Fumble and Rumble marked festival of plays
Fumble and Rumble marked festival of plays
Lalit Gupta
Organized by J&K Cultural Academy after a gap of two years, the magical journey of the Festival of Plays 2020-21, here, started with an opening-day fumble and also ended with a rumble. On the bright side, it was also marked by a few takeaways.
The Fumble: Disruption in the normal working of J&K Cultural Academy due to stopgap bureaucrats as Secretaries came to the surface on the opening day of theatre fest when a sudden power shutdown minutes before the opening time happened. The Academy officials scurrying to get the last minute sanction for diesel to run the emergency generator at the Abhinav Theatre, a sad commentary on its working was witnessed by the audience who had to wait outside the hall for more than one hour.