Munni Bai with medals pinned on her dress

Drama Queens, says Veejay Sai, was born out of a casual conversation some time in the 90s with the late actor Pearl Padamsee and the late Behram Contractor, editor of Afternoon. "Pearl had casually remarked about how women who do theatre, love it so much and how that itself is intriguing, as it is such a thankless job. 'Some day, someone must write our stories too', I remember her saying. The thought stayed with me, it was only around many years later, that I started my search," says Sai, 37, who covers performance arts for leading publications.