Me and the Theatre! Yashwant Natya Mandir, Matunga As the sun was setting, the stars were coming, no not in the sky in the theatre! This was my first time attending a 'Book Launch'. The program was set to begin by 5:45pm, people were let inside the theatre in a queue and were welcomed with the very fragrant yellow Chafa (Plumeria) and a cute little box of Pedha (Sweet), which was quite surprising for me, but my father said in earlier times they used to welcome audience for a play with flowers. The Yashwant Natya Mandir was a beautiful theatre, with huge portraits of the legendary Marathi actors on its side walls and cleanliness everywhere. Within minutes the theatre was full and fragrant with the aroma of the chafa, most of the girls decorated it in their hair while I was happy to see some boys also put it behind their ears. Welcome by Chafa and Pedha! The Chafa flower decorated in hair by girl , while the boy had put it behind his ears! Once everything and everyone was settled...