A report on Ajoka Theatre

Pakistani not-for-profit arts organization based in Lahore, Punjab, with focus on producing and performing social theatrical stage productions, founded in 1984.

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Madeeha Gauhar

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Pakistani TV and Stage actress, playwright and director of social theater, and women's rights activist.

Pakistani TV and Stage actress, playwright and director of social theater, and women's rights activist.

In 1984, she founded Ajoka Theatre where social themes were staged in theaters, on the street and in public places.

Shahid Nadeem

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Pakistani journalist, playwright, screenwriter, theater and television director, and a human rights activist.

Pakistani journalist, playwright, screenwriter, theater and television director, and a human rights activist.

He is currently director of the Ajoka Theater and director of the PTV Academy.

Burqavaganza

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Burqavaganza (Urdu: برقع وگینزا) is a controversial satirical play written by Shahid Nadeem about the burqa worn by conservative Muslim women, staged in Pakistan in 2010 by the Ajoka Theater Company.

Toba Tek Singh (short story)

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Short story written by Saadat Hasan Manto and published in 1955.

Short story written by Saadat Hasan Manto and published in 1955.

On the sixtieth anniversary of Partition, the Pakistani theatre group Ajoka, as part of a series of plays and performances, performed a play adaptation in India.

Miniature portrait of Dara Shikoh

Dara Shikoh

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The eldest son and heir-apparent of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.

The eldest son and heir-apparent of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.

Miniature portrait of Dara Shikoh
18th-century portrait of Dara Shikoh
Dara's brothers (left to right) Shah Shuja, Aurangzeb and Murad Baksh in their younger years, ca 1637
Young Dara Shikoh (Left) and Mian Mir (Right)
The marriage of Dara Shikoh and Nadira Begum, 1875–90
Wedding procession of Dara Shikoh, with Shah Shuja and Aurangzeb behind him. Royal Collection Trust, London.
Dara Shikoh with his army
Humayun's Tomb, where the remains of Dara Shikoh were interred in an unidentified grave.
A page from the Majma-ul-Bahrain, Victoria Memorial, Calcutta.
Dara Shikoh (with Mian Mir and Mullah Shah Badakhshi), ca. 1635
A painting from the Persian translation of Yoga Vasistha manuscript, 1602
A Prince in Iranian Costume by Muhammad Khan. Dara Shikoh Album, Agra, 1633–34.
Shah Jahan Receiving Dara Shikoh

He is also the subject of a 2010 play called Dara Shikoh, written and directed by Shahid Nadeem of the Ajoka Theatre Group in Pakistan.