Why is a raven like a writing desk?" "Time is a 'him' not an 'it'." Looking for logic in these utterances will do no good to the seeker. And yet, these and many more of Lewis Carroll's gems in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland have been loved by children and adults alike for over 150 years.

Akshat Nigam sums up the classic — considered to be one of the best examples of the literary nonsense genre — aptly when he says, "When you experience an absurd little wonderland, you let go of the pressures of meaning." This bizarre wonderland is what the educator and storyteller hopes to create with Ragini Singh Khushwaha, programme head at Drama School Mumbai, at A Mad Tea Party.