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A Zoom play on sexual violence emphasises complexity and public complicity

Gender / The Lede

A Zoom play on sexual violence emphasises complexity and public complicity

“Safdar’s killing had touched a raw nerve in the country”—revisiting the murder of a playwright and activist

“Safdar’s killing had touched a raw nerve in the country”—revisiting the murder of a playwright and activist

Sudhanva Deshpande

Arts / The Lede How a theatre ensemble helps people with dementia Priti Salian

Arts “My Sweetest Thoughts Have Been With You”: Habib Tanvir’s Letters to Jill MacDonald Jill MacDonald

Arts / The Lede The arts thrive amid Greece’s economic crisis Steven Borowiec

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Film / The Lede Kashmir’s leading satirist prepares for his return to the stage Azaan Javaid

Arts / The Lede A nine-hour, multi-stage Kannada play draws packed houses Neha Mujumdar

Arts / Essay The highs and lows of being Piyush Mishra Akshay Manwani

Arts / The Lede A taxi driver and his passion for a 16th-century performance form Minu Ittyipe

Arts / The Lede Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors takes on new meaning in its Afghan adaptation Sharanya

Arts / The Lede In the green room with a beloved Bengaluru make-up artist Deepika Arvind

Film / Essay As of late, Rabindra Sangeet has emerged in unexpected places, whether covered as club song or voiced by Amitabh Bachchan. Does Tagore’s music, as he had hoped, stand the test of time? Sumana Roy

Arts / The Lede A theatre production challenges murky rules of censorship in Egypt Betwa Sharma

Arts / Essay Bhand Pather, Kashmir's indigenous theatre that has thrived on pungent social and political satires, in now an endangered tradition Mehboob Jeelani

Arts / Commentary In art, what works is what is real, what is executed with honesty and integrity, what is beautiful Snigdha Poonam