Nisarga Yatri Sanstha, a Ratnagiri-based non-profit organisation, has been working for the last few years to find and preserve petroglyphs in Konkan region. (Photo: Nisargyatri)
The site proposed for a mega oil refinery in Barsu village of Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district is at the centre of a row over whether it might damage ancient rock carvings found in the area. Known as Ratnagiri oil refinery and petrochemical complex, the project is being developed by Ratnagiri Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited.
The rock art, or petroglyphs, estimated to be 20,000 years old and classified as protected monuments by the state archaeology department and the Archaeological Survey of India, have been added to the tentative list of UNESCO’s world heritage sites. Read more.
Kumud Mishra, Divya Jagadale and Manav Kaul in the play Irani Cafe, written by Shiv Subrahmanyam.
To celebrate the work and life of Shiv Subrahmanyam, a four-day festival was rolled out at the Prithvi Theatre by his theatre group Playtrix Players turning the spotlight on his work as an actor, writer and director.
The festival opened last week with the release of ‘Irani Cafe & Other Plays’ (published by Dhauli Books), a collection of plays written by Subrahmanyam. While Subrahmanyam has written around nine plays, this collection has three of his full-length plays — Irani Cafe, Snapshots from an Album and Clogged Arteries. Read more.
