I’ve been trying to write this blog post since November. It was supposed to be a three-day thing (pause) But I stampeded over the deadlines Like a shady wildebeest because there is so much I want to say (embarrassingly intense stuff) Like Hey Everyone, I think I’m Madly in Love…

मेरा नाम इस्माइल है और मेरा नाम सद्दाम । हम आगाज़ के साथ काफ़ी सालों से जुड़े हुए हैं और हम दोनों आगाज़ के Repertory Members भी हैं। हमने कुछ तीन महीने पहले Learning Sessions लेना शुरू करा है, स्वपनिका, सुब्बू, और संयुक्ता के साथ। Learning Sessions में हमें बच्चों…

Grief- it is so universal, yet so personal; I don’t know if I have met anyone ever who hasn’t tasted its bitter potion at least once. It all started with a silly game of role play. Say a word and act it out, Say a phrase and act it out, Say a…

When the upside-down world entered drama class In May 2021 with the second wave of the pandemic in India at its peak, we (Mudita, Kanishk, Swapnika and I) looked at each other’s faces on Zoom. We had taught online drama classes before but what did it mean for each of…

Being a young Karachi college boy I became a theatre enthusiast six years ago mainly due to some amazing stage dramas and theatre acts performed by me and the groups I’ve been a part of. I’ve enjoyed performing this art all my life. However, with the arrival of the Covid-19…

It was on a Monday evening that I first walked into the creative practice space in Khuli Khidki. Life was so messy at that point; what with moving from one end of the country to the other, being so far from home for the first time ever, my dhoda-dhoda Hindi…

We often smile big smiles for another, running extreme horizontals across our faces! None of us want to come across as too neutral or plain insensitive to a face greeting us, do we? How to not smile, I wondered, as I left the session, the very first day at the…

The dictionary definition of a quest is a “long or arduous search for something” which usually calls for the searcher to leave the comforts of their home to find something. Usually, this search doesn’t happen alone; there’s either a team of people (think The Secret Seven or Scooby Doo and…

In May 2021, I went to Ahmadabad for a 7-day long residency program. This was part of a sound-design fellowship called Transmitterance, by the organization Drishti which is based in Ahmedabad. Including me, there were 5 of us who had gotten the fellowship. We were put…