With today going in favour of freedom of free speech, theatre director Kaizaad Kotwal and his mother, veteran actress and producer Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal are busy at the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Nariman Point, rehearsing for this evening’s by-invite-only premiere of their new play, 'Agnes of God'.

Caught in controversy over the last few days, the future of an adaptation of John Pielmeier’s play based on the true story of a nun who gives birth to a child and claims she is a virgin, looked bleak. The Catholic Secular Forum (CSF) and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) had called for a ban, arguing that it was an inaccurate representation of the clergy, who are committed to a life of celibacy.