Play Talak highlights working woman's sacrifices

Patiala, March 20

A play, “Talak”, written by Sahitya Akademi Awardee Kirpal Kazak, was enacted as part of a two-day national conference on the shift towards clinical and translational research in the post-Covid pandemic era at Punjabi University, Patiala. Dr Lakha Lehri is the director of the play.

The play highlights the sacrifices of a working woman. At the same time, it also questions fake relationships and religious customs in the name of marriage in society. It also presents the realities of mental stress, complexities of relationships and prostitution.

The play revolves around an orphan youth, Gurinder Singh, who has a patriarchal mindset. Though he likes a girl, Trisha, during his college days, he ends up marrying another girl, who is also an orphan. Later, when Trisha gets separated from her husband, he decides to divorce his wife on the pretext of a skin disease.

After various turns and events, the play reaches a point when a woman, Malti, is seen involved in prostitution at a hotel in Delhi. The main character, Gurinder Singh, gets to know that Malti is involved in prostitution to pay for her husband’s treatment for cancer, who she loves dearly. The information completely changes Gurinder’s mind and he decides against giving divorce to his wife.