About The Event
Durga and Lakshmi, two artists: one a human, the other a sentient stereo player set out for a performance of fears- to rant her truth and perform the dare. Exploring the patriarchal idea of a ‘good girl’ and the pressure of conforming to these ideas, Durga asks herself what epitomizes ‘a woman’, finally landing on the idea of a ‘Garam Roti’. What starts as a personal reflection on the matter, culminates into an exercise of communal listening to rants (recordings) of women from across India. The play moves through borders of fiction into the non-fiction realm with the tapes library.
Garam roti is an investigation into the invisible fears that circle around a woman. The humble flatbread kneads personal stories around traditional roles and expectations, standards of perfection, labour, and revolution.
