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Sep 27, 20194 min read

"Gandhi" by Naatak: the Man behind the Legend

“No man’s life can be encompassed in one telling. There is no way to give each year its allotted weight, to include each event, each...

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Mar 5, 20197 min read

Nandita Das and the Making of "Manto"

This piece was published in India Currents ("Nandita Das Delights at Stanford") on March 12, 2019. Actor and film director Nandita Das...

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Sep 21, 20174 min read

"Viceroy's House", a film by Gurinder Chadha

"Viceroy’s House" begins with a sunset in Delhi in 1947. After three centuries in India the British have announced that they are leaving....

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Jul 19, 20174 min read

"Toba Tek Singh", a play by Naatak theater company

I watched a terrific play on Sunday, July 16th . The bay area theater company, Naatak performed "Toba Tek Singh", a well-known short...

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Feb 14, 200310 min read

"Midnight's Children", the play, by the Royal Shakespeare Company (Feb 2003)

This review appeared in Outlook India magazine in February 2003. "‘Midnight’s Children’? Salman Rushdie’s book?" my friend in the...

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