Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 21: Nationally acclaimed children play ‘Mere Hisse Ki Dhoop Kahan Hai’ written and directed by Padamshree Balwant Thakur and presented by Natrang mesmerized the jam-packed audiences here this afternoon at the auditorium of Teachers Bhawan, Gandhi Nagar.
Considered to be the longest living play by children in India, this play which Balwant Thakur beautifully wrote for UNICEF on population education and stood best in India and later represented the country in Asia-Pacific meet in Bangkok, Thailand.
Advocating the idea of using theatre as an effective tool of education and the transformation of the society, this play of Natrang has already created a history for having successfully presented in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Goa, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Shimla, Jabalpur, Chennai, Bangaluru, Jaipur, Lucknow and over 30 other major cities of India.
The National School of Drama also recognsed this play as one of the most successful theatrical presentation for Arts-In Education programmes.
Today’s presentation was a part of one day workshop for newly recruited teachers organised by Department of School Education.
Shaleen Kabra, Commissioner Secretary School Education was the chief guest on the occasion.
In a highly innovative manner this mind-blowing play ‘Mere Hisse Ki Dhoop Kahan Hai’, in a very sensitive manner deals with the hazards of population explosion and very subtly highlights every deplorable aspect of population explosion. The irony, which children have to live with, the obstacles they have to face, are brought out in an intrepid manner. Beginning with malnutrition inadequate food and clothing to seeking admissions in schools and overcrowded classes with no jobs and glaring shortcomings, practically every damaging result of over population is dealt with. The play warns one and all with imminent threat of disaster and destruction if this malady is not immediately arrested. The play ends with thought provoking questions by children, “Why we were brought into this world? Where is our share of sunlight?”
The proud children who received repeated applauds included Sanchita Dubey, Agam Kaur, Gopi Sharma, Saba Jamwal, Mihir Gujral, Manya Gujral, Vedhant Suri, Saanvi Anand, Rudra Kohli, Vrinda Sharma, Shreya Gupta, Sanya Gupta, Riya Jandial, Sanket Bhagat, Sachin Saini, Ayn Bhola, Chander Pratap Singh and Ananya Verma.
Follow our WhatsApp channel
