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Now, let’s read this play.
Characters

Mr Bhushan Mrs Bhushan Ramu Rakesh Mr Rehman
Scene 1

A family drawing room. Mrs Bhushan is seated in a comfortable looking chair (L), reading

a newspaper. Ramu is seated next to her, on a handwoven traditional mat, shelling peas
into a bowl.

Mr Bhushan: (enters (R), dressed in his office
wear, tired) Neelima! Rakesh! I’m back! What a
day…What a day…

Ramu rushes to get tea. (extreme L)
Mrs Bhushan: (lowering the paper) Hello dear…

tough day at work?

Mr Bhushan: (walks over to his wife and collapses
into the sofa in the centre) Much the same…
Dravid won’t let me live in peace. What’s the
point of hiring new associates when you can’t even trust them to draft a simple contract,
I ask you. The youth of our nation is going to the dogs! I really cannot understand how
you manage Neelu!

Mrs Bhushan: (smiling, laying aside the newspaper) Well, I don’t have to deal with your
law student types at the university, do I? Maths is quite straightforward really, no arguing

a point…I do miss being able to read the paper in the mornings though, these new 8 a.m.
lectures make it quite impossible.
Mr Bhushan: I wish our son was half as dedicated to reading the news as you are…Did

you see his last GK marks? Where is he anyway?

Tea and samosas are served by Ramu. Mr Bhushan quickly snaps one up.
Mr Bhushan: These are excellent! (looking fondly at Mrs
Bhushan) You really shouldn’t spoil me so, Neelu. When did shelling: removing the peas
from pods
Madam send you for these, Ramu? They’re so fresh and crispy collapses: falls down
and not greasy at all! draft: to write down a
document for the first time

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