Kaali Barf: A play on migration
April 2, 2023
  • Circulation
  • Advertise
  • Careers
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
Organiser
  • ‌
  • Bharat
  • World
  • G20
  • Editorial
  • Analysis
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • More
    • Defence
    • RSS in News
    • Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav
    • My States
    • Vocal4Local
    • Business
    • Special Report
    • Culture
    • Sci & Tech
    • Entertainment
    • Education
    • Books
    • Interviews
    • Travel
    • Health
    • Obituary
SUBSCRIBE
No Result
View All Result
  • ‌
  • Bharat
  • World
  • G20
  • Editorial
  • Analysis
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • More
    • Defence
    • RSS in News
    • Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav
    • My States
    • Vocal4Local
    • Business
    • Special Report
    • Culture
    • Sci & Tech
    • Entertainment
    • Education
    • Books
    • Interviews
    • Travel
    • Health
    • Obituary
No Result
View All Result
Organiser
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Bharat
  • World
  • G20
  • Editorial
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Culture
  • Defence
  • RSS in News
  • My States
  • Vocal4Local
  • Subscribe
Home General

Kaali Barf: A play on migration

Archive Manager by WEB DESK
Mar 6, 2005, 12:00 am IST
in General
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterTelegramEmail


By R.C. Ganjoo

The play Kaali Barf opens with a background song ?Be Gyvne Az Su Nagme Wone…? (I will not sing that song now?) written by the late Dina Nath Nadim, the famous Kashmiri poet, in 1948 on Kashmir situation when Pakistani raiders attacked Kashmir. Kaali Barf (black snow) in Kashmiri language Kruhan Sheen means impossible-that can never happen. The play presents the existing reality and symbolises that the snow has not yet turned black, that is, the displaced Kashmiris have not yet lost hope of returning home. The play is purely the story of spirited soul of Kashmir conveying a clear message of peaceful co-existence between Muslims and Kashmiri Pandits which has long been the Kashmir'sage-old tradition. The play focuses on how both the communities, Kashmiri Pandits and Muslims, in Kashmir became the victims of unforeseen situation and underwent sufferings and trauma equally.

This play staged at Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts in New Delhi on February 17 spins around a Kashmiri Pandit family uprooted due to terrorism. Pandit Shrikanth Vaukhlu (Tathaji) and his daughter Sharika are the characters of the play who are forced to exile from their homes. But a strong nostalgia-their love for their motherland and desire to return home-is alive and lurking in some corner of their hearts. Sharika, too, has pain in life for her fianc?, Chaman who is killed in violence.

One of the incidents dramatised in play is based on a real story that how a servant picked up gun against his master. Pandit Shrikanth Vaukhlu'sfamily friend Dr Naseeruddin Dar is returning home because the police has killed Gulla, his servant, who terrorised him and wanted to marry his master'sdaughter. This incident again raises Sharika'shope of returning home. She believes that soon their Gulla, too, will be killed. The ?Gulla? denotes terror and untruth.

Mushtaq Kak, the director of the play, has kept in mind the identity of both the communities alive by accurately designing the costumes of Muslims and Pandits unconnectedly.

Mushtaq Kak himself has undergone trauma when he visited his ancestral home at Rainawari in Srinagar after 15 years where he had spent his childhood. It was shocking for him when he knocked at his door hesitantly as a stranger and introduced himself to his sister-in-law that he was Mushtaq. ?I was aghast at that moment when I realised that I had lost my identity. Similaraly, Kashmiri Pandits too have lost their identity and tradition after taking refuge at different parts of India?, says Kak.

ShareTweetSendShareSend
Previous News

Kids Org Rukmini Devi: An innovator in art and education

Next News

London Post After Bollywood Antonia goes places

Related News

Y20 India signed MOU with DICCI to be their industry partner

Y20 India signed MOU with DICCI to be their industry partner

US: Georgia Legislature condemns Hinduphobia, passes first-ever country Resolution against ‘Anti-Hindu bigotry’

US: Georgia Legislature condemns Hinduphobia, passes first-ever country Resolution against ‘Anti-Hindu bigotry’

Rahul Gandhi is sentenced to 2 years imprisonment; will he lose his Wayanad MP seat like other convicted politicians?

Modi Surname Defamation Case: Patna Court directs Rahul Gandhi to record statement in case filed by RS MP Sushil Modi

UP: ‘Convert to Islam or get killed’, Muskan Khatun to her husband Ajay Singh; Activists call it ‘Reverse Love Jihad’

UP: ‘Convert to Islam or get killed’, Muskan Khatun to her husband Ajay Singh; Activists call it ‘Reverse Love Jihad’

Songs playing at Islamic processions calls for beheading of Kafirs like ‘Topi ko Jo lalkarega use kaat ke rakh denge..’

Songs playing at Islamic processions calls for beheading of Kafirs like ‘Topi ko Jo lalkarega use kaat ke rakh denge..’

Indian Defense Exports Skyrocketing: Reached to all time high of Rs 15920 crore in FY 2022-23

Indian Defense Exports Skyrocketing: Reached to all time high of Rs 15920 crore in FY 2022-23

Comments

The comments posted here/below/in the given space are not on behalf of Organiser. The person posting the comment will be in sole ownership of its responsibility. According to the central government's IT rules, obscene or offensive statement made against a person, religion, community or nation is a punishable offense, and legal action would be taken against people who indulge in such activities.

Latest News

Y20 India signed MOU with DICCI to be their industry partner

Y20 India signed MOU with DICCI to be their industry partner

US: Georgia Legislature condemns Hinduphobia, passes first-ever country Resolution against ‘Anti-Hindu bigotry’

US: Georgia Legislature condemns Hinduphobia, passes first-ever country Resolution against ‘Anti-Hindu bigotry’

Rahul Gandhi is sentenced to 2 years imprisonment; will he lose his Wayanad MP seat like other convicted politicians?

Modi Surname Defamation Case: Patna Court directs Rahul Gandhi to record statement in case filed by RS MP Sushil Modi

UP: ‘Convert to Islam or get killed’, Muskan Khatun to her husband Ajay Singh; Activists call it ‘Reverse Love Jihad’

UP: ‘Convert to Islam or get killed’, Muskan Khatun to her husband Ajay Singh; Activists call it ‘Reverse Love Jihad’

Songs playing at Islamic processions calls for beheading of Kafirs like ‘Topi ko Jo lalkarega use kaat ke rakh denge..’

Songs playing at Islamic processions calls for beheading of Kafirs like ‘Topi ko Jo lalkarega use kaat ke rakh denge..’

Indian Defense Exports Skyrocketing: Reached to all time high of Rs 15920 crore in FY 2022-23

Indian Defense Exports Skyrocketing: Reached to all time high of Rs 15920 crore in FY 2022-23

Chhattisgarh: Maoists torched a passenger bus in Dantewada

Chhattisgarh: Maoists torched a passenger bus in Dantewada

Dr Hedgewar Birth Anniversary: The person who diagnosed the disease and established RSS

Dr Hedgewar Birth Anniversary: The person who diagnosed the disease and established RSS

India’s newest cultural destination Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre opens; All you need to know

India’s newest cultural destination Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre opens; All you need to know

Pakistan: Day after Hindu doctor, Sikh businessman shot dead, fourth targeted killing in 2 years

Pakistan: Day after Hindu doctor, Sikh businessman shot dead, fourth targeted killing in 2 years

  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Cookie Policy
  • Refund and Cancellation
  • Delivery and Shipping

© Bharat Prakashan (Delhi) Limited.
Tech-enabled by Ananthapuri Technologies

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Bharat
  • World
  • Editorial
  • Analysis
  • Opinion
  • Defence
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Business
  • RSS in News
  • My States
  • Vocal4Local
  • Special Report
  • Sci & Tech
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Books
  • Interviews
  • Travel
  • Health
  • Obituary
  • Subscribe
  • Advertise
  • Circulation
  • Careers
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Refund and Cancellation

© Bharat Prakashan (Delhi) Limited.
Tech-enabled by Ananthapuri Technologies