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Articles for Safdar Hashmi

Habib Tanvir: A master of modern Indian theatre
1 year, 3 months ago

Habib Tanvir: A master of modern Indian theatre

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 01, 2023 11:28 IST - 8 MINS READ “We have come here to perform, and that’s what we will do. “You are such a capable officer,” Tanvir said to the District Magistrate, “I am sure you will handle any disturbance without it going out of hand.” That evening the play was performed to an empty auditorium—the only …

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India at 75: Epochal moments from the 1970s
2 years, 4 months ago

India at 75: Epochal moments from the 1970s

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 14, 2022 06:00 IST 1973: Kesavananda Bharati case In an interview a few years before his passing in 2020, Kesavananda Bharati, the pontiff of the Edneer Mutt in Kasaragod in Kerala, said that when he challenged the Kerala Land Reforms Act he never thought that the subsequent Supreme Court judgment would become such a landmark event in …

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1973: Janam is formed
2 years, 4 months ago

1973: Janam is formed

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 14, 2022 06:00 IST Janam, short for Jana Natya Manch or people’s theatre forum, was born at an interesting juncture in the new republic. In 1973, hungry for change, a group of young and enthusiastic members of the Students’ Federation of India in Delhi formed the cultural front Janam from the vestiges of the Indian People’s Theatre …

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Jana Natya Manch: 50 years of performing resistance
2 years, 6 months ago

Jana Natya Manch: 50 years of performing resistance

The Hindu  

Published : May 30, 2022 06:00 IST Theatre groups in India, even the successful ones, typically do not have life spans of beyond a couple of decades. To look at Janam’s plays of these five decades is to map the evolution of the Indian republic through its fault lines of class, caste, gender, and identity. Janam’s origins The group itself …

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The life and afterlife of Safdar Hashmi
4 years, 4 months ago

The life and afterlife of Safdar Hashmi

The Hindu  

Safdar Hashmi was not an unfamiliar name in my childhood. Sudhanva Deshpande’s book Halla Bol is set to fill that void as it gives us a peek into Safdar Hashmi’s life from close proximity. Safdar Hashmi’s insights as a cultural thinker, especially in his writings on the various aspects of street theatre, leaves the reader with the regret that death …

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