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LASSANWALA

A play By VIDIT TRIPATHI

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Full Synopsis

Set in the present day rural heartland, ‘Lassan wala’ tells the tale of Kallu Bahman, a sixty -year old Brahmin garlic seller whose family has been growing the same crop for three generations in the patch of land that they own. Being a staunch Brahmin, Kallu himself refuses to eat garlic, yet continues to exclusively farm it and sell, against his son and daughter in law’s wishes. The play traces the tragic -comic events that occur in his life that shake his firm belief in the caste system that has defined a major part of his existence.

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