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  • The power of Jatra
    De Ambrogi, Marco

    The Lancet, 08/2022, Volume: 400, Issue: 10351
    Journal Article, Book Review

    The thought of the difficult working conditions in many factories in the Bengal region brings to mind Taslima Akhter's heartbreaking photograph of two dead workers, holding each other in the rubble after the collapse of the Rana Plaza, a building that housed garment factories in Savar, Bangladesh, on April 24, 2013. Through the words of the characters on stage, Bhattacharyya makes evident the imbalance in power between people who live in poverty and need the work to guarantee survival for themselves and their families, and the factory owners, who can set and break the rules. Bhattacharyya's play is ultimately a declaration of the power of art and storytelling as a way to promote change and fight injustice.