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...generations’ worth of fathers, sons, brothers, male cousins, and respective wives and families, is now a fading heirloom of India, as speculative real estate investments and construction booms have led more and more families to forgo this ages-old tradition of living together, called “saath-saath” in Hindi. Likewise, the family business is no longer the only source of livelihood for sons, since alternative opportunities abound. But some attribute even this modern move away from the “family as necessitated for economic stability” mantra to the timeless strain...
This can hardly be a criticism, however, when it is the stated goal of one of the organizations presenting the play. “Raisins, Not Virgins” is the fourth collaboration of the Harvard South Asian Association (SAA) and the Boston-based South Asian American Theater (SAATh). The program states that “SAATh resolves to confront all forms of fundamentalism dividing our world by race, religion, gender, class or nation,” and the play clearly succeeds in that goal...
...this weekend’s timely presentation of Sharbari Ahmed’s wryly comedic script, the Harvard South Asian Association (SAA) and South Asian American Theater (SAATh) team up to bring Islam to front and center stage with complexity. It portrays Islam, as actor Neilesh Bose (who plays Rezwan) puts it, “as both a victim and a perpetrator...
...translations of controversial theater to the Harvard stage, however, SAATh is authoritative and is by no means a new kid on the block. In fact, co-director John Mathew, a graduate student in the history of science department, who co-founded the group four years ago, says his company deliberately has since its inception sought productions that challenge and “interrogate” the South Asian sociopolitical status...
...Leverett House, Mathew is an expert in wildlife biology and conservation, but his other love is theater. Last year, he directed Grave Affairs at the Leverett House Old Library, the first stage production of a radio play set in an Indian village that he wrote for the BBC. SAATh, the first South Asian theater company in Boston, was founded in the wake of the positive response to Grave Affairs to promote theater by and about South Asians...