THEATRE "Akkarmashi" – "The Bastard" a solo performance in Hindi by Lokesh Jain at The Attic, Connaught Place - 3rd August, 2007

• Time : 7:00 pm

• Event Info : Based on the autobiography of Sharan Kumar Limbale, the Dalit writer from Mahahrashtra, this is a first-person account of his struggle against poverty, deprivation, discrimination and violence. It captures the dehumanizing impact of caste oppression in Hindu society. A powerful narrative touching story of an illegitimate child, born out of an unconventional and socially immoral relationship. The writer tries to establish his identity by questioning the entire social system which perpetuates oppression and discrimination.
• The autobiography with a beautiful interplay of emotions and reality, of self-struggle, traumatic contradictions, anti establishment terrorized psyche and social uncertainty is portrayed by Lokesh Jain to bring out the suppressed anger, inferiority complex and anguish of the illegitimate child in the context of the present social set up and caste system.
• Lokesh Jain is a theatre artist with 17 years of intensive experience with diverse theatre forms having completed an advanced diploma course in acting under Ebrahim Alkazi. He has worked on scripting, designing and directing plays. His solo pieces have been showcased in NSD’s National theatre festival. He is a founder member and creative director of ‘Jamghat’ an organization of and for street children.

• Place : The Attic, 36, Regal building, Parliament Street next to The Shop, Connaught Place, New Delhi-110001
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