Dastan-E-Choubolia
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A Dastangoi presentation of the great Rajasthani folk story Chouboli, Dastan-e-Chouboli is based on the version created by noted Rajasthani writer Vijaydan Detha. The story centres on a princess named Chouboli who has vowed that she would only marry a man who can make her speak four times in one night. After twenty-four princes attempt and fail, a brave and valiant Thakur, one famed for shooting 108 arrows through his wife’s nose ring each day, tries his luck. A story within a story within a story, Chouboli is a funny, bitter and lyrical take on Indian life. The dastan is adapted and directed by Mahmood Farooqui and performed by Danish Husain and Farooqui.
Dastan-e-Chouboli, 4 September, Stein Auditorium, Indian Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. For more information, call the IHC program desk at 011-43663080
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