"sakubai"

उठ मेरी जान मेरे साथ ही चलना है तुझे

ज़िन्दगी जेहाद में है सब्र के काबू में नहीं
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उठ मेरी जान मेरे साथ ही चलना है तुझे

this excerpt of a poem "औरत" by Kaifi Azmi connected yesterday and tomorrow...as Shabana Azmi recited this yesterday to point out the fact that the girls of the audience were made to sit at the top probably the worst place to watch a play from.... well to save face or coz of a "genuine reform" the girls were seated in the front rows. The play was "Sakubai" written and directed by Nadira Zaheer Babbar and brought to lyf by the sensitive and very expressive Sarita Joshi....what an act...what portrayal of feelings and emotions... and above all she held the whole monologue and the stage and the audience for well over 90 minutes I guess, who the hell was looking at the tym....and there was not one moment i felt disconnected...though the concept of the play was a very ghisa pita one....but Sarita Joshi was awesome....its the story of a woman from the lower rung of the society, a maid who is indispensible and an important part of our daily lives...not by choice though....she is a gossip all right but does have a strong bond with the family that she serves....she has affection and admiration for the three members of the family, she criticizes them, but at the same time is highly possessive about them....it was these nuances that would make me remember this great actor always....