Searching For His Homeland

GERISH KHEMANI TELLS BINDU GOPAL RAO HOW HE DISCOVERED THAT THEATRE WAS ALWAYS HIS CALLING

- Bindu Gopal Rao

As Toni Morrison said, ‘If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.’ I realized that although it is interesting working with other people, there are issues, ideas, and stories that are deeply concerning my being and I want to give them shape.” So, in March 2015, Gerish Khemani formed his own theatre group The Blind And The Elephant.

Its first production, Ripples, a play dealing with questions of teaching and learning, was co-written and directed by Gerish and completed 37 shows at diverse venues across Mumbai, Bangalore, and Coimbatore, drawing favorable reviews from critics, practitioners, students and general audiences alike.