India, Jan. 1 -- A political play

What: Hatt Teri Kismat (Oh! Bad Luck), originally written in Marathi by the celebrated playwright Vijay Tendulkar, is a sharp political satire that exposes how power and corruption are inseparable in the world of politics. The play follows a corrupt chief minister who, upon discovering a plot to assassinate him, swaps clothes with a common man to escape danger, setting the stage for a biting and often darkly comic exploration of identity, authority and moral decay.

The latest production by Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA), Lucknow, will be staged to mark the death anniversary of Safdar Hashmi, founder of the theatre company 'Jana Natya Manch', who was murdered at the age of 34 in 1989. This ad...