Khushwant singh straits times review

          Audiences can listen to six personal stories of people affected by the Partition of India at Train To Pakistan, a play by HuM Theatre..

          Eclipse

          The Necessary Stage Practice Space, The Theatre Practice Jan 15, 8pm

          A Singaporean man taking his father’s ashes back to his birthplace in Hyderabad is the loose conceit of playwright Haresh Sharma’s extended monologue Eclipse.

          The talented Shrey Bhargava is given the opportunity to take on the accents and mannerisms of three generations of Indian men in the family, with the occasional mimicking of their wives.

          Under the direction of A Yagnya, there is a dreamlike quality to the way Bhargava toggles among the son, father and grandfather characters to.

        1. Under the direction of A Yagnya, there is a dreamlike quality to the way Bhargava toggles among the son, father and grandfather characters to.
        2. Theatre review: Indian Partition play Train To Pakistan may be 's most vital show
        3. Audiences can listen to six personal stories of people affected by the Partition of India at Train To Pakistan, a play by HuM Theatre.
        4. Khushwant Singh was a good writer, even if he is known to a majority of his readers for his collections of jokes and his popular newspaper columns.
        5. Train to Pakistan,” Khushwant Singh's seminal novel, is being published in a new edition with photographs of the Partition era.

          6. This pilgrimage back to the son’s ancestral home is also a chance for a corresponding trip down memory lane. Eclipse, however, takes a daring turn in rejecting the fetishisation of heritage that has become par for the course.

          Under the direction of A Yagnya, there is a dreamlike quality to the way Bhargava toggles among the son, father and grandfather characters to relate their stories.

          This process, as is typical of Sharma and Yagnya, is non-linear, proceeding mostly under muted, pointed lighting.

          Disparate moments are touchpoints for Bhargava to suddenly swi