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...search for their missing children-only to be rebuffed. Vandana Sarkar, whose 20-year-old daughter Pinky disappeared on Oct. 5, says she was told by police that Pinky had "probably just taken up with a man," despite the fact that she had a baby at home. When Aloki Halder's 13-year-old child Bina went missing in March 2005, the police chided: "If you can't keep track of your children, don't have so many." The uncle of Aladi Halder, 25, another victim, says police looked at the missing woman's photo and told...
...Still, if the police had kept better track of what was going on in the slum, the House of Horrors might never have existed. "What if the police investigated when Bina first went missing?" asks the uncle of victim Aladi Halder, who lived across the hall from Bina's family. "Maybe then all of our children would still be here, living with...
...victims lived on the same floor of the same run-down apartment building in Nithari and one had been reported missing for nearly two years. Yet not once did the police come to the building to investigate the disappearances. Many of the victims were pretty young women like Bina Halder, 13, who vanished on March 15, 2005. She had been working as a maid in order to raise enough money for a dowry that would allow her a marriage good enough to escape the neighborhood. But when her mother, Aloki Halder, went to the police to report her disappearance, they...
...cast, as well, is small, with several actors playing multiple roles. Most notable among the student actors are Knapp and Sack as Anne and Maurice respectively. As Halder's lover, Anne tackles some of the plays most contrived lines--"if we are good to those around us...what more?"--without sinking heavily into melodrama. Sack enjoys perhaps one of the most promising roles as Halder's Jewish friend and gives us a sympathetic and powerful performance that lives up to the character's brilliance...
...Undoubtedly, much of the professional polish of the play stems from actual professionals' involvement. Arciniegas, who has been directing and performing in the Boston area for several years, lends a special poignancy to the complicated role of John Halder. The professional expertise is also apparent in Daniel Gidron's effective directing, although the efforts of student assistant director, stage managers, and producers, should be noted for their contributions to this extremely mature production. Especially effective is the sparse yet elegant set design of Glenn Reisch '00. Chairs, stairs, and banners form an aesthetically pleasing backdrop...