Catchword: vernac

Filed under: English, India

Part of speech: adj.

Quotation: “They wanted a famous name from Mumbai to put on the marquee. I even organised that,” she said, “I got them a star performer, but they didn’t like him, said he was too vernac.” “Meaning what?” “Meaning he did serious theatre and gave interviews in Hindi and Marathi. They dumped him, and got me someone else instead.”

Article or Document Title:
“Sponsorship for the theatre of the absurd”

Author:
Kishore Singh

Article, document, publication, web site:
Business Standard

Publishing location:
India

Date of publication:
Oct. 24, 1998

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