Sri Vamsi Matta's interactive food project 'Come Eat With Me' comes to Mumbai
Updated On: 17 June, 2023 10:11 AM IST | Mumbai | Nascimento Pinto
Bengaluru theatre practitioner Sri Vamsi Matta is in Mumbai to engage people with an interactive performance, a Dalit food project, `Come Eat with Me`, where he talks about caste and pain, joy and celebration, and serves a platter of ‘memories of suppression’
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Benglauru-based Dalit artist Sri Vamsi Matta started performing `Come Eat With Me` in March 2022. Photo Courtesy: Sri Vamsi Matta
"Unlike many things in society," says Bengaluru-based Dalit theatre artist Sri Vamsi Matta, "people are really scared to talk about caste because the moment they do that, it makes them complicit and part of the problem. They don`t want to accept that. So, caste is a very less spoken thing especially in progressive liberal circles where people talk about art, culture and dissent. Even when it is spoken about, it is looked at as a tragedy, where people say, `oh, so sad`." However, Matta wants to change that narrative by telling his story.
After doing 22 shows in India since March 2022, the theatre practitioner is bringing `Come Eat With Me`, a thought-provoking and interactive performance to Mumbai this weekend. Both the shows are unfortunately already sold out. It is a performance that does not focus on ‘oh so sad’ part of the Dalit community but rather tells the community’s stories by celebrating their lives through the medium of food. Ever since Matta started performing it, the interaction has made members from the community feel like it is a place where they are seen and heard. He shares, "The stories of the marginalised communities are narrated as a tragedy. But, my show, talks about the pain, the joy and the celebration. It gives immense happiness and visibility." However, for members not from the community, it has always been about how they have never seen something like it before and makes them uncomfortable.
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