Two plays: A City in Sorrow and Curse
By Moti Lal Kemmu, translated by Pankaj Bhan (Authorspress India: 2021)

Discussants: Shri Ashok Jailkhani, former Additional Director General of Doordarshan, freelance producer and actor; Shri Ravi Kemmu, director, actor and producer; and Dr. Pankaj Bhan, Founder-Secretary, Kasheer Foundation and translator of the two plays

Chair: Prof. Neerja Mattoo, academic, writer, poet and critic

Moti Lal Kemmu’s two plays ‘A city in sorrow’ (Nagar udaas) and ‘Curse’ (Shaap) included in this volume are based on Kalhana’s Rajatarangini, a pioneering work of historiography written in 12th century Kashmir