On the in­vi­ta­tion of the Na­tion­al Coun­cil of In­di­an Cul­ture (NCIC), The Saint, by Ralph Maraj, will be per­formed at the Di­vali Na­gar on May 25, as part of coun­cil's In­di­an Ar­rival Day cel­e­bra­tions.

The play has been most favourably re­ceived so far and now goes to NA­PA, South, on June 14 and 15 at 7.30 pm.

The Saint is most ap­pro­pri­ate to mark In­di­an Ar­rival Day. It fo­cus­es on an East In­di­an fam­i­ly that com­pris­es the sec­ond and third gen­er­a­tions af­ter in­den­ture­ship.The el­dest son, Vish­nu, wants lit­tle to do with the busi­ness em­pire that his par­ents have built and goes to In­dia to pur­sue the spir­i­tu­al path. In the process he takes his fam­i­ly through the "an­cient mind of In­dia" what he calls "his fam­i­ly's soul."For him it is the on­ly way to re­vi­talise his fam­i­ly which he says has lost di­rec­tion. In oth­er words, Vish­nu is lead­ing his fam­i­ly to dip back in­to the very source that gave in­den­tured labour­ers the strength to sur­vive the ear­ly trau­mas of life in this coun­try, says a re­lease.

Maraj di­rects the pro­duc­tion and al­so plays Vish­nu in the play.

Tick­ets for the NA­PA per­for­mances are now on sale at Nigel R Khan Book­sellers in Gulf City, Mara­bel­la, High Street, San Fer­nan­do, Price Plaza Ch­agua­nas, Van­i­ty Fair, Val­park and can be booked by call­ing 657 1086 or 685 4364.