Writer – Director : Joy Maisnam
Group : NSD Sikkim Centre
Language : Hindi
Duration : 75 mins.
Date : 15 Feb. 2025
Play : The Journey of Sorrow
The Indian Farmer takes birth in debt, and dies in the same conditions.
The Journey of Sorrow is a conceptual play, based on the suicide of farmers in India. As per NCRB data 2023, one farmer dies by suicide every hour in India. It is like an unending vicious circle of loans, debts, dry crops and no rains, no food, no water and finally no means of livelihood for entire families which drives men and women to desperation and panic, and finally they cross over the line between life and death. The presentation of this play is ‘Psycho-Physical’, a style of performance which uses the body as an entire medium to bring out the psychological states of the mind before the audience. The entire presentation is based on movements, from the largest to the minutest, and is completely built up on rhythm and music, with minimal text wherever necessary.