Delhi: A frigid morning in December of 1971. A woman, two children in tow, walk into the Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station and claim to be the legitimate descendants of the last Nawab of Awadh: Wajid Ali Shah. In the colorful country that is India, such an act would have been easily dismissed as the rantings […]

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Shatranj ke Khiladi is a brilliant socio-political satire by Munshi Prem Chand that has been adapted for stage by Naatak in this 2023 production. Set in the 1850s, the plot showcases an indifferent and decadent aristocracy against the backdrop of the annexation of Awadh by the British Army. Awadh was annexed from Nawab Wajid Ali