2 Plays on Disagreeing without being Disagreeable

About the Book: First published in 2020 for private circulation among theatre folk this book features two plays by Mrinal Mathur. Two plays that tell two stories of dissent and change. Of people who protest but without pelting stones and by becoming the change they wish to see in this world. Didi I.A.S. is about a bureaucratic conspiracy to curb anti - establishment art by creating an 'Indian Artistic Service.' But even when all artistic opposition has been mollified and institutionalised an innocent voice breaks free. In Lalaji Ne School Banaya Hai a nationalist in British India fights for the common man's right to give his children an education reserved thus far for the privileged and princely class. The play is the story of how an Indian public school came to be rather than the English public schools of the time that merely 'operated' in India. About the Author: Mrinal has been writing full time since 2016 after a long stint in the corporate world. Since then he has written 15 original plays. Many have been staged across several cities in India as well as overseas. His plays are about contemporary India. In his works issues that would normally trigger hyperbole are dealt with compassion. He writes with biting satire often with humorous wordplay. Sometimes by taking recourse to myth sometimes to history. By wearing a sardonic lens at times and at times with geniality; but always with drama and emotional power. He also writes advertising copy and has created popular Digital and TV campaigns for global Indian brands many featuring celebrities.