Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 25: Natrang stages ‘Loktantra Ka Asli Mantra’, a play in Hindi written by Balwant Thakur and directed by Neeraj Kant here today at General Zorawar Singh Auditorium, Jammu.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha was the chief guest at the occasion. Prominent among those who graced the occasion included B R Sharma (State Election Commissioner), Shaleen Kabra, Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Romesh Kumar (Divisional Commissioner, Jammu) Shahid Iqbal Choudhary (Administrative Secretary, Planning, Development and Monitoring Department) and Sachin Kumar (Deputy Commissioner, Jammu).
The play opens with the aggression of the disillusioned, frustrated youth who are struggling to survive in the contaminated air of corruption, scandals and dishonesty. They do not see any hope in the future as their present is being rotten by the corrupt system. They want to devastate everything around them in rage but when questioned by an educated person that ‘what are they doing to come out of this unfortunate situation, they are speechless as they just want the things to happen but are not ready to be part of that change.
The educated person told them that the most effective way of changing the fate of a country is the way of voting, this is the highly peaceful and effective way to bring big reforms of their choices. As the play proceeds, different age groups and varied sections of people are shown in satirical manner who have their petty reasons to not vote and also whom to vote.
This ignorance and arrogance of the masses leaves huge space for the vested interests to exploit this situation. Through this play all the sections of society are prompted not to run away from their ultimate responsibility of voting for the stronger democracy of India.
The artists who participated in the play included Neeraj Kant, Subash Jamwal, Pawan Verma, Mohd Yaseen, Aadesh Dhar, Kananpreet Kaur, Mehak Chib, Lalita Sharma, Sanket Bhagat, Vishal Sharma, Aryan Sharma, Amit Rana, Arun Sharma, Meenakshi Bhagat, Adaksh Bagal and Kartik Kumar, Kushal Bhat and Mihir Gujral.