Saturday, January 24, 2026
The...real world
I was fortunate and honored to have had the opportunity to watch a Marathi play for the first time in my life: ‘The...other world’. A play written and directed by Manjul Bhardwaj. My going for the play was in no way was due to the fear of getting slapped that I don't know Marathi or being forced to speak in Marathi.
On the contrary, this was a Marathi play slapping the same ones who want to dictate the importance of Marathi. It was a slap, suggesting that Maharashtra, India, or the world cannot be saved or be superior with the knowledge of a language if nature cannot be saved.
The play had bold messages that building infrastructure like sea links, cutting forests for metro sheds, or any other development is not development but the destruction of livelihoods. It affects the Fisherfolk—the original inhabitants of Bombay—with the lowering catch of fish, Adivasi communities that live in the forest, and farmers whose land is taken for development.
The question was: what development would it be if the air gets polluted, water gets polluted, and farm products lose their nutritional value with pesticides? Then, utilities, infrastructure projects, and farmland are gifted to a few rich industrialists—the immoral, inhuman, and evil industrialists who want to control farm produce and make a business out of food that cannot be afforded by the poorest in society. They forcefully buy up farmland and kill farmer employment with technology farming.
Finally, it was a no-brainer message that all this has been, is, and will be the reason for the avalanches, floods, and other natural catastrophes that are wiping out homes, villages, and lives. It is a no-brainer that pride in a culture, language, and religion has saved no one. On the contrary, it is dividing the country. No God from a temple, mosque, or church is going to come and save us if we don't save nature now. Protect nature and nature will protect us, as no armies, ammunition, or atomic weapons will save the world. It is only nature that provides, nurtures life, and saves humanity.
The play had a lovely message, which is: Ecology and Humanology.
A play which every Indian must watch. This is done by a group that uses no fancy props, music or will ever get sponsors. They are ready to perform anywhere they called. A team of dedicated stage artistes that want to create awareness of a world being destroyed. Salute Manjul Bhardwaj for this brave writing and beautiful direction
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Very good brought the idea! Let the people take responsibility to save the Nature. Our life is connected to Nature. India must now get up to protect the Nature.
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: 2:33 AM
: 2:33 AM
Sunny a very deserving ode to the few in our country that still think that the world along with all of its natural resource is worth saving. Proud of them and you for spreading goodwill. Stay blessed always ❤️
# posted by : 3:17 AM
: 3:17 AM 
It is the need of the day to save mother nature. It is our moral duty to keep infrastructure developments to the minimum, and stop killing mother nature so that we can have better but unwanted infrastructure.
Very Timely and Nicely authored blog.
Very Timely and Nicely authored blog.
# posted by : 8:12 AM
: 8:12 AM
Nature is the manifestation of God visible to us which can be felt and experienceed in realtime. Preserving it, by not polluting, by enriching it and keeping alive it for future generation is true worshipping.
Yesterday Sunita Williams was in Kozhikode, Kerala talking in KLF2026, sharing the experience of seeing our beautiful home, the earth, without any bounderies, up from the international space station. Let us preserve our home.
Yesterday Sunita Williams was in Kozhikode, Kerala talking in KLF2026, sharing the experience of seeing our beautiful home, the earth, without any bounderies, up from the international space station. Let us preserve our home.
# posted by : 9:26 PM
: 9:26 PM
Mr Sunny, I endorse every word of yours. It was highly depressing to know where mankind had reached in its haste to reach the bag of gold at the end of the rainbow called "development".
It was highly apparent that the writer is passionate about this subject when he had written about the genocide of all things natural occurring on Mother Earth right before our eyes, but we choose to turn a blind eye to it or are simply apathic to the conservation of nature.
My compliments to the writer director Mr Manjul Bhardwaj and all the kalakars who performed the play with utter passion and dedication.
May God bless them all.
Earth is the only home we have, lets take care of it.
G R Vora
(Cell 9869195785)
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It was highly apparent that the writer is passionate about this subject when he had written about the genocide of all things natural occurring on Mother Earth right before our eyes, but we choose to turn a blind eye to it or are simply apathic to the conservation of nature.
My compliments to the writer director Mr Manjul Bhardwaj and all the kalakars who performed the play with utter passion and dedication.
May God bless them all.
Earth is the only home we have, lets take care of it.
G R Vora
(Cell 9869195785)
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