Mooki, the kannada word for mute is the title of the piece that is inspired by Rabindranath Tagore's short story Subha. The story revolves around a dumb girl who is ironically named Subhashini (which in sanskrit means one with the ability to speak beautifully). This dynamics in the story is used as a metaphor in the piece to address the idea of freedom of speech that democracy claims to bestow upon its people.

Veena Basavarajaiah is a movement artist from Bengaluru(India). She has worked with renowned contemporary dance companies such as Shobana Jeyasingh Dance company(UK) & Attakkalari(India)and has performed on various platforms across UK and Europe. She has been the recipient of Young Achievers Award in 2007 and is also an empaneled artist of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. She is an independent artist working as a performer and choreographer with various companies. She also does collaborative work with musicians, theatre and multi media artists. She is a dance writer for various online platforms in India and Pulse Magazine(UK) and is currently doing her Masters in South Asian Dance Studies at Roehampton University (UK) Veena has recieved mentorship from renowned theatre practitioners like Maya Krishna Rao and Navtej Singh Johar in creating her work titled 'Maya' as part of the Gati Dance Residency in 2009. She has worked as an actor with NSD based director Aditee Biswas on her production 'In-Out-In', featured at the National School of Drama Theatre Festival in 2010. She has conducted movement workshops for various Bangalore based theatre groups like Our Theatre and Indian Ensemble. She has worked closely with Abhishek Majumdar as an actor and movement director on his production 'Rizwan'. Having collaborated with many indigenous and western theatre practitioners and performers, Veena is currently exploring the field of Dance theatre with her latest work 'Mooki' which has already been featured at various prestigious venues in Bangalore.