Lajje at Ranga Shankara

A play that deals with sexual violence against the backdrop of the story of Utpalaavarna the first ever recorded rape victim in India during Buddha's lifetime. The play also brings us the blistering evocation of those terrible experiences and the ripples of change that it set in motion. Tearing away the shame that keeps the survivors silent, Lajje is a voyage into a tapestry of personal testimonies that speaks for a nation and the world that is no longer able to hold the tides of change at bay.

Lajje bares witness to the extraordinary capacity of the human spirit for survival, redemption and change. An unforgettable experience that moves and inspires audiences with the sheer capacity of the human spirit to rise, to bare witness, to survive and to turn the tide.