Prologue

Some time a year back I thought of writing my second play. Second play because a year before the year I thought of writing my second play, I had helped this guy write a play for our hostel entry to the inter hostel play competition. However it didn't turn out that well, and the reason that came out from a mutual discussion later, was because I wanted a funny play and he wanted something philosophical and we ended up mixing the two :)

So I thought the best way to learn something is to do it yourself and hence I decided to write this play some time back. Then things kept on pending and I was successfully able to convince my self that I did not have time for these random experiments. However then work life started and I realized that I at least have the late evenings to myself which can be devoted to such arbitrary things.

Also I have thought to this play a kind of a social media experiment. I have decided to write this play in blog entries. I will also like to take help from my readers ( whatever small numbers manage to fall upon this blog) to decide the course of the story. This can be done through polls and comments. So everyday almost everyday most of the days I will try to update this story. Probably each post can be like a scene.

Now we begin with the most difficult part, the central theme and the core story. Without thinking much, let me keep this as a story of a balcony belonging to a house shared by two guys. These guys do separate jobs but then often find themselves chatting in this very balcony after the days long work. And hence the title of the play: The Balcony


The reason for writing a play about a house balcony is that I always feel balcony is a best place to observe the world (after facebook). You see so many unknown people and so many unknown faces with each  face having a different story. And ofcourse as you can just see them and not hear them, you interpret these stories in your own way. There are other benefits too but then I won't like people to get judgemental.So I hope people enjoy the upcoming posts on the play: The Balcony

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