Culture / Mricchakatika as an Allegory of the Emergency Shudraka's immortal Sanskrit play, Mricchakatika, written in the 5th Century, is an uncanny allegory of Indira Gandhi's emergency By Sandeep Balakrishna / 16 Feb 2026
Culture / Vandalising Mricchakatika: The Artistic Fraud Called Utsav In my memoriam essay on Girish Karnad’s death, I had remarked that Girish Karnad was a mediocre director and a terrible playwright. Starting with this piece, we will examine By Sandeep Balakrishna / 12 Jun 2019
