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People
are counting days in prison because they had lost control
of themselves momentarily either for personal reason or
because of the situation in which they were caught. There
are people who are purely victims of situations. Between
the four walls, the cruel loneliness of prison life dries
up whatever dreams they might have had. There is also the
danger of them returning to prison life again because of
their inability to adapt themselves to new situation outside
prison.
It
is not possible for everybody to cultivate right thinking
during the period they are in prison and prepare themselves
for a new life after they come out of it. It is not possible
for everybody to cultivate thinking when lonely and become
an introvert to rebuild their lives. Nevertheless it is
possible to keep their inner being creative if they involve
themselves in creative activities through interaction with
others. "SANKALPA" of Mysore has done a good work!!!!
Here
are few details about the drama-"Maranayaka".
The
inmates of Mysore Central Prison enacted the story of drama
"Maranayaka" originally "Mac Beth" of Shakespeare translated
into kannada by Mr. H.S.Shivaprakash. Itseems Maranayaka
was a great warrior and most obedient to his king Raja Bhadrappa
Nayaka. The power was about to slip from the hands of Bhadrappa
Nayaka when Maranayaka took the situation into his control
and got the power back to Bhadrappa Nayaka. But there was
a great despair in the inner core of Maranayaka. He thought
himself "for whom after all he was fighting". At that time
somebody forecast that one day he will become a king and
his son will become an emperor. By getting inspiration from
his wife to fulfill the forecast he started a victorious
ceremony. Then he kills Raja Bhadrappa Nayaka. This was
followed by many murders. He went on murdering one after
another. His wife felt guilty and commits suicide. Maranayaka
having the burden of all the murders on his head starts
wandering in the forest.
When
this drama came to an end the faces of all the inmates in
the prison became pale. The inmates started asking for themselves
is there not any penance for their guilt too. Everybody
questions "for me?" "for me?" "for me?" "Yes", there is
a time for everybody. A good day will definitely come in
everybody's life only when one feels for the blunders one
has committed.
The
casts in the drama are a jailor, two wardens, goonda & his
associate and prisoners and a "Suthradhaara", the storyteller.
This drama was enacted by 26 i8nmates of Mysore Central
Prison. First show was enacted in the prison itself. Later
on it has seen the light at many places in Karnataka and
Kerala. An activist of Kannada Theatre Mr.Hulugappa Kattimani
directed the play. The force behind the drama was Mr. Revanasiddaiaha,
the Inspector General of Prisons and many other DIG's.
Even
though they are behind the walls their acting abilities
came to light. Gandhiji has told that the prisoners are
just like any other patients. He has to be treated well
and when he comes out he should become a true citizen devoid
of all the sins and sinful activities. This is what is expected
of the police personnel. It is not the rods in their hands,
which make the inmates get reformed but something else that
is "Humanism".
OKC
thanks for the kind co-operation of Mr.Mallesh and Mr.Paramesh
and Mr. Hulugappa kattimani in publishing the article.
Correspondent
for OKC.
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