Unsooni - Unheard Voices

Unheard Voices is a book by Harsh Mander, that I read in the early years of my career. It influenced me a great deal and sensitized me to a world that I was not in touch with. It is a book that tells the lives of many deprived people in India - some who have run away from home, others who are abandoned, abused, ridiculed and still others who suffer humiliation.

I recently had the good fortune of experiencing these stories once again, albeit in a livelier medium. In Darpana's (Mallika Sarabhai's arts institution) theatrical rendition of these stories, each life truly comes alive.

The message that Darpana is trying to spread is that we all must be sensitive to the deprivation around us. And to do our bit in making a positive change. I however felt, that it was a good moment of talking about the rights of all human beings and fulfilling our responsibility of ensuring that each human being lives with dignity.

Find out more about Darpana and the production at their website.