The play *Matsyaganddhi* a solo performance of SajithaM , directed and scripted by her is going to be presented at Soorya Festival, Co Bank Auditorium, Thiruvananthapuram on 19th October 7pm. All are Welcome! Duration-50min
Language-Malayalam Music- Umesh Sudhakar Light-Sreekanth On Stage-Sajitha *Why This Play* ** The play Matsyaganddhi relates directly to the sustainability in fishing community and the role of this life sustaining industry in small costal communities around the world. The script of this play developed through the interaction with fishing community at Kerala costal area. It narrates how the impact of globalization became a strong reason for loosing their deep knowledge on sea and crushed livelihood of fisher folks. Matsyganddhi reveals the picture of a marginalized society changing their self under the compulsion of the mainstream. Apart from caste related anomalies they had to face occupation related discrimination. The question of fish stinking is specter for the mainstream society whose obsession with a fragrant body odor keeps the fisherwomen always as a problematic one. The mainstream cultural artifacts like cinema, novel and other popular artform has represented fisherwomen as sex starred womanseeking always the attention of the visible man, this image of women as vulnerable to corrupt the moral andethical codes of mainstream Malayalee society.Interestingly the text developed around the issue of fish stink and it became a theme image of the text.The solo play was scripted on the occasion of the Earth Summit, Johannesburg in South Africa. *Synopsis of Matsyagandi* ** Matsyaganddhi, literally 'the one who smells of fish'is a play that looks at the life and times of thefishing community in the context of globalization. Narrated in the form of a monologue by a fish-vending woman, the play brings to life various issues relating to the ecology and economy of fishing. It looks at the community life of the fisher folk from inside – a life that is being increasingly marginalized and livelihood made more and more impossible by the spread of the disastrous technology and oppressive economic and social relations. Weaving several contemporary incidents and insights into the narrative, the play throws up several dualities that map her and her folks' marginality - between fish-stink and upper class concerns about body odor,sea water and fresh water, low life on the streets versus safe compartmentalized life of the high, the lives of women versus men etc. In the end, she realizes that the malaise runs much deeper and wider. She mourns "Look, this stench does not come from my basket. It's the stench of the sea decaying. It's the stench of the little fishes being slaughtered by the trawler nets. It's the stench of the decaying dreams of Matsyaganddhis. -- -- http://matsyaganddhi.blogspot.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
