Ratan Thiyam's Visit To Pune A personal experience |
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Koijam Ravi * |
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Not only me, I took along a Marathi friend with me, who was literally dancing out of enjoyment inside the bus on our way back to our place. He thanked me for taking him along for the play and believe me up till today he can't stop narrating about his experience watching the play. A Q&A Session was held after the first play was staged. One of the best compliments given by one of the audience, who was also from North-east was, "Sir, recently I've been to New York and people out there know you. You've truely made us global". I'm not used to showing my emotions but that day I couln't control myself; I approached him after the play and told him that I was feeling proud calling myself a Manipuri to which he responded that, "One should always feel proud calling himself or herself a Manipuri". He further added, "You people have to do a lot more for MANIPUR. Manipur is awaiting your contribution. Your family members back at home are worried about you so don't do anything such,that will hurt their feelings". It will be one of the most memorable moments of my life and its a message to all my Manipuri brothers and sisters that, "We need to do more for our region and bring it on the global stage as Ratan Thiyam has done with his plays" * Koijam Ravi contributed to e-pao.net for the first time. He can be contacted at [email protected] This review was webcasted on March 19th , 2007 . |
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