“KULTAR’S MIME” tells the stories of Sikh children who survived the Delhi massacre through a poem that grew into a play, made its way from Boston to Delhi ...
Following sixty-six acclaimed performances in the US, England, Scotland, Canada, and India, “Kultar's Mime”, a devised play composed by playwright and director J. Mehr Kaur, heads to Malaysia from May 19 to May 27, 2016.
A press release by the Sikh Research Institute (SikhRI) informs that the Kultar's Mime would be performed at Hofstra on Wednesday, October 28. It is likely to be last NY area performance.
Kultar's Mime is a devised play that blends painting, poetry, theater and music to tell the stories of Sikh children who survived the 1984 Delhi Massacre in the wake of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination.
Before watching the play, I have to admit, I knew nothing about the 1984 Anti-Sikh Delhi Pogroms, and that in India, this narrative is rarely spoken or heard about. It has largely been erased from India’s media coverage.
Kultar’s Mime, a dramatised long poem, not only depicts the painful aftermath of the 1984 Sikh carnage, but also brings to the fore the actual facts of the event. The piece, written by Sarbpreet Singh, is immersive theatre combining painting, poetry and music to tell the stories of children who survived the carnage in Delhi, which is said to have occurred in retaliation to Indira Gandhi’s assassination.
London: 30 years ago the Indian authorities were not content with their Genocide of the Sikhs in June and November 1984. There is written proof the Indian authorities also set about to malign Amritdhari Sikhs in India and abroad and do all they could to silence Sikh voices of protest in countries like the UK, Canada and Germany.
London: They are not looking for revenge. They are not looking to incite. The only statement that the play makes is that any violence against innocents is wrong.