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Deepak Morris??™s Weekly Column ? East Meets West ? Aug 18, 2005 ?
To continue with my vision of a world tapestry of love and understanding of cultural values throughout the world, every Thursday we will be graced by the artistic vision of Mr. Deepak Morris, a wonderful playwright and friend from Prune, India.? ?
His plays have been preformed in front of audiences in Toronto, Canada
The Mysterious Man-eater of Northern India
Deepak Morris
This is the blurb of a program that was aired on National Geographic:
"In 1996,
a reign of terror swept through northeastern India. A mysterious predator was killing the children. Word of the attacks spread across the country like wildfire. With each retelling of the attacks, the description of the killer took on fantastic proportions. Angry mobs of people began to stone and club strangers, believing them to be the killer. Indian wildlife official R.L. Singh toured the affected villages and carefully questioned witnesses. Beginning to suspect the wolf, he searched for evidence to explain such aberrant behavior. Wolves are extremely shy and avoid people whenever they can.
The wolves of India have always supplemented their wild diet with local livestock, but attacks on humans have been virtually unknown in this country. Now, Singh must determine if the killer is in fact a wolf, and if so, he must stop the attacks before public tolerance of the wolf is lost forever. "
I had watched the program. It was chilling.
Children were being snatched just feet away from their mothers or playmates. Their half-eaten bodies would be found a day or so later.
There was no spoor of any kind. No tracks on the ground or fur entangled in the thorny
bushes in which the killer had lain in wait.
The experts argued with each other about whether it was a wolf or a large cat. The issue was never resolved. Night vigils proved as fruitless as attempts to track the beast by day.
Deepak Morris rhapword@yahoo.com * * *
Founder of Rhapsody Theatre, author, playwright,
actor and director Deepak Morris has been
associated with Theatre and Communication all
his life. A Master of Commerce from Pune
University, Master's Diploma holder in
Management from The Institute of Management
Development and Research (IMDR), Pune, and
Diploma holder in Computer Studies from the
National Computing Centre, UK, Deepak
combines a passion for theatre with professional management techniques
to deliver consistently well staged theatrical
performances. An accomplished actor himself,
Deepak has won numerous awards for acting and
debating,
including the "Best Actor" award at
the International Year of the Youth Drama
Festival in Pune and the "Best Male Newcomer
Award" in 1997 in Dubai, U.A.E. Having acted
in numerous productions in India and Dubai,
Deepak began writing and directing his own
plays on a regular basis in March 2001. To
date, he has written several one-act plays
and skits and his group, Rhapsody Theatre,
has staged no less than 13 plays in three
years, a record of sorts. ?
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