Gabarghichor

Gabarghichor
Written byBhikhari Thakur
SubjectMigration, Women Empowerment
GenreEpic theatre

Gabarghichor (Bhojpuri: 𑂏𑂥𑂩𑂐𑂲𑂒𑂷𑂩) is a play by Bhojpuri playwright Bhikhari Thakur (1887–1971).[1] The play is about a woman, whose husband was a migrants and she had an illegal relationship with a man of her village and a child named Gabarghichor from that man. It is sometimes compared to Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle.[2]

  1. ^ Prakash, Brahma. Cultural Labour: Conceptualizing the ‘Folk Performance’ in India. Oxford University press.
  2. ^ "Bhikhari Thakur: Voice of the marginalised". THE Hindu.