About The Event
Aath Ghante was inspired by Murray Schisgal's Typists. It is written by Sujit Saraf and directed by Vishal Sharma. The play takes into the life of two typists in Connaught Place, Delhi who grow old together while typing addresses on postcards. Their window to the world is, literally, a window that looks out into Connaught Place. They stand there, disparage the world, and reassure themselves that their lives carry more meaning than those of people outside. Over thirty years, they try their hand at poetry, re-enact the Mahabharata stage a play of their own and pontificate on political matters. The play describes an eight-hour working day in their lives - hence the title - which coincides with the passage of thirty years
