Love without borders | Mahesh Dattani's queer epic 'The Monk & The Warrior'

While the stage has never lacked for grand romances, playwright Mahesh Dattani believes it is high time the spotlight shifts to a different kind of devotion. “We have already discovered through the classic tales of Sohni-Mahiwal, Romeo and Juliet, and Radha-Krishna that love transcends the barriers of class, caste and family,” the Sahitya Akademi awardee notes. “Now, yet another barrier comes down,” he says.