A best-selling book that broke the silence on child sexual abuse, Bitter Chocolate has now been adapted to the theatre as a provocative, one-woman show. The play, followed by discussion, will be touring across India and even will be performed at the UN. The Director, Lushin Dubey, says
“The idea of staging such a play is to wake you up to reality; if it has moved you, there has been an effect,” says Dubey. “We Indians are lazy. If the litter is in the neighbour’s backyard or out in the street, we don’t want to do anything about it. It’s the same with CSA.” Over the next few months, Dubey and director Arvind Gaur will travel to different cities performing “Bitter Chocolate”, sparking off debate and creating awareness. They have also been invited to perform at the UN in March 2005. “CSA is a universal topic,” says director Gaur. “It is a difficult subject, but it is the reality — and many people are not willing to accept that it exists.”
Given the taboo nature of sexual acts here, plus the dynamics of familial hierarchy, CSA is little-mentioned but all-pervasive.
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