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This Pakistani theatre group brought Ram and Sita to the stage. ‘It’s our Ramayana too’

The director, Yogeshwar Karera, didn’t know he was making history until a musician pointed out that this is the first time Ramayana has been staged like this in Pakistan.

A Hyderabad play on what happens when NRI sons don’t call ageing parents in India often enough

In Sunset Sunrise, Hyderabad’s renowned theatre artist Mohammad Ali Baig plays Kunal, a typical NRI whose life follows the trajectory of ambitious families who send their children abroad.

This play about pleasure and abuse breaks the binary. It’s painful, messy and funny

‘Seconds Before Coming' is written, directed, and performed by 26-year-old Rishika Kaushik. After performing it at Delhi's Oddbird theatre, she wants to stage it in people's houses.

‘Waiting For Naseer’ is about finding fame on stage. Naseeruddin Shah is just a stand-in

The play is about two actors waiting to meet their inspiration—Naseeruddin Shah. The wait is an artifice to reflect on the state of theatre, artists’ insecurities, hypocrisies & fame.

Sahir Ludhianvi’s words still ring true. A new play shows how

The play, directed by Danish Husain, begins when the poet was still Abdul Hayee, a boy from Ludhiana. It then moved toward his time as one of Bollywood’s most famous lyricists.

Godse’s gender confusion, Gandhi as a surrogate father—this play enters the assassin’s mind

Some wish to rehabilitate Godse, recalibrating his image from murderer to patriot. But in The Father and the Assassin, playwright Anupama Chandrasekhar doesn’t want to redeem him.

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The oil pipelines that could decide the Iran war

Washington: Iran’s strategy in its war with the US and Israel is by now clear: Impose an intolerable economic cost on President Donald Trump,...

An economic ‘sagar manthan’ beckons: As IT growth dwindles, manufacturing exports to take driver’s seat

A depreciating INR, combined with FTAs with the UK, US and EU, gives India tariff advantages over China, Vietnam, and Bangladesh.

India remains 2nd largest arms buyer, Russia’s share in imports drops, France & Israel gain—SIPRI

The report said India is pivoting from Russian to Western technology. Pakistan is increasingly importing weapons from China, placing it 5th among countries with largest imports.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.