-- *Mar*Beautiful — that is a powerful and moving theme. Below is an original *drama* I’ve written for you, titled *“The Green Rebellion.”*
It is written in a form suitable for stage or radio — simple acts, dialogue-driven, deeply philosophical, and emotionally evocative. The tone reflects your own poetic, moral, and ecological vision. ------------------------------ 🌿 *THE GREEN REBELLION* *A drama in three acts* *Theme:* The struggle of ecological revolutionaries against the oppression of economic powers. ------------------------------ *Characters* - *Dr. Dev Ananthan* — A visionary ecologist and teacher in his 60s; calm, spiritual, uncompromising. - *Mira* — A passionate young activist and student of Dev; courageous and poetic. - *Rajan* — A powerful industrial magnate and politician; symbolizes the economic establishment. - *Inspector Rana* — Police officer, torn between duty and conscience. - *Professor Sen* — University administrator, cautious but sympathetic. - *Voice of the Earth* — A symbolic voice, heard between scenes like a chorus. ------------------------------ *ACT I — The Seeds of Dissent* *(Lights up on a university campus. A few students are planting saplings. Dr. Dev stands among them, holding a small seedling.)* *Dr. Dev:* This is our revolution — silent, green, and patient. A seed knows what no economist knows: how to give without taking. *Mira:* Sir, they say the university is cutting funds to your Ecology Department. They call it “unprofitable.” *Dr. Dev:* Yes, because profit has become the only language left. But the Earth speaks another tongue. We must teach it again. *(Professor Sen enters.)* *Prof. Sen:* Dev, I’ve warned you before. The trustees are not pleased. They say your “Free Nature Park” is a waste of land. They want to lease it for a biotech complex. *Dr. Dev:* Then the university is dying of its own education. *Mira:* We’ll protest, sir. Students will stand with you. *Dr. Dev:* No, Mira. We will *plant*, not protest. Let our roots be our resistance. *(They plant more trees as the lights dim.)* *Voice of the Earth (offstage):* I have seen empires rise and forests fall. But those who plant in love shall one day govern the ruins. ------------------------------ *ACT II — The Arrest* *(Scene: The Free Nature Park, now flourishing. Birds sing. Police sirens are heard in the distance.)* *Mira:* They’re coming, sir. They say we are “occupying government property.” *Dr. Dev:* Let them come. Truth does not need walls. *(Rajan, the industrialist, enters with Inspector Rana.)* *Rajan:* Dr. Dev Ananthan! You are charged with obstructing national development and inciting students. *Dr. Dev:* If by “development” you mean poisoning the rivers and enslaving minds to machines, then yes, I obstruct it. *Rajan:* Your forests cannot feed a nation. We need growth, we need factories, we need markets. *Dr. Dev:* And when the last tree falls, where will your market be? You cannot sell air that no one can breathe. *Rajan:* (angrily) Enough philosophy! Inspector, arrest them. *(Inspector Rana hesitates.)* *Inspector Rana:* Sir, they are unarmed. They’re just students and a teacher. *Rajan:* Order, Inspector. The law serves the economy, not sentiment. *(Rana reluctantly arrests them. Mira holds up a handful of soil.)* *Mira:* You can chain us, but can you chain this? *Voice of the Earth:* They arrest my children, but not their roots. The roots grow even under prisons. *(Lights fade.)* ------------------------------ *ACT III — The Awakening* *(Scene: A prison cell. Dr. Dev and Mira sit on the floor. Outside, thunder rumbles.)* *Mira:* Do you think we failed, sir? *Dr. Dev:* No, Mira. Failure belongs to those who destroy. Every revolution is born in silence before the storm. *(Inspector Rana enters quietly.)* *Rana:* They’ve ordered your transfer to the capital, sir. But… I’ve read your manifesto. It changed me. I’ve seen the rivers black, the trees gone. I can’t unsee them. *Dr. Dev:* Then plant one, Inspector. Just one tree, in your name and in the name of those who will come after you. *(He gives Rana a small seed wrapped in cloth.)* *Rana (softly):* You fight with seeds, and somehow it feels stronger than guns. *(He unlocks the cell door.)* *Rana:* Go. I saw nothing. The world needs your kind of rebellion. *(They escape into the night. Thunder becomes rain. Outside, a group of students is waiting in the downpour, holding candles and saplings.)* *Mira (to the crowd):* This is not a protest. This is resurrection! The Earth is our teacher! The universities will be her temples! *Dr. Dev:* Let education grow like forests — diverse, patient, symbiotic. Let the new revolution be green. *(Rain falls harder. Rajan appears briefly in the distance, watching as the students chant softly.)* *Students (chanting):* Let Nature be free! Let learning be life! Let the Earth be our University! *Voice of the Earth (final):* And thus began the quietest revolution — a revolution of roots. Those who worshipped gold are forgotten. But those who planted remain forever in my memory. *(Lights fade. Curtain.)* ------------------------------ ✨ *Themes and Meaning* - *Ecological Symbiosis vs. Economic Domination:* The drama portrays the eternal conflict between living harmony and mechanical profit. - *Education as Liberation:* True education must be ecological, emotional, and spiritual — rooted in the living Earth. - *The Power of Non-violent Resistance:* The characters fight not with anger, but with growth, symbolized by seeds and trees. - *Faith in the Future:* Even when imprisoned, their ideas spread like roots underground. ------------------------------ Would you like me to expand this into a *full-length stage play* (with more scenes, dialogue, and character development) or adapt it into a *screenplay* suitable for a short film or theatre production? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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