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By Satinder Kaur Chohan
In the cotton fields of Punjab, Baba, an ageing farmer tends to his crop and pins his hopes of prosperity on GM seeds and Western pesticides. His feckless son, Dhani, full of frustrated ambition, dreams of going to America. His more dutiful daughter, Chandni is torn between staying on the land she loves and facing poverty or following the man she adores to a more prosperous life abroad…
The final reckoning on Baba’s land draws out painful truths and forces the family to the brink of collapse in a fast-changing world rapidly losing its values.
This beautifully written and moving new play tells of the disastrous environmental damage and the devastating effect on real human lives triggered when the forces of nature, tradition and globalisation collide. This topical and timely work explores the human reality of a major global issue that will ultimately affect us all.
First Performance 23 April 2008
Arts Theatre, Leeds Playhouse & Manchester Contact
A5 Playtext
By Satinder Kaur Chohan
In the cotton fields of Punjab, Baba, an ageing farmer tends to his crop and pins his hopes of prosperity on GM seeds and Western pesticides. His feckless son, Dhani, full of frustrated ambition, dreams of going to America. His more dutiful daughter, Chandni is torn between staying on the land she loves and facing poverty or following the man she adores to a more prosperous life abroad…
The final reckoning on Baba’s land draws out painful truths and forces the family to the brink of collapse in a fast-changing world rapidly losing its values.
This beautifully written and moving new play tells of the disastrous environmental damage and the devastating effect on real human lives triggered when the forces of nature, tradition and globalisation collide. This topical and timely work explores the human reality of a major global issue that will ultimately affect us all.
First Performance 23 April 2008
Arts Theatre, Leeds Playhouse & Manchester Contact
A5 Playtext