Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 6: ‘Barsaat Ke Wo Tees Din’ a play on girl child sex abuse spellbound the audience at Brig. Rajinder Singh Auditorium, University of Jammu today, the socially relevant play was very well written by Pritam Katoch and directed by Aaditya Bhanu. The play was presented by State Commission for Women and Centre for Women Studies, University of Jammu in collaboration with Nav Durga Kala Manch on the eve of International Women’s Day.
The plot of the play is based on the love and betrayal, Tees Din treats the sensitive and generally taboo issue of child sexual abuse. Tees Din endeavors to lift the veil of silence which surrounds child sexual abuse and addresses the issue unflinchingly. It builds on the trauma of a girl who lives with the haunting memories of her abused past.
Her abuser – her uncle subconsciously lives with her all the time, as part of her dirty reflections. He damages her natural growth, deters her from pursuing her love interests beyond the ominous 30-day period and scars her soul every now and then. As Mala withers under the psychological pressure extorted on her by the abuser, her mother watches silently, living her own pain – suffering mutely.
Tees Din…shows how children can be exploited by their own immediate relations and what repercussions this abuse has on their psyche.
Portrayed on stage by Reetu Manhas, Aasha Kotwal, Shahsi Bhushan, Aaditya Bhanu, Dilshad Shazi, Sumit Sudan and Abhijit Khajuria, costumes were managed by Kannav Chopra while music was executed by Ashish Bhat.
Speaking on the occasion, Prof Poonam Dhawan, Director Centre for Women Studies, University of Jammu thanked the audience for their cooperation and also said that all the women have to come forward and fight against this molestation to save the nation.
Rubina Kousar, Secretary, State Commission for Women, presented the vote of thanks and strongly appealed that the women require upliftment in the society and should be trained to fight against this crime.
Other dignitaries present on the occasion included Staff of State Commission for Women, Heads of Various Departments of University, faculty members, officers and non teaching staff as well as scholars and students of the university.
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