Teaching

Independent Courses

Parsi Theatre and Performing Arts | 2025 (upcoming)

Parzor-Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai

Part of the certificate program on Parsi Zoroastrian Culture and Heritage Studies.

This course delves into the history of Parsi Theatre, the first modern institution of theatre in India. The course will delve into the aesthetics and politics of Parsi theatre, exploring its actors, writers, collaborators, and its influence on Bollywood. It also specifically focuses on Parsi stagecraft and innovative designs in theatrical elements such as Space, Time, Body, and Performance.

Read more at: https://www.unescoparzor.com/academicprogramme 

WRIT. Reason and Writing, Art and Design | Sept-Dec 2024

Fanshawe College, London, Ontario

This course introduces students to essential principles of reading, writing, and reasoning at the postsecondary level. Students identify, summarize, analyze, and evaluate multiple short readings and write persuasive response essays to develop their vocabulary, comprehension, grammar, and critical thinking. 

Workshops/Creative Laboratory

First Draft: Ideas Lab Second Edition | Co-Facilitator | 2020

Indian Ensemble, Bangalore.

The Ideas Lab, a six-month long venture, provided a space for emerging and experienced theatre practitioners to explore and flesh out ‘ideas in progress,’ which, in turn, led to the participants writing the first drafts of their works. 

Read more at: https://firstdraftideaslab.wordpress.com/about/ 

Visiting/Guest Lectures

2024. “Basics of Writing Crime Fiction”. English and Writing Studies, Western University. March 17. 

2022. “Folk Theatres in India.” Wilson College, Mumbai. 

2021. “Dialogue Writing in Fiction and Theatre”. Department of Languages and Cultures, Western University. October 29.   

2019. “Introduction to Fiction Writing.” Department of Engineering, Ahmedabad University.