Name: Sharmisthe
Start: 2026-06-11T19:30:00+05:30
Location: Ranga Shankara: Bengaluru

A Voice of Resistance. A Mirror to Power. A Question to the Present.

Sharmishtha is not just a character from mythology — she is a woman who refuses to be silenced, even centuries later. Strong-willed, deeply aware, and rooted in the present, Sharmishthe questions the desires, delusions, and decisions of the men around her — Yayati and Puru — in a world shaped by power, patriarchy, and the obsession with eternal youth.

At the heart of the play is a timeless conflict: the hunger for immortality, the politics of possession, and the cost of unchecked ambition. Long before such ideas made global headlines, Sharmishthe lived them. A princess turned servant, a mother, a silent witness, and a fierce challenger — her journey is one of inner strength and relentless truth.

As the myth unfolds, we see Yayati, cursed with old age, bargain with his son Puru to trade his years for youth. What seems like myth slowly reveals itself as a painful metaphor — of privilege handed down, of generations burdened by the unhealed desires of their elders. And standing at the centre is Sharmishthe, who sees through it all.

This play reimagines ancient events through Sharmishtha’s eyes. Through her voice, the past meets the present. She doesn’t merely retell the story — she interrogates it. She confronts Yayati’s delusion, questions Puru’s burden, and holds a mirror up to a world that still believes nature is something to be consumed, controlled, and inherited. Sharmishthe time and again reminds both Yayati and Puru, that the transition they experience is only a dilution and they remain in multi verse, a higher dimension of time and space. Sharmishthe living in presence, convincingly brings back Yayati and Puru from dilution to their senses - i.e. presence.

With myth as metaphor and poetry as protest, Sharmishthe is a call to pause, reflect, and reimagine — not just the stories we tell, but the way we live.