coimbatore the drama club of psg college of arts and science was inaugurated on friday with the performance of bali magan a tamil drama scripted by one of their language teachers the theme of the play was the sacrifice of citizens for the state and governments and how the state tries to manufacture consent using its clout the students of the club said they have been performing on a regular basis this time we wanted to do something based on some serious theme we were aware that it would be a challenge to capture the interest of the audience with a heavy theme but we were ready for the challenge said vishnu v s a third year bbm student and chairman of the club the club had staged an adaptation of hayavadana written by popular playwright girish karnad this play exposes human nature as imperfect despite attempts to attain perfection this is perhaps a more complex concept for students to grasp we knew that it is better to take a popular play and modify it depending on our resources said maya dk another member of the club cultural activists say that drama is making a comeback on campuses many students find theatre a great platform to learn soft skills said pon chandran who holds regular training programmes for students on drama learning drama helps overcome inhibitions and inferiority complex he said in fact many institutes hold drama workshops to help participants improve their soft skills