Unchaining

📖 The Scoop

""Unchaining/Decolonizing the MInd" are three plays that aim to analyze and dissect social and cultural issues, as well as psychological complexities and contradictions within the human mind. "Churchill Among Savages" foregrounds an aspect from the deepest core of my unconscious - the desire to address racial injustice and wrongs. While Churchill has been revered in the west and glorified as a hero, he has also been held responsible for some controversial acts committed in the former colonies of the British Empire. My play examines the hidden ramifications and meaning behind some historically documented research. "Draupadi's Arranged Marriage" deploys the life of Draupadi as a trope to examine the institution of arranged marriage. Draupadi has been considered a rather unfortunate but fascinating character in the Indian epic, The Mahabharata. Several different versions and interpretations concerning her character and her personality have been associated with her. My play takes excerpts from the story of Draupadi as known to everybody and adds imaginative sequences that bring out the real essence of the association between Draupadi and modern women. "The Peace Activists" places Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King within the crucible of a dramatic plot that will bring out their remarkable similarities in the cause of peace and non-violence and in their pursuit and engagement with civil disobedience as a methodology and a tool. Along with the white philosopher Thoreau who inspired both leaders, the black Martin Luther King and the brown Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, my play offers philosophical rumination on the current world situation in light of Gandhi's and MLK's broader vision"--

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