8 Witty and Meaningful Dialogues from Tin Ekanta

photo: A still from video on background

Tin Ekanta (Three Solitude) is a set of three extended monologues. Three stories Weekend, Dhoop ka Ek Tukda and Dedh Inch Upar of Indian story-writer Nirmal Verma are translated by Aashant Sharma and turned into a play by Anup Baral. Good stories, better performances, attractive set design and lighting, nice music, dosage of humor, a good use of videography on background to support the narration but still, have to deal with boredom. The play, as a whole is just not up to the mark.

Nevertheless, dialogues are utterly symbolic and meaningful. Here are some of them:

1.    It is very unlucky to not being able of getting used to certain habits. Choosing is one thing and getting used to that choice is different, difficult.

2.    When you get old, it gets difficult to sleep at nights. Whether you need 200 grams of worries with 100 grams of tiredness or 300 grams of beer, to get a sleep.

3.    At 2 a.m., it feels like night is still left for long and at 4 a.m., it feels like the morning has started to begin. It is actually at 3 a.m. that one feels clueless. It feels like this is the time when death comes to you.

4.    One should not get high above one and a half inch from ground, otherwise they might end up in a drain or in a police station.

5.    Life is like a game of chess – when you take one-step ahead, it unlocks many other steps for the rival to get you down.

6.    Until and unless you see somebody dying with your own eyes or bury them with your own hands, there’s still a hope left – a very thin thread of hope.

7.    Actually, it doesn’t take a lawyer to get separated from somebody.

8.    It’s strange that as one ages, he/she remembers many small things from past rather than big matters.

Read a review here: A Bored Evening with Tin Ekanta