Bhisham Sahni
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Bhisham Sahni was an Indian writer, playwright in Hindi and an actor, most famous for his novel Tamas and the television screenplay adaptation of the same name, a powerful and passionate account of th
Sahni on a 2017 stamp of India
Safdar Hashmi
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Safdar Hashmi was an Indian communist playwright and director, best known for his work with street theatre in India. He was also an actor, lyricist, and theorist, and he is still considered an importa
Bhisham Sahni
…founder and chairman of SAHMAT, an organization promoting cross-cultural understanding, founded in memory of the murdered theatre artist and activist Safdar Hashmi. Bhisham Sahni's epic work Tamas (Darkness/Ignorance 1974) is a novel based on the riots of 1947 partition of India which he witnessed at Rawalpindi…
Safdar Hashmi
Classical Singer Vidya Shah is Performing for Sahmat. 1 January 2011, New-Delhi.