Read an exclusive excerpt from Amal Allana’s book on her father, Ebrahim Alkazi

The son of a Saudi Arabian and a Kuwaiti, he grew up in Pune, had an epiphany in Mumbai – and went on to change the face of theatre in India.

Massive crowds were converging from all directions onto the Opera House intersection, where the bus had eventually been stalled—from Chowpatty, from Charni Road, from Grant Road. The sea of humanity narrowed itself into a rope-like stream and made its way over French Bridge. Caught up in the frenzy of the moment, he joined in, shouting slogans: ‘Boycott British Goods!’ Suddenly, there was a surge in the movement of the massive crowd. Screams rent the air as the crowd turned back