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subsequently translated into Hindi by Srimati Rajkumari Begani was staged in Mahajati Sadan, Calcutta, Kumari Mahrotra displayed her forte with the needed freedom and spontaneity.
The 'recent performance of Atimukta and Nāgilā were as impressive as the earlier presentations on stage of similar plays adopted from the repertoire of Jain annals of everlasting value. These cannot simply belong to a vaudeville of traditional glow. So long awaiting a poet and a playwright to sing over the ideal of peace and non-violence as it echoes so deeply in various Bengali poems and operas based on legends these with their absorbing value as high-lighted by Sri Lalwani are replete with the radiant filigree of aesthetic and symbolic sensitivity. Experiencing as it were through years the artistry of other legends of edifying value in our voyage for revival and rediscovery now we have arrived before the sublime shores of a new archipelago.
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