Rangayan- The Dramatic Society Of Arsd College: Street Play

Rangayan is the street play society at Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, which most people just call ARSD, located in Dhaula Kuan. We aren't a business or a regular school, just a group of students who spend way too much time in the college corridors and the back lawn. Our focus is on street plays, or Nukkad Natak, so you’ll often find us shouting at the top of our lungs or practicing drum beats near the canteen. The society has been around for years, and the seniors always pass down the old dholaks and props to the freshers. Dhaula Kuan is always loud with traffic, so we have to be even louder to be heard. We don't have a fancy office; we just meet up wherever there is space. Our clothes are usually covered in dust from performing on the ground. It’s a lot of hard work, rehearsing for hours after classes are over. We write our own scripts about things we see in the world, trying to keep it as real as possible. There’s no big budget here. We use simple props, like sticks or dupattas, and a lot of energy. Sometimes we argue about a scene for hours, but it’s all part of the process. It’s just a bunch of us trying to express something through drama while balancing our studies. It’s messy, loud, and very human, which is exactly how we like it.