"LEAVING NO STONE UNTURNED IN GIVING LIFE TO A COUNTRY THAT GAVE LIFE TO SO MANY"

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The Abridged History of Modern Day India is a look at the history of India from the time the British set foot to the time they left. It examines the treatment of Mother India by the white man and examines the treatment of the Indian Woman by the brown one. It looks at everything in between, in quick time.

Never allowing the audience to merely sit as silent bystanders, the two actors make every use of them to recreate battles, give life to revolts and present the stark reality of divides. Employing mad costume changes, live music, lewd dance, terrible ventriloquism and unprofessional habits on stage, Mohit Gautam and Naren Weiss leave no stone unturned in giving life to a country that gave life to so many.

300 words
The Abridged History of Modern Day India is a look at the history of India from the time the British set foot to the time they left. It examines the treatment of Mother India by the white man and examines the treatment of the Indian Woman by the brown one. It looks at everything in between, in quick time.

The play, broken into chapters, begins with the British colonization of the country and the rise of the East India Trading Company. It further progresses into the first unified uprising, the rise of the British Raj, the subsequent freedom fighters and the many movements towards independence, and the emergence of Mahatma Gandhi. It finally moves into the Partition/Independence. All of this, in a matter of minutes.

It then looks at ‘free’ India and the politics that govern the nation and its people. It progresses to the perception and treatment of the everyday Indian, in particular the Indian Woman. It poses the harsh reality of what the country is and where it stands in respect to its own potential. It paints the portrait of the beauty that is India, with the colours we often hesitate to use.