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    NORTH AMERICAN Newsline                                                   JULY 24, 2026    |  The Indian Eye 27

                The festival concluded with
            “Dhaaga,” a multilingual production
            directed by Amita, which addressed
            the global issues of sustainability and
            fast fashion. Weaving together stories
            across cultures and generations, the
            play illustrated how individual choic-
            es connect to worldwide environmen-
            tal and humanitarian challenges. Its
            moving narrative left audiences re-
            flecting on the responsibility each of
            us shares in creating a more sustain-
            able future.
                Collectively,  the  five  produc-
            tions demonstrated theater’s unique
            ability to entertain while encourag-
            ing meaningful conversations about
            mental health, technology, ethics,
            family relationships, environmental
            responsibility, and social justice. The
            festival highlighted the richness of
            multilingual theater and celebrated
            the creativity of playwrights, directors,
            actors, musicians, designers, tech-
            nicians, and volunteers whose ded-
            ication brought these stories to life.
                The program was expertly hosted
            by emcees Sucheta Sathe and Vishal
            Chedda, whose warmth, humor, and   cess. Their continued support en-
            professionalism ensured a seamless   ables IHCA-NJ to provide a platform
            flow throughout the day and kept the au-  where diverse voices are heard and
            dience engaged from beginning to end.  meaningful stories are shared.”
                Speaking after the festival, Dr.   Founded  in  2013,  the  Indian
            Ashok Chaudhary, Founder and Pres-  Heritage & Cultural Association of
            ident of IHCA-NJ, said:           New Jersey (IHCA-NJ) is a nonprofit
               “For the past eleven years, Natya   501(c)(3)  organization  dedicated  to
            Darpan  has  demonstrated  that  the-  promoting performing arts, preserv-
            ater is much more than entertain-  ing cultural heritage, and fostering
            ment—it is a catalyst for dialogue, un-  cross-cultural understanding through
            derstanding, and social change. This   theater, dance, music, and education-
            year’s productions addressed some   al  programming.  Through  signature
            of the most pressing issues facing our   initiatives such as Natya Darpan and
            society, from mental health and arti-  Nritya Darpan, IHCA-NJ has provid-
            ficial intelligence to sustainability and   ed a platform for hundreds of artists
            human relationships. We are deep-  and playwrights while using the per-
            ly grateful to our artists, volunteers,  forming arts to spark dialogue, pro-
            sponsors,  partners,  dignitaries,  and   mote social awareness, and strength-
            our  wonderful  audience  for  making   en communities through cultural
            this festival another memorable suc-  exchange.

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