I’ve been drawing Dashavatar performances in my native Konkan over the years, returning to them with a sketchbook whenever I have the chance. I’m drawn to the energy of the performances the vivid costumes, painted faces, gestures and characters that seem to transform in front of you. Since the plays are traditionally performed at night, there is something particularly atmospheric about watching these figures and how they prepare for plays. Over time, the sketchbook has become a record of these encounters fragments of performances, faces, costumes, gestures and characters collected across different nights. I think of the drawings less as illustrations of the Dashavatar and more as my personal visual diary of watching the theatre unfold.

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