Zoon

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01 December, 2019

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7 to 8 December

Kamani Auditorium, Delhi

The play is a dramatic reinterpretation of the story of Zoon, a nickname for the sixteenth-century Kashmiri poet Habba Khatoon. According to legend, she was a peasant who married Yusuf Shah Chak, who would go on to rule Kashmir. The couple tragically fell afoul of the Mughal emperor Akbar, who coveted Khatoon.

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