Complex sentence: Ratan Thiyam has been writing and staging plays that uses ancient Indian theater traditions and forms in a contemporary context professing a deep concern with the yearnings for social welfare and spiritual progress in the midst of war and violence.
Split into simpler sentences: Ratan Thiyam has been writing and staging plays that uses ancient Indian theater traditions and forms in a contemporary context. His works professes a deep concern for social welfare and spiritual yearnings in the midst of war and violence.