Sher- e – Dhakhan

The original Hindi play by Ajay Shukla is translated by Shashikant Punaji in Konkani. The play begins with Shah Jahan wishing to build a monument for his lover Mumtaz. He summons the chief engineer Mr. Rego to float the tender of Taj Mahal. Therein starts the trouble, they all want a big bite of the funds that are allocated for building the monument. The play imparts the message that Shah Jahan gets old and dies but corrupted system lives on.

Engagingly funny, is what best describes these two short plays. In ‘Shikillyo Baylo’ an educated feminist woman plan to control the circumstances around her much to her chagrin. ‘Kalechi Bhangsal’ introduces us to two educated unemployed men who using their wits and smarts getting whole village buzzing, when they open a shop where they sell solutions to any problem.

A young lawyer falls prey to alcohol addiction. After losing his control sanad, he becomes penurious. His wife who has rich relatives is coaxed to leave him but she adamantly refuses to leave and does all menial work to survive. Finally in a fit of excess drink she is killed by her husband.

The book is a compilation of five short dramas based on socio-cultural and current topics. The dramas are specifically written for school children. so that can be performed during annual concerts/ gatherings.