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[email protected] Contents OCTOBER 2013 VOL.17/3 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ THEME: Morparia’s page 2 Theatre Theatre appreciation, Mumbai ishtyle 5 V Gangadhar Managing editor English theatre is flourishing 6 Mrs. Sucharita R. Hegde Deepa Gahlot The growth of Hindi theatre 8 Editor Om Katare Anuradha Dhareshwar Theatre thrives wherever Marathi manus exists 11 Ashlesha Athavale Sub editor The vibrant hues of Gujarati theatre 14 Rajlakshmi Pillai Manvita Baradi 6 Bengali theatre and some immortal pillars 17 Design Shoma Chatterjee H. V. Shiv Shankar Theatre of Assam and Manipur: close proximity in contrast 21 Marketing Manoj Barpujari Mahesh Kanojia Know India Better Coffee - on your mind 23 OIOP Clubs Gustasp & Jeroo Irani Vaibhav Palkar Face to face: Arvind Gaur 36 Subscription National School of Drama: Time to reinvent 42 Nagesh Bangera Salim Arif In the company of theatrewalahs 44 Advisory board Quasar Thakore Padamsee 23 M V Kamath Smaller towns hungry for drama 46 Sucharita Hegde Akarsh Khurana Justice S Radhakrishnan Venkat R Chary Saga of street theatre 48 Arjun Ghosh Printed & Published by ColumnsColumnsColumns 51 Mrs. Sucharita R. Hegde for Nature watch : Bittu Sahgal One India One People Foundation, Mahalaxmi Chambers, 4th floor, In focus : C.V. Aravind 22, Bhulabhai Desai Road, Cool Champ 53 Mumbai - 400 026 Tel: 022-2353 4400 Young India 54 Fax: 022-2351 7544 36 Great Indians 56 e-mail:
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