Ahimsa
Mattye Hargrow
Ahimsa
20th April 2013
A chemistry professor has decided to bring AHIMSA to the students and faculty of Anne Arundel Community College. “I am not sure on how to achieve AHIMSA I can only help us move in the right direction,” Prof. Shree Iyengar said. AHIMSA is a word which means non-violent. This English play is a spiritual journey of humanity’s quest for peace in trouble times. “I wanted it to be a spiritual theatrical experience,” he says. The play centers on Professor Iynger’s upbringing from India. India plays a big role when it comes to his plays. This play combines the theories of non-violent from Mahatama Ghandi and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Mahatma Ghandi was a Indian nationalist leader known for leading India to independence through non-violent civil disobedience. This play is dramatized by the interaction of the characters and events in the current context of our country and the world. The two-act play is about three mothers who have sons that are fighting in the war. You have one mother who has a son that is still fighting in the war. The second mother has lost her son while he was fighting in the war.
The last mother is dealing with a son that has returned from the war but has been wounded. All of these mothers are trying to find peace in their hearts during a terrible time in their life.
With everything that is going on in the world such as The Boston Marathon killings and The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The play raises questions about AHIMSA and is it still present here in the 21st century? “We get caught up in basic life and we forget about the big picture, Iyengar said. “We have no guts we just talk big.” Please come out and support Prof. Iyengar in what he hopes to be a packed house on Saturday May 4 at 2 p.m. and May 11 at 1 p.m. in the Kauffman
Ahimsa
20th April 2013
A chemistry professor has decided to bring AHIMSA to the students and faculty of Anne Arundel Community College. “I am not sure on how to achieve AHIMSA I can only help us move in the right direction,” Prof. Shree Iyengar said. AHIMSA is a word which means non-violent. This English play is a spiritual journey of humanity’s quest for peace in trouble times. “I wanted it to be a spiritual theatrical experience,” he says. The play centers on Professor Iynger’s upbringing from India. India plays a big role when it comes to his plays. This play combines the theories of non-violent from Mahatama Ghandi and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Mahatma Ghandi was a Indian nationalist leader known for leading India to independence through non-violent civil disobedience. This play is dramatized by the interaction of the characters and events in the current context of our country and the world. The two-act play is about three mothers who have sons that are fighting in the war. You have one mother who has a son that is still fighting in the war. The second mother has lost her son while he was fighting in the war.
The last mother is dealing with a son that has returned from the war but has been wounded. All of these mothers are trying to find peace in their hearts during a terrible time in their life.
With everything that is going on in the world such as The Boston Marathon killings and The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The play raises questions about AHIMSA and is it still present here in the 21st century? “We get caught up in basic life and we forget about the big picture, Iyengar said. “We have no guts we just talk big.” Please come out and support Prof. Iyengar in what he hopes to be a packed house on Saturday May 4 at 2 p.m. and May 11 at 1 p.m. in the Kauffman