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Theatre festival to pay tribute to Irom Sharmila
IBN Live | PTI | Kolkata, 06:12 PM, Dec 13,2011
Rabindranath Tagore's 1926 dance drama 'Natir Puja' based on a Buddhist legend, has now been adapted by a prominent theatrician of the city to pay tribute to Manipur's 'Iron Lady' Irom Sharmila.
"I have changed the climax of the play a little. This is dedicated to the lone struggle of Sharmila. Although I have not named her anywhere in the play, but there are similarities with her life," theatrician Koushik Sen said.
It was after he read that Sharmila has not eaten a morsel of food for the last 11 years to protest against the 'draconian' Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), he saw Tagore's work in a different light.
Sen's 'Natir Puja', to have Arpita Chatterjee and Kanchan Mullick in key roles, will be one of the five plays during the 11th edition of Vodafone's five-day Odeon theatre festival beginning December 17.
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