"If enough had been written or done about the struggle of women, there would have been some change," asserts Arnesh Ghose, the director of the plays Do Boond Roshni Ke and Pussy Riot to be staged this weekend.

The two plays are about gender issues when talking about it has become difficult, according to him, with a general aversion to feminist ideas. "When was the last time a new play on gender was staged in Mumbai? I can only think of Vagina Monologues and Nirbhaya (which was an international production)," he says.