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Collector Sahab!

Delhi Monsoon, 2012 It was July afternoon in Delhi, and the monsoons had just started entering this part of the world. My young theatre group had begun to take shape. It had been roughly 6 months and the group had been rehearsing well. It was near the Supreme Court area, and we spoke about getting the group registered in this area. It was not a long procedure to get the name registered. The name was ‘Rang-manch’ which we wanted to go ahead with. A registration under some societies and voluntary organisation act would make it free for us to perform in any professional auditorium in the city. It would create a legal space in minds for ‘Rangmanch’. My group had majorly all young people, most of which were students. I took Sahil and Neha to roam around the courts. Sahil seemed to know some lawyer from the supreme court. Though the lawyer was a young man like me, but he had some airs about himself. Afterall, he was a young Supreme court lawyer. But thanks to Sahil’s old friendship, he d...