Kaahini

by Maya Chowdhry

"A highly original yet thoroughly accessible insight into what it means to be young, Asian and British. Filled with the powerful and contradictory emotions of adolescence, "Kaahini" is brightly coloured, full of warmth and feeling, and shot through with the darker threads of frustration and anger at the inflexible and inexplicable adult world. This play, for all its seemingly unfamiliar Asian context, speaks directly to the widest possible audience: anyone with a mother, father, son, daughter, friend or lover will find much to challenge and inspire them here."

80 pages, Paperback

Published April 4, 2004

About the author

Maya Chowdhry is an award winning poet, playwright and inTer-aCtive artist. Her poetry collection, The Seamstress and the Global Garment (2009, Crocus/Suitcase) is described as "uniquely alive to the possibility of multiple identities, fused mother tongues and the interweaving of myths."Â Saradha Soobrayen, Poetry Editor, Chroma Journal. Her poem Brides of Dust won the Cardiff International Poetry Competition.

She is also published in many anthologies, including Out of Bounds (2012, Bloodaxe) and Red (2012, Peepal Tree Press). Maya has written for the stage and radio; including Kaahini, nominated for Best Children's Theatre: Writers Guild Awards (Capercaillie Books).