We are so different now
By: by Shauna Singh Baldwin
Contributors: Playwrights Guild of Canada
Publisher: Playwrights Guild of Canada
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Toronto, ON
Language: eng
Number of pages: 20
ISBN-13: 9781554352968
Subjects: Arranged marriage; Drama; Suicide
Description: "With her arranged marriage in jeopardy, Sheetal Talwar attempts suicide. The woman who talks her out of it claims to be Draupadi - the Draupadi from the Mahabharat, the epic drama about the battle of the Pandava and the Kauravs three millenia ago. When Sheetal recovers and thanks her, Draupadi asks an expensive and difficult favour. Sheetal tries to evade her obligation to reciprocate - and her life begins to echo Draupadi's. Sheetal's very name means cool, and she believes we are so different now - are we?" -- Publisher's website.