30 Days is a Long Journey...

This play is indeed a very very sad-ending play. Both of the female characters are the victims of child sexual abuse. The theme of child-abuse is really relevant in our society today. So many little children have become the preys of those paedophiles: Nurin and now Sharlini.. It was kind of sad when i read this play, finding that the main character--Mala had suffered the most horrible 30 days in her childhood being mollested by her uncle. Personally, I would say the injury caused by a close person is far more painful than the one caused by an enemy. My emotion was strongly affected when I come across Sharlini's pictures in the newspaper, magazine, as well as the shops. A child is the most innocent and fragile human in the world. How can an adult take advantage of this and harm the little heart? This is so sad. Our society has been so sick and human is acting more brutal and violent than the animals. Sometimes, I wonder, are they animals that disguise in human mask? How can Mala's uncle seemingly kind and helpful to Mala and her mother, while at the back become the villain in their lives?