New Delhi, March 15 -- The 20th edition of the Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards and Festival is showing top ten selected productions from across India. While the event opened with Chandaa Bedni, a provocative play in Hindi and Bundelkhandi dialect about the dynamics of power and purity, the productions to be staged in the coming days focus on equally pertinent topics such as oppression and authoritarianism, protest and rebellion, identity and gender. Some of the upcoming plays include Dashanana Swapnasiddhi, Be Loved, Mattiah 22.39 and Portal Waiting. Besides presenting awards in 14 categories, this year META is conferring the Lifetime Achievement Award to academic, writer-translator and theatre critic Shanta Gokhale. Upcoming plays ...