Ulka Mayur

It was on summer afternoon, while researching for a play that writer-actor Ulka Mayur stumbled upon writings of women Bhakti poets, some of whom she had known and the rest unheard of. "I was mesmerised by how women Bhakti poets insisted on the right to body, right to choose and right to resist exploitation. That got me thinking," she says. The result is a new theatrical performance titled Cast Off All Shame that captures the essence of Bhakti movement in the context of today's women.