Susham
Sharma of Jammu in a scene from
the Dogri play "Aale"
presented in the Panj Pani
Theatre Festival at Alhamra,
Lahore on Saturday.--
Excelsior/Ravinder Kaul
Lahore witnesses
its first Dogri play
From Ravinder Kaul
LAHORE, Mar 12: The
standing ovation that the team of
Rangyug got at the culmination of
their performance of the play
"Aale" at Alhamra here
today was not only because of the
sterling quality of their
performance, it was also due to
the fact that it was the first
play in Dogri language ever to be
performed in Lahore. The loudest
cheers came from a misty eyed
section of the audience
comprising number of elderly
persons, proud Dogras, who had
migrated to Sialkot and Lahore
from Jammu in 1947 after
partition. They were once again
savouring the taste of their
beloved Dogri language, which
reminded them of their roots and
the composite cultural ethos of
Jammu............more
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