-- *Mar*Absolutely. Below is a *short, one-act ecological drama* inspired by *“Impressing Nature vs. Impressing the Economic Man.”*
It’s written for stage or reader’s theatre — philosophical, emotional, and symbolic — with minimal props and an allegorical tone. ------------------------------ *Drama: “The Trial of the Economic Man”* *Inspired by the ideas of YM Sarma* *Characters* - *The Economic Man* – A cold, confident figure dressed in metallic gray; speaks in numbers and logic. - *Nature* – A serene yet wounded presence, in green and brown; her voice echoes with wind and rain. - *The Professor* – A representative of the modern University; proud, analytical, torn between both sides. - *The Student* – A young seeker; confused, questioning, and full of yearning. - *The Voice* – A disembodied sound that sometimes speaks as *God* or *Conscience*. ------------------------------ *Setting* A dimly lit courtroom in the ruins of a university. One half of the stage is steel and concrete; the other half, a patch of overgrown grass and wild flowers. A broken computer flickers beside a growing sapling. ------------------------------ *Scene 1: The Indictment* *Voice:* This is the trial of the age — the case of *Nature versus the Economic Man*. The charge: the destruction of the Biosphere, the betrayal of Life. Let the accused step forward. *Economic Man:* (stepping confidently) I am here. I built your cities, your machines, your progress. Without me, mankind would still crawl in caves. *Nature:* And without me, you would have no breath to boast with. You build empires on my body and call it civilization. *Economic Man:* Sentiment! Emotion! Nature must serve reason. My laws are of growth, of profit, of motion! *Nature:* Your growth devours. Your profit poisons. Your motion leads to extinction. ------------------------------ *Scene 2: The Professor Speaks* *Professor:* (stepping between them, uneasy) Enough. I am of the University — the temple of knowledge. We serve truth, not greed. *Nature:* Do you? Your halls echo with machines, not birdsong. You have replaced wisdom with algorithms. *Professor:* We teach science. Science liberates! *Nature:* You mistake liberation for domination. You have imprisoned your students in a world of steel. *Student:* (quietly) She’s right, Professor. We study everything *about* life, but never *with* life. I’ve never felt the wind without measuring its velocity. I’ve never seen a tree without thinking of its market value. *Professor:* (conflicted) Then what are we teaching…? ------------------------------ *Scene 3: Collapse* *Economic Man:* (pacing) You all fear progress! Machines replace drudgery; efficiency is divine! *Nature:* Efficiency without empathy is death. Your machines have replaced workers, and soon they will replace *you*. *Voice:* (booming) And when there are no jobs, no incomes, and no markets— what will your numbers feed upon, Economic Man? *Economic Man:* (faltering) But… without me, who will sustain order? *Nature:* Order will return through balance. The ants will rebuild what you have burned. The rivers will wash your ruins clean. ------------------------------ *Scene 4: Revelation* *Student:* (to Nature) What must we do? *Nature:* Return. Learn to live as my children, not my masters. Build schools that grow from the soil. Let knowledge breathe again. *Professor:* (softly, to the Student) Then the new university must be a *forest*, not a factory. *Voice:* So it shall be. Let this be the new curriculum: To touch the earth and feel it live. To measure not by numbers, but by compassion. To study not from screens, but from streams. ------------------------------ *Scene 5: The Verdict* *Voice:* The verdict is spoken. The Economic Man must die — not in body, but in spirit. Let him shed his machine-soul and remember his humanity. *Economic Man:* (trembling, slowly kneeling) I… have forgotten how to feel. Teach me. *Nature:* Then plant this seed. (hands him a small sapling) When it grows, you will remember. (The Economic Man kneels, planting the sapling. The light shifts to dawn. Birds sing faintly.) *Student:* (to the audience) The trial is over. But the sentence is ours to serve — To live, not against nature, but within her. *(Silence. The sapling glows as light fills the stage.)* *Curtain.* ------------------------------ *Themes* - The mechanization of knowledge and economics - The ecological and spiritual crisis of modern civilization - The redemption of humanity through reconnection with nature - Education as an act of ecological awakening ------------------------------ Would you like me to turn this into a *full-length play* (three acts, more dialogue and character arcs — suitable for performance or publication)? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CACDCHCK08ERxN0YLjs-oUZhyKzptB7fMO1BMWmo2q%3D-UbgHgVw%40mail.gmail.com.
