The Department of Love

SILLY POINT

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The Department of Love

A one-act play

Cast

Mr Haanji, Deputy Secretary

Mr Gobind Ram, Peon

Mr Jhinkoo Ram, Secretary

Mrs Dada, Joint Secretary

Mr Ayaram, Under Secretary

Mr Gayaram, Under Secretary

Chief Minister

Chief Secretary

CPI (M) Minister

A Minister

Young Man

Young Woman

Peon Jarnail Singh

District Love Officer

Head Clerk

SCENE I

(A room in the Secretariat. Officers are seated here and there)

Mr Haanji, Deputy Secretary: All right, all right! Let us have silence for a while. The Chief Minister is making an important announcement.

Gobind Ram, please put on the TV.

(Gobind Ram adjusts the knobs)

TV: (first some static. Then the CM’s voice). Finally, I come to an important matter. As you all know, for the last fortnight, Swami Brahmachari has been on a fast unto death. He led an agitation in order to provide the fundamental right of love to the masses.

Mrs Dada (sarcastically): Brahmachari, my foot! We all know what sort of Brahmachari he is!

           

(Enter Mr Jhinkoo Ram, Secretary. They all stand up.)

Mr Jhinkoo Ram:You were saying something, Mrs Dada?

Mrs Dada (unfazed): We were listening to a telecast by the CM. I said we all know what sort of a celibate Swami Brahmachari is.

Mr Jhinkoo Ram (smiling, because he is the Financial Adviser): He is a bachelor all right.

Mrs Dada (smiling): That does not make him a celibate automatically.

Mr Jhinkoo Ram: Now, now, Mrs Dada!…Read More