Kharaashein – the Scars from Riots is a collage of Gulzar’s literary creations on subject of Riots on stage produced by Essay Communications. Hilsa, our first story is about the middle-class attitude in a riot-torn city. Raavi-Paar is a story with backdrop of Partition revealing a tragedy reflecting our inability to learn from our past. Khauff, as the title suggests, is about fear and what it can do to the psyche of a normal man in anxiety. Khuda - Haafiz is a dramatization of Samaresh Basu’s Aadaab by Gulzar; about a relationship which evolves under duress of a riot inflicted situation. These four presentations are interwoven with a selection of Gulzar’s poetry, some of which he has written specially for this show.