NEW DELHI: A pro-Pakistan drama “Boundary”, staged by the children of Memunda Higher Secondary School, Kozhikode district in Kerala has bagged 1st prize in the drama competition in connection with the district school youth festival.
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In the drama, a small girl can be seen saying “we clap when Brazil wins, we cheer when Argentina, Brazil, England and New Zealand win. Then what is the issue when we cheer up for Pakistan”?
It is the emotional lamentation of a small girl before her mom. Mom’s answer to this exciting question is, again, incredibly significant. She soothes the daughter: “My dear daughter, what can we do! Our countrymen have not come up to your level”
The staging of this drama and winning 1st prize has triggered a heated debate in Kerala, with anti-Pakistan elements asking as to why the school authorities gave the green signal for such a drama to enter the youth festival, and why the judges accorded 1st prize to this very same drama.
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This came days after reports There are reports that four years before, students of the same school had staged another drama called “Kithaab”. The meaningful dialogues were (1) Why women are not permitted to perform “Adhaan” at mosques and (2) Why there is no male “houri’’ in heaven. (3) Women possess half the wisdom of a man. So, is that fine if they wear a half-dress?
Muslim organisations came up with strong protests. They said they would not allow staging that drama in the state youth festival. When the controversy aggravated, school authorities escaped saying that the theatre was scripted based on the story “Vaank” (Adhaan) by Unni. R. But Unni was reported to have saved his skin, saying his story was not on those lines. Then the school authorities stated the “KIthaab” would not be staged again as it hurt a section of the population. And they apologised to the Muslim community.
