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Wednesday, April 8, 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

What Iran’s Hormuz play means for Malacca freedoms — and why India should be speaking up

The physical arteries of India's economic rise depend on a single legal principle that Iran's conduct during this crisis has put under serious pressure.

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

Western theatre against Pakistan to be headed by IAF, Northern theatre under Army to focus on China

India's military to get Vice Chief of Defence Staff along with one Theatre Commander from each of three services, it is learnt.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.