Thursday, December 06, 2007

We are rehearsing Buddhadeb Basu's play - Nepathya Natak



“If only something happens, if only someone comes, if only the door opens….suddenly…………”

The melancholy days melt into forlorn evenings, youth fades away…and age creeps in…silently, creativity shrivels and shrinks, love dies……and we keep on waiting ……...

Aparesh anf Banani wait, with the unspoken refrain hanging heavily in the air………

“If only something happens, if only someone comes, if only the door opens….suddenly…………”




And they come. With them comes laughter, and songs, unheard yet familiar, and flowers, of loved yet forgotten fragrances, and promises of endless days of sunbeams, where tomorrow is something to look forward to. As if all the conflicts stop, as if the discords fade, as if there is happiness……..
As if ……………………..