two children separated by the line of control but bound by friendship what happens when one crosses over to the other side only to be helped by the others mother to get back home this was the plotline of the 2015 winner sarhad produced by students of pune institute of computer technologyhumanity shatters all barriers that was the message of our play none of us had a background in theatre and our writer nikita thube spent about three months on the script there were at least 10 drafts before the final version says maruti auti the directorit was all trial and error but we never stopped changing we gave it our 100 adds auti a student of electronics engineering who is now preparing for a series of competitive examinationsthube was watching the boy in the striped pyjamas when the idea of turning the plot around in the indian context struck her we are perpetually creating boundaries in the name of caste colour and religion but for children none of these matter they love without holding back says thube she also says unlike films theres no winning for mula for purushottam karandak what helped was we were all new to whatever role we were playing there were no clashes of egos and everybody was ready to learn and improve that earnestness paid off she addsthe win also left a taste for theatre strong enough for her to give up a career in iti got through national school of drama i knew my parents werent thrilled but then everybody they knew started appreciating my workand finally they were fine with me at nsd says thube who is now pursuing a postgraduate diploma in dramatic art