Fridays are Good for Indian Daughters

This play was written as part of my Master of Arts in Creative Writing thesis and a short reading was presented at our graduation showcase via Zoom (thanks Covid). I do not have any photos of the read unfortunately, but here's a picture of my shiny thesis booklet! :) 

Synopsis:
For most of their lives, sisters Sindhu and Ruby have roleplayed the “Good Indian Daughter,” abiding by their single father’s overbearing rules. Ruby, who is wheelchair-bound and has cerebral palsy, yearns to explore the dating world. Her caregiver, Sindhu, is at the family’s beck and call and entertains the idea of a life beyond the walls of her family home. All hell breaks loose when Sindhu decides to pursue a fancy degree overseas and Ruby falls in love. How will the sisters carve their own lives while reconciling with their father’s unorthodox ways? 
 
‘Fridays are Good for Indian Daughters’ explores the challenges women from traditional Indian households face in modern-day Singapore and how they must straddle between the old world and the new to pave an identity for themselves.         
 
Read by: Rebekah Sangeetha Dorai, Hasisha Nasir
Thank you to programme leader Prof. Darryl Whetter, Ng Swee San (my thesis supervisor) and Lasalle College of the Arts! ​