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Long arm of injustice
The Hindu | Diwan Singh Bajeli | December 15, 2011
Sisir Kumar Das's “Socrates”, presented by Circle Theatre at Bhartendu Natya Utsav in New Delhi this past week in Hindi translation by Manish Manoja and Bapi Bose, is a severe indictment of the despotic regimes which use religion and state machinery to silence dissenting voices. From beginning to end the production maintains the complex rhythm created by the theatrical brilliance of the director and powerful performances of the actors.
As the title suggests, the play is about Socrates and his trial. His opponents charge him with misguiding the youth and refusing to accept the God recognised by the state. His enemies have grabbed the state apparatus and are using it to crush him because they perceive his ideology as dangerous for their survival.
There are heart-wrenching images of the massacre of minorities in Modi's Gujarat. We watch the struggle of the people of Manipur against the continued imposition of the Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) embodied in the 11-year long fast by Irom Sharmila. Video footage of the uprisings of people against despotic rulers in the Arab world indicate the democratic upsurge.
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