Talaq (1998)

"My art contributes towards establishing a sort of alternative 'thematic universe' in Singapore, considered to be an over consuming and over managed society in Southeast Asia. "My concern is to be a voice for the voiceless, even in silence... [...] "... I have been walking far too long in minefields. I enjoy this dangerous journey though I have lost much in material benefits. I am growing spiritually strong day by day. Not in a religious sense. I have no religion except my art – poetry and theatre.

Talaq – which means “divorce” – is a one-woman play about Nisha, a Muslim girl from India who is married off at the age of 16 to a Singaporean man twice her age. She finds out that her husband has been having an affair with another woman. When she confronts him about it, he beats her. The physical, sexual and psychological abuse worsens, but Nisha’s cries for help are drowned out by her husband’s family and relatives, and those within the community.