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1 week ago |
obnews.co | Sravasti Datta
By Sravasti Datta A multilingual play enhances relatability for diverse audiences, believe Venkatesan Vaidhyanathan and Vishal Nayer. The theatre artistes, under MISF!T – My Interest Stays Firmly in Theatre, will be staging Blindspot, a multilingual play, which incorporates English, Kannada, Hindi, and Malayalam, in Bengaluru this weekend.
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3 weeks ago |
thefederal.com | Sravasti Datta
Bengaluru is facing yet another water crisis, exacerbated by rapid urbanisation. The exponential growth of the city — in 2025, its population is estimated to be at 14,395,000, a 2.76% increase from 2024 — has led to a strain on its water resources. In 2024, Bengaluru recorded a 100% groundwater extraction, according to a report by the Central Groundwater Board. Besides this, lakes have been encroached upon and rajakaluves (stormwater drains) concretised.
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2 months ago |
livemint.com | Sravasti Datta
Lounge Summary The play, which has been running for eight years now, is inspired by the landscapes and ghost villages of Kashmir and not necessarily its politics This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you. Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Barff, a play written and directed by national award-winning actor Saurabh Shukla, is set in Kashmir—however, it is not connected with the politics of the region. The inspiration lies in the people and landscapes.
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2 months ago |
thefederal.com | Sravasti Datta
True crime documentaries often place the murderer at the centre of the narrative, but film director Patrick Graham defies this approach in his latest documentary, The Dupatta Killer, released on DocuBay. “What interests me about the case isn’t the serial killer—I think serial killers are overexposed—but the lives of the women who were murdered by Mahanand Naik,” says Patrick. “They had hopes and dreams yet Mahanand took advantage of them.
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2 months ago |
livemint.com | Sravasti Datta
There is been a resurgence in conversations around regressive patriarchal traditions in relationships with the streaming of Mrs.—the Hindi remake of the Malayalam film, The Great Indian Kitchen. Silvatein, a play by Bengaluru-based theatre director and playwright Shatarupa Bhattacharyya, is especially relevant in this context. Through the production, she explores the complex web of intimate relationships.
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