About The Event
A collection of plays written by Sagar Sarhadi during or post-partition.
The playwright was deeply impacted by the partition and the same is reflected in his writings too.
1. Mirza Sahiban is a parallel drawn from the tale of the lover's named Mirza and Sahiban. This play talks about how religion creates a divide amongst common people even when they intrinsically don't favour it. The difference in values of seculars vis-a-vis those of the hardcore religious fundamentalists is prominently showcased in this play.
2. Kisi Seema ki ek mamuli si ghatna is a play where the playwright attempts to mock at the borders created by humans. Its a sarcastic take on the pretention and hoax at the border that is supposed to separate two nations.
3. Khayal ki Dastak is a play that showcases the meeting of two lovers, years after the girl has been married to someone else. This conversation is weaved such that both of them go through various emotions in this short meeting of theirs
We call the collection of these three plays Dastak.
