The farmers' protests in India show no signs of abating – despite repressive measures. Government attempts to stigmatise the farmers have only prompted sections of the urban middle class to support the uprising. And the boundaries between the different religious identities, repeatedly invoked by the Hindu nationalists in the ruling party BJP, also appear to be softening. By
: Sunday, March 14, 2021, 7:00 AM IST
âI am okay with every art form as long as I am getting paid, says Gauhar Jaan actor Rajeshwari Sachdev
Says Rajeshwari Sachdev, while talking about working across mediums like TV, theatre and films, and takes a nostalgic trip as she talks about her most celebrated play, Gauhar Jaan
Rajeshwari Sachdev has done it all â TV, films, theatre and web series. The National Award-winner, who was recently seen in the TV show Shaadi Mubarak, has won hearts with her performances across all mediums. Taking a walk down memory lane, Rajeshwari recounts her tryst with theatre.
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MUMBAI: Hounded often by the Shiv Sena during his lifetime, Vijay Tendulkar, one of India’s great modern playwrights, now faces an extra-legal ban in Madhya Pradesh posthumously.
The annual IPTA (Indian People’s Theatre Association) festival in MP’s Chattarpur town was recently cancelled by its organizers after Bajrang Dal objected to the staging of his play ‘Jaat Hi Pucho Sadhu Ki,’ saying it was “anti-Hindu and anti-Indian culture.”
Tendulkar’s ‘Jaat Hi…’ is the Hindi version of his Marathi original, titled ‘Pahije Jatiche’ (‘Wanted: Of the same caste’). The Marathi play debuted in 1976, with Nana Patekar essaying one of the key characters, and has been performed in Marathi and Hindi over the decades. The play is not about “sadhus” or religion but is a sardonic take on India’s education system and on casteism. Its central character, Mahipati Porparnekar, who describes himself at the beginning as “M.A., Unemployed,” lands a job with great