Kussa (Moga), October 9
Arundhati Roy was among thousands of socialists, artists and farmers who gathered here to pay tributes to theatre personality Gursharan Singh who passed away on September 28.
Arundhati said: “Gursharan Singh kept alive political freedom of the people through theatre. He took theatre to the grassroots level, influencing the common masses on current issues from time to time”.
Dr Areet Kaur, her voice choked with emotion, said her father was always concerned about the fate of the common man in the modern times. She said her father did not believe in any religion but was a true devotee of Guru Nanak and served humanity. “My father inspired the people to fight for the rights of the common man through theatre at the village level. He was successful in his mission to a large extent.”
Dr Atamjit Singh, Kewal Dhaliwal, Ajmer Aulakh, Dr Sahib Singh, Prof Pali Bhupinder, Attar Jeet, Amolak Singh, Pushap Lata, Pawel Kussa, Jaspal Jassi, Dr Raghbir Kaur, BKU leader Sukhdev Singh Kokri and many others were present on the occasion. The gathering observed a one-minute in silence in memory of the departed soul. A photo exhibition was put up by Suchetak Kala Manch, Mohali, depicting the life of the grand old man of the Punjabi theatre.
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