Versova reminds this writer of the whiff of dried fish lingering on its beaches, hazelnut cappuccinos brewing in boutique cafés that open, shut shop, and reopen every other month, and the uncanny feeling that you’ve surely seen the guy who just walked past you in a movie before. For theatremaker Pankaj Purohit, it is none of these. A visit to the slums near the rock beach in the suburb brought back memories of an unexpected figure — Russian socialist writer and five-time Nobel Prize nominee, Maxim Gorky. 

Pankaj Purohit