based author Aditya Sondhi.

Gurcharan Das interview, Gurcharan Das latest play, 9 Jakhoo Hill

'Writing a memoir is a bit like playing God with your own life story': Gurcharan Das

March 20, 2024 4:23 pm

Gurcharan Das, author of the famous play ‘9 Jakhoo Hill’, speaks about his writing process, shares tips on how to pen a memoir and other topics.

Sarah Griswold, Davyne Verstandig, Marc Olivieri

Playwright Arthur Miller's old studio is in a Connecticut parking lot, awaiting its next act Roxbury

July 03, 2023 3:23 pm

Unbeknownst to many locals, for the last five years, the shingled, one-room structure has been tucked away behind the Roxbury, Connecticut, town hall — next to a rusted dumpster and snow plows in a nondescript parking lot, awaiting an uncertain next act.

Lemn Sissay, England, Ethiopia, Gambia, 2019 annual PEN Pinter Prize, My Name is Why, Zee Jaipur Literature Festival, Simon Armitage, Gold From the Stone, Something Dark, Why I Don’t Hate Dark People, The Report, Epitaph

Award-winning poet and playwright Lemn Sissay on his lost childhood and a life unmoored

March 06, 2020 12:49 pm

The British-Ethiopian writer talks about his poems — on splinters, longing and hope — the power of forgiveness, the struggle to find his family and to reclaim his sense of worth

Interested in Boiled Beans on Toast? The Old World Theatre Festival is here

October 13, 2014 12:48 pm

Boiled Beans on Toast, a play written by Girish Karnad and directed by Lillete Dubey, arrives in Delhi.

Priya’s Shakti Project tackles gender-based violence through the story of a rape victim

September 22, 2014 11:24 am

Priya’s Shakti Project tackles gender-based violence through the story of a rape victim.

Anjana Krishna, IPS officer who stood firm against Ajit Pawar, is no stranger to overcoming setbacks

Anjana Krishna, who stood against Ajit Pawar, is no stranger to overcoming setbacks

India3 hr ago

Maharashtra-cadre IPS officer Anjana Krishna V S, who was in the news for being “reprimanded” by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar while taking action over alleged illegal mining, grew up on the outskirts of an area of Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram district that has become notorious for the illegal granite mining.

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