Protesters became performers on 12 April, National Street Theatre Day, at Jawaharlal Nehru University’s (JNU) iconic ‘Freedom Square’. Instead of slogans there was singing, dancing, chanting and clapping as three plays by youthful street theatre troupes unfolded.
Equipped with drums, flutes, harmoniums and daflis, the performers encircled the Administrative Block of the university to call out to students and faculty and get them to join in.
National Street Theatre Day is also the birth anniversary of Safdar Hashmi, the slain theatre artiste and CPI(M) member. Every year the Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust or SAHMAT recalls. . .
