This play is a gentle yet powerful reflection on childhood-its needs, its silences, and its unspoken hopes. Through stories drawn from everyday life, it explores what a child truly seeks from family, school, peers, and the larger society: understanding, safety, and freedom to express, and space to grow.
At the heart of the play lies the idea of the Five Treasures-essential values that nourish a child’s inner world and, when preserved, continue to guide us into adulthood. These treasures are not luxuries; they are emotional and social foundations that help children feel seen, heard, and valued.
By weaving imagination with lived experiences, the play invites adults to pause and reflect on the environments we create for children. It asks a simple but urgent question: Are we enabling children to grow into confident, compassionate, and emotionally secure individuals?
Group Leaders
Md. Shahnshah is a resident of Madhepura, Bihar and has been associated with theatre and drama for over 20years. He is also the Secretary of Samwadiya theater group Madhepura and has actively worked across Madhepura, Saharsa, Supaul, Begusarai, Patna, and Bhopal, particularly as a rangvidushak (clown performer). He obtained a diploma from the Madhya Pradesh School of Drama in 2014–15 and completed a one-year internship under the Madhya Pradesh School of Drama Study Grant Scheme. During his training, he worked under the guidance of eminent theatre practitioners including Padma Shri Bansi Kaul, Prof. Devendra Raj Ankur,sree Sanjay Upadhyay, Alok Chatterjee, K. K. Rajan, C. R. Jambhe, Kanhaiya Lal Kethwas, Kumar Das T. N., Surrmohan Kulshreshtha, Raghuveer Yadav, Utpal Jha, and Ram Bahadur Renu. He has received training and performed in children’s theatre, Bihar’s folk culture, and folk arts. Subsequently, he earned a postgraduate degree in Music and Drama from Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga. He was awarded the Indira Gandhi National Award in 2011 under the National Service Scheme by the Government of India. The Ministry of Culture, Government of India, has provided him with a two-year Junior Research Fellowship for children’s theatre for underprivileged children. Currently, he is working with NSD TIE Co. and continuously staging plays and organizing workshops.
Pooja Vedvikhyat
Pooja Vedvikhyat is a theatre artist whose journey has been shaped by movement, story, and the living breath of performance. With over fifteen years of immersion in theatre, her practice weaves together acting, physical training, traditional forms, and the transformative power of theatre as a healing space.
A graduate of the National School of Drama, New Delhi (2018), Pooja further expanded her theatrical vocabulary through a Diploma in Ensemble Physical Theatre from the DUENDE School of Ensemble Physical Theatre, Greece, where the body became both language and landscape.
She is also a recipient of the prestigious National School of Drama Fellowship, through which she explored theatre as a therapeutic tool for addressing emotional challenges in children—a research journey rooted in empathy, play, and deep listening.
Her work with children spans three years of dedicated practice, where theatre becomes a gentle bridge between emotion and expression. Trained in Kalaripayattu, the ancient Indian martial art, at Kalarigram, Pondicherry, and in Yakshagana, the vibrant folk theatre of Karnataka, Pooja’s practice is grounded in discipline, rhythm, and cultural memory. Her engagement with rasa and inner landscapes has been further nurtured through two phases of Navarasa Sadhana under the guidance of Guru G. Venu in Kerala.
Currently working with the Theatre in Education (TIE) Company of the National School of Drama, New Delhi, Pooja continues to create spaces where imagination awakens, bodies speak, and theatre becomes a path to connection, healing, and joy.