Month: October 2025

Please join us for the panel discussion today NSHM Knowledge Campus where we discuss the "Relevance of disruptive performative practices for education, society and environment". The panelists includes Dr. Sharmila Sinha, Dr. Janardan Ghosh, Rajaditya Banerjee, Pradip Chattopadhyay and Mark Fox. Moderated by Sudipta Dawn. This will be followed by a performance called "Memories and … Continue reading Relevance of disruptive performative practices for education, society and environment

This script is the coming together of two epics - one from Siam and other which is a popular epic in a South and South East Asia. Specifically it is the coming together of Phra Aphai Mani told as an pic poem by Sunthorn Phu and a version of Ramayana by Balajan Bewoa. The script … Continue reading Script of performance of 2 epics: Phra Aphai Mani & Balajan Bewoa’s Ramayana

Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, April 2025 “For liberation and utopia are, still, Not Yet.”- Doughlas  kellner I was invited by the Chulalongkorn University to be a part of gathering of artists from Asia to celebrate through stories and performances the festival of Songkran or the Thai New Year. Songkran is also Mesha Sankranti and this coincides … Continue reading On Seasons & Mystics @ Songkran in Bloom

Happy to reproduce here from the website of West Bengal water project an article about a performance research project where we searched for the rituals and culture associated with the rivers of Bengal. This particular instance was a collaboration between students of Oxford University and Culture Monks. Welcoming a River’s Return writen by Susana Higueras … Continue reading Welcoming a River’s Return