Aakar Patel interview: ‘Artistic spaces for political dissent are reducing’
1 year, 5 months ago

Aakar Patel interview: ‘Artistic spaces for political dissent are reducing’

The Hindu  

The 19th edition of the Ranga Shankara Theatre Festival will kick off on October 27 evening with a talk titled ‘The Narrator’ by political writer and activist Aakar Patel at the theatre’s foyer. However, I did watch a play last weekend, so it’s not that I don’t go for theatre,” he says, “I find the experience of watching a live play much more intense than watching a movie. It speaks to me in a way that cinema doesn’t.” Aakar also considers theatre in India offers more space for political dissent than cinema. I believe that given the narrow and often simplistic nature of political discourse in India, there’s a pressing need for an additional dimension, another perspective.

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