Chumthang Makhong :: Play Synopsis by Artistes of Khenjonglang
- Directed by Dr S Thanileima, Manipur State Kala Akademi Awardee -

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Chumthang Makhong : Festival of Art & Culture Expressions on 16 April :: Pix - Lamdamba Oinam

Man lives in a tragic world, Birth, marriage and death; birth, marriage and death - that’s not all felt Meiraba.

He is married and has two children but he is not happy. Far from his worldly wife wonders if he is in search of the proverbial pot of gold at the rainbow’s end.

She tries to bring her dream of a husband to the real world. If marriage is not all, celibacy also has not pleasure.

Thus, feels Malaya, a bachelor who does bother about worldly life. He is also in search of somebody or something- he also lives in a tragic world. And his tragedy is that he does not know what he searches for is somebody or something.

In this tragic world, man lives in an age where he is ages apart from the others. Why is the world oblivious of the great friendship of the deaf and the dumb? One is never complete by oneself.

There is a statue standing in a comer of Meiraba’s garden symbolizing perhaps, what Meiraba and Malaya are searching for.

Both of them are found unveiling the statue when the curtain comes down.

See a photo Gallery of "Chumthang Makhong" at Maharaj Chandrikriti Auditorium on 16 April 2025 here