Rangbhoomi, Kissago and Generations
The lockdown has made us aware of the people we live with. And, our diet included: Discord. Debates. Discussions. For most, living with family was surreal. Their habits, their thoughts, and their actions seemed different from their nostalgia that they fondly remembered. Life was no longer a Paper Boat illustration. What changed? We grew up! And how!? In a way our parents never did or even our grandparents never did. Away from family and our everyday rituals, many lived a life tasting freedom and during lockdown, a stay-at-home only made it uncomfortable with thoughts we don't connect with and with habits the elderly don't relate with. We call this generation gap. And illustrating this was Generations, a play by Suryasnata Tripathy and directed by Jay Jha of Kissago at Rangbhoomi Spaces. The conviction of the artists and the emphasis on generation could be understood only post lockdown. Till then we were all living in our bubble, slurping on the ...