Play on environment protection staged at Awadh Girls’ College
LUCKNOW: As a part of collaboration between US Embassy and NGO ‘Swechha’, in association with All India Women’s Conference, a play titled ‘Prithvi’ was staged at Avadh Girls’ Degree College by the New Delhi-based theatre group, Atelier on Friday.
The play directed by Kuljeet Singh, founder and creative director of Atelier theatre and teacher, department of English, University of Delhi, symbolically looks at climate capitalism and human-led environmental catastrophe.
It is a story of Prithvi, an environmental activist whose father Ambar is murdered by the nexus of climate change deniers. Prithvi continues with what Ambar left until she meets her destiny.
“The play advocated the idea of inclusivity and makes a strong case for shared responsibility towards saving our environment,” said Upma Chaturvedi, principal of AGDC.
The play was followed by a panel discussion by eminent experts on climatic change. Anjani K Tangri, scientist “SG” (Retd), head, School of Geo-Informatics and Coordinator of Glaciology Program, Remote Sensing Applications Centre, UP, enlightened the audience about the cyclic changes of climate and river systems.
Dr Dhruv Sen Singh, professor in Centre of Advanced Study in Geology and director of planning and development board, Lucknow University, talked about the changed equation of man with nature from being a user to becoming an exploiter.
Dr Venkatesh Datta, co-ordinator DST Centre for Policy Research, BBAU, and an eminent environmentalist, suggested easy and efficient ways to minimise waste disposal. The panel discussion was followed by an interactive session with the students.
The event began with a welcome address by Prof Nishi Pandey, manager/secretary, Awadh Girls’ Degree College and vicepresident, AIWC. The event was graced by the presence of Dr Shanti Tripathi, president, AIWC, Richard Pinkham, director programme at American Centre, US Embassy and Ayesha Gideon, cultural affairs specialist, US Embassy.