For the last six months, city venue Studio Tamaasha has brought to the fore, new Indian writing in the form of dramatised readings. The format is simple — a bunch of actors get together to rehearse a new play, read it aloud and this is followed by a discussion and feedback session with the playwright. This time, Mumbai and Goa-based Saudamini Kalra's Seb Ke Beej is the choice.

Set in 1995 Delhi, the play with an all-male cast explores the lives of a few men and the concept of masculinity in that milieu. A movement runs parallel, one where young men come together in workout spaces and gymnasiums to talk about their issues. It is a newly emerging capitalist economy, unions are disappearing and men are troubled. "They all know they feel a certain way but can't put a finger on it," says Saudamini Kalra who scripted the play as part of a five-month long Ideas Lab programme by Bangalore-based Indian Ensemble.