deeply hurt hear news death vijay tendulkar greatest playwrights indian theater year south asian theater festival opportunity meeting tendulkar experience forget physically frail strong young love theater brought thousand miles home theater speech opening ceremony protested non-issuance visa participating teams demonstrated fire burning fire write plays changed indian theater time indian playwrights busy translating adapting western plays tendulkar breath fresh plays grew common drama developed life stories grass roots society films wrote bears signature protest exploitation protest violence injustice humanity year wanted plays close possibly told plays staged south asian theater festival year play festival told send copy plays translated english gave card asked visit india plays life long repentance avail opportunity visit discuss theater lessons great master great inspiration times hope pray soul rests peace 