Behind her soft demeanour is ranging angst against the political and bureaucratic set-up that Erum Khan, the organiser of the play, finds the country clutched in. The best way to release her seething distress, she thought, would be to take it public, through a stage presentation titled, Taj Mahal Ka Tender, narrating how, if the Taj Mahal were to be built today, the bureaucratic machinery would never let it build.
The satirical piece explores the kind of problems Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan would grapple with if he wanted to build the monument today. It also looks at how the deeply entrenched corruption at every level of governance would make it difficult, even impossible, to execute something of this kind of magnitude. “Through humour and sarcasm, we’ve tried to present some of the complexities faced by the country, because of policy paralysis in certain regards. We wanted to keep it light-hearted because comedy always connects with people in a way that lectures don’t,” says Khan.
Date March 15 (today)
Time 7 pm
Venue Shri Ram Centre, Mandi House
Tickets Available at www.bookmyshow.com, Language Hindi