Sanyukta Saha: ‘I found meaning, hope and community in theatre’
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Sanyukta Saha: ‘I found meaning, hope and community in theatre’

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Delhi’s Aagaaz Theatre Trust stands out as a powerful voice for marginalised communities in Indian theatre today. Founded by Sanyukta Saha in 2014, Aagaaz was born from Saha’s work with children in Delhi’s Nizamuddin Basti, where she first witnessed the potential of theatre to spark change. On November 9, at the Ranga Shankara Theatre Festival 2024 celebrating 20 years of Ranga Shankara, Sanyukta will receive the Shankar Nag Theatre Award, recognising her dedication to community-driven theatre. Instituted on November 9, 2014, to commemorate the late Kannada theatre and filmmaker Shankar Nag’s 60th birthday, The Shankar Nag Award is presented to a young theatre-maker for service to theatre.

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Meet this year’s Shankar Nag awardees - Nimmy Raphel and Sharanya Ramprakash
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Meet this year’s Shankar Nag awardees - Nimmy Raphel and Sharanya Ramprakash

The Hindu  

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Sanchari Theatre to organise three-day festival in memory of actor Sanchari Vijay
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The Hindu  

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Arundhati Nag: making theatre accessible to all
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Live Mint  

Even as award-winning actor Arundhati Nag gets ready to co-curate the fourth edition of the Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa, she envisions newer ways of making theatre accessible to all. Looking back at 15 years of Ranga Shankara, one of Bengaluru’s most well-known theatre spaces, founded by her, Nag spoke with Lounge on the phone. Ranga Shankara has always worked towards …

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