Together, apart
The plays: Mothers Have Nine Lives, Rupert's Birthday and Talking With. All performed together to form an evening called "Going Solo".The directors: Rahul daCunha, Vikram Kapadia and Anahita Uberoi

The actors: Shernaz Patel, Radhika daCunha, Kitu Gidwani, Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal, Jayati Bhatia, Benaaf Dadachanji and Vallari Shah.

Opening night is in almost a month, so two weeks ago, we felt it was time to get together and share our work accomplished so far.

"Art must be palatable, easily savoured like a sweet dish"
At a recently held dance workshop, Pandit Birju Maharaj said, "Satellite channels are like the apsaras in heaven intent on breaking our tapasya for knowledge. But just like the speedy turnover of prime ministers, fads in music are a passing phase. Classical styles, however, are like the sun and the moon -- unshakable. There might be a storm and darkness, but soon the clouds clear and they gleam once again."

What do you know?
It's not been an invigorating fortnight for me. A stomach flu followed by a listless malaise meant I spent a large part of my waking hours indoors and in bed. This coupled with a sense of frustration for not having any quality work to sink my teeth into made me turn on the television and not switch it off for hours on end. After I overdosed on BBC and Discovery I moved on to the one channel I thought I had out grown. MTV.

  False Gods
  Birju Maharaj retires
  Gym session