11 JULY 2015 | PERFORMANCE | IN COLLABORATION WITH NOMAD MOVIES AND BUDHAN THEATRE

Rashmirathi (English: Sun’s Charioteer) (Rashmi: Light (rays) Rathi: one who is riding a chariot (not the cation of Rashmirathi, charioteer) is a 1952 epic poem by the Hindi poet, Ramdhari Singh and ‘Dinakar’. The poem is about Karna, the son of unmarried queen Kunti (Pandu’s wife) in the epic Mahabharata. It is one of the most appreciated works of Dinkar other than “Kurukshetra”; and one of the classics of modern Hindi literature. The way Dinkar has presented the story of Karna with all hues of human emotions trapped in moral dilemmas is simply marvellous. In this presentation, Alok Gagdekar- the director of this play tried to contemporise the events and draw parallels from the life of Dr B. R. Ambedkar.

SOURCE: CONFLICTORIUM ARCHIVES