As the show progresses, the two languages would flow towards each other and overlap. Music too would begin with the gurgling of water and later blend with the folksy dhol of Rajasthan. Gayral is at pains to explain that the fusion of the two arts should not result in the suppression of one. We do not want one tradition to colonise the other. So at the end of the story, the two worlds merge.
Puppeteers are actors creating reality on stage.
They play with light, shadow, strings and ideas. But they should never forget humour in the process, he says, while trying to explain the reasons for the declining interest in the art. Gayral believes puppetry to be the only non-threatening medium to express political and religious views. Puppets can be powerful not only by what they say but also by how they say it. They are effigies, gods and meaningful creatures.