Danish Husain is an actor, storyteller, poet, and a theatre director. He lives in Mumbai and runs his theatre company The Hoshruba Repertory. He was instrumental in reviving the lost art form of Urdu storytelling Dastangoi, which he later expanded into a multilingual storytelling project Qissebaazi to showcase and preserve stories from oral and written literature of the languages of India. Recently, he has been applauded for his performances in Netflix series Taj Mahal 1989, and the Zee5 Original film Mee Raqsam.

Danish Husain will be reading his poems followed by discussion and Q & A. The session will be moderated by Theatre Director, Actor Yuki Ellias.