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Women caught in a market's paradox
dnaindia.com | Preethi Ravi | Place: Bangalore | Jun 25, 2011, 16:08 IST
Manipur’s Ema Keithel market is a much-talked about topic. Run only by women, it is considered one of the most recognisable cultural emblems of Imphal. Now, it’s all set to be recreated onstage in Bangalore.
Swar Thounaojam’s play Lucky Lobster will debut in Ranga Shankara on June 25. Thounaojam wrote Lucky Lobster when she won the Robert Bosch Art Grant for 2010.
“The performance is centred around a paradox — vendors of Ema Keithel have been glorified as an empowered collective and held as torchbearers of a broken state. However, these market nest generations of women harassed by their association leaders in the market and overworked at home to keep the families going,” says Thounaojam, 30, who has also directed the play.
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