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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicNational School of Drama

Topic: National School of Drama

The rise, fall & struggles of Rajpal Yadav—from Bollywood comic king to Tihar jail

Rajpal Yadav has been jailed in connection with a 15-year-old check-bounce case. He has been convicted for defaulting on the loan taken to finance his film Ata Pata Laapata.

Bihar boasts of Manoj Bajpayee, Pankaj Tripathi. Now it’ll get NSD-style drama school too

Patna has always been a theatre powerhouse. Now the city is getting its first govt drama academy thanks to Patna Municipal Corporation.

Satire on Indira Gandhi, a play where Delhi was the stage: NSD chief Amal Allana’s picks

Andha Yug, Tughlaq, Razia Sultan, Parallel Cities showed Allana the power of theatre

‘No set syllabus or faculty’ — why National School of Drama students have been on week-long protest

On protest since 3 Oct, students have demanded a permanent director & removal of registrar of institute. NSD management has denied students' claims, said there've been no budget cuts.

Why NSD registrar was ‘sacked’ & reinstated within days ‘over event by RSS-backed organisations’

While NSD registrar Jwala Prasad says his removal ‘reeks of malintent’, he claims a ‘procedural anomaly may have affected the administration’s decision’.

Actor and former BJP MP Paresh Rawal is new NSD chairperson

Paresh Rawal, appointed for 4 years, replaces playwright and theatre director Ratan Thiyam who was NSD chairman from 2013 until 2017.

Ebrahim Alkazi, pioneer who shaped not just many fine actors but India’s modern theatre scene

The longest-serving director of the National School of Drama, Ebrahim Alkazi was a tough task-master who revolutionised the teaching and production of theatre in India.

Music, folklore & passion — how BV Karanth transformed Indian theatre

Remembering BV Karanth, the powerhouse who brought south Indian theatre to the forefront, on his 90th birth anniversary

The double life of Anupam Kher: Hollywood’s favourite desi & BJP’s pin-up patriot

A short history of Anupam Kher’s split incarnation

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.