Brief Candle: Three Plays

This compilation features three distinct scripts: the title play Brief Candle, a radio script titled The Girl Who Touched the Stars, and Thirty Days in September. The collection acts as a psychological lens dissecting the fragile fabric of human relations and individual choices

• • Mahesh Dattani is a highly celebrated Indian director, actor, playwright, and screenwriter. He made literary history by becoming the very first English-language playwright to be honored with India's prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award. His stage works are studied globally for their raw social realism and structural brilliance.

The book features three highly emotional narratives:

• • Brief Candle: Set in a hospital ward where terminally ill cancer patients perform a comedy farce to honor a deceased friend, accidentally blurring the lines with their own tragic lives.
  • The Girl Who Touched the Stars: Tracks Bhavna, an astronaut about to launch into space, as she reflects on her past and confronts uncomfortable childhood truths.
  • Thirty Days in September: Dissects the aftermath of childhood trauma as a mother and daughter battle with memories of past abuse. [1]

Together, Dattani uses sharp dialog and realistic scenarios to explore grief, survival, and ultimate life affirmation.