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 .
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 .