Abhishek Majumdar, award-winning playwright, director, and head of the theatre department at NYU Abu Dhabi, spent his early years at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), where his parents worked. He grew up studying science and mathematics while also taking an interest in the theatre and music that surrounded him on campus and at home. When he was done with college, he knew he would pursue theatre.  In 2005, Majumdar received the Charles Wallace and Inlaks scholarships and trained at the London International School of Performing Arts. He spent nearly a decade acting before he found his feet with Indian Ensemble, a Bangalore-based theatre outfit that he co-founded with actor and playwright Sandeep Shikhar in 2009. Majumdar has since written, produced, and directed several internationally acclaimed plays. It began with the Kashmir trilogy (Rizwaan (2010), The Djinns of Eidgah (2012), and Gasha (2013), for which he travelled to Kashmir, conducting research and…

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