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Dastangoi - Sunil Mehra and Askari Naqvi

Two seasoned storytellers came together in an evening of masterful Dastangoi storytelling.

4 June 2017

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Sunil Mehra and Askari Naqvi performed two satirical & humorous short stories of strong women who refuse to be cowed down or tamed - Ismat Chugtai's 'Gharwali' and 'Mughal Baccha'. Gharwali, an inimitable take on marriage and sexual liberation, tells the story of Lajjo a woman of precise pleasures. Mughal Baccha tells a tragic tale of difficult marital life of dark-skinned man and fair woman.

Performed by Sunil Mehra and Askari Naqvi

A glimpse

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