HARVEST
BY MANJULA PADMANABHAN

Winner of the Onassis International Play Competition.
As broadcast on the BBC World Service. Now a film, premiered recently at the London Film Festival, titled 'Body', by independent director Govind Nihalani.

Om, a young man is driven by unemployment to sell his body parts for cash. Guards arrive from the company to make his home into a germ-free zone. His mother makes use of the company credit card to purchase luxury goods, oblivious to her son's predicament. When Jeetu, Om's brother returns unexpectedly, he is taken away as the donor, by mistake. Om can't accept this and goes to the company to complain. Jaya, his wife is left alone. Will she too be seduced into selling her body for use by the rich westerners?

Price £6.99/$14.95

ISBN 0-9536757-7-7

PAGES 96 (June 2003)