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  • Story of D- Part II

    Story of D- Part II

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    D For Donkey Studios was the fruit of a tree of stories in the life of a brother and sister. Story of D is a series that explores this sibling relationship. D had recently started guitar classes, and she was determined to give it all of her free time. She liked to singalong as well,…

  • D Goes To Theatre: A Woman or Not to BE

    D Goes To Theatre: A Woman or Not to BE

    Re-telling William Shakespeare’s HAMLET: Adishakti Theatre’s A Woman or Not To Be, written and directed by Vinay Kumar. “I’m expecting a funeral.” And I was feeling that, I was expecting a funeral. The first thing that Adishakti Theatre’s A Woman or Not to Be made me feel was validation for my revenge phase, against the…

  • D Goes To Theatre: Glitch in the Myth

    D Goes To Theatre: Glitch in the Myth

    Created and performed by Anoushka Zaveri. What would anyone even faintly familiar with the Ramayana say if you told them that during their exile in the forest, Sita befriended Shurpanakha and was devastated when Ram cut off her nose?  “The universe is random, it’s man who gives meaning.”  Or that the only reason Sita wanted…

  • D Goes To Theatre: OTTAM

    D Goes To Theatre: OTTAM

    Written and directed by Sapan Saran, produced by Tamaasha Theatre. I have a notebook with a bird and a cup on its cover, in which I handwrite quotes that I come across, and I want them to stay with me. A dialogue from Sapan Saran’s play Ottam finds itself in my ‘bird and cup diary’…

  • Story of D- Part 1

    Story of D- Part 1

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    D For Donkey Studios was the fruit of a tree of stories in the life of a brother and sister. The sibling duo, born in different cities, grew up together, counting cars on a road trip, playing football, and charging each other money from their children’s bank in exchange for borrowing things from each other’s…

  • On Beginnings

    On Beginnings

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    On Beginnings D For Donkey Studios believes that beginnings should be celebrated slowly, not hyped loudly, because not every beginning is a visible, tangible start. Some are beginnings within ourselves, some are beginnings along with others, some are beginnings for everyone, and maybe for no one. But there are many beginnings, as there should be,…