Srishti Shrivastava during a rehearsal for the play

"I'm the androgynous/ The mister, the miss/ I'm the good and the evil too/ I'm me but I'm also you," goes the narration in the play Shikhandi - The Story of the In-Between. A re-telling of the story of one of the earliest transgender characters in Indian mythology from the Mahabharata, the play fleshes out the journey of Shikhandi from being born female, raised male, getting a sex change (courtesy a Yaksha) to finally, fulfilling her destiny. The NCPA-Fats The Arts collaborative production that premieres in the city today, was a runner-up at the Sultan Padamsee Award for Playwriting, 2016. Written and directed by Faezeh Jalali, it features Mahnaz Damania in the lead along with Meher Acharia-Dar, Vikrant Dhote, Karan Desai, Nikhil Murali and Srishti Shrivastava among other actors.