~30 days in septem9er~

Superb! Excellent! Powerful! Thirty Days in September..Wow.. I have read it non stop!!! It is a short play written by Mahesh Dattani, yet it carries a huge issue. The play has touched my hearts and consciences everywhere. Child molestation issue is always a major thing to discuss about. And I feel very grateful and thankful to the playwright for his wonderful masterpiece.
There are only four characters plus the unseen counselor in this play. However, it does not even affect the flow of the plot. Indeed, with only four visible characters, Thirty Days in September has reached it certain standard in my heart. Mala, the protagonist, is the victim of child sexual abuse by her own uncle. She is actually the reflection of her mother. Yet, Mala is fortunate to awake from so called ‘illusion state’. But sadly, her mother, Shanta denies the truth. Shanta is well known of what has happened to her daughter, but she likes to remain silent. In fact, she accuses her daughter as the cause of the wrong doing. I think she can not accept the fact that her own brother has done wrong to her girl as what he has done to her when she was a little kid. She prefers to pray and pray and pray, as a treatment for her to forget. She also feed Mala to make Mala feels relieve and to have it as a pleasure. She never asks her daughter of what had happened. And for Mala, Shanta is never there for her when she needs help. Therefore, her childhood memory haunted her until she becomes an adult. Her horrible experienced, has made her of what she is in present. She can not help from being such a ‘bad’ girl. But yet she tries to change and at the end she did. Mala has proof to herself that she is able to change.
One thing that attract me about this play, is the innocent look on Vinay (Mala’s uncle). He acts like nothing happened and he pretend that he does not know anything about Mala’s past life. I can’t imagine how mean people like this is. There are lots of ‘Vinay’ in this world nowadays. It is hard to address them as human being with such manner.
To wrap up, I’m so honestly mesmerized and fascinated by this play. I’m looking forward to watch the play on stage. I hope there are productions planning to it. =)