Aayna | 15 April 2024 | The Wire

Trending on Twitter, flashing on news channels, faces in the spotlight, and DMs flooded. This is the unexpected fame surrounding the artist-performers of Pondicherry University’s Performing Arts department students, due to their involvement in the play ‘Somayanam,’ which was performed as part of the World Theatre Day festival ‘Ezhini 2K24’ on March 29.

Yet, behind this buzz, a different story brews. Surrounded by fear, the students yearn to be left alone.

I have witnessed the play and it’s disheartening to witness every word of the story twisted, each line blurred to fit a narrative, turning a student production into a controversy. The students are hurt to see that the essence of the play was altered, leading to harassment…

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