Kathmandu, May 15 -- Phoolchand exchanges his pagdi with Dil Bahadur's dhaka topi, as a promise to be each other's mit-friends for life. As the ritual proceeds, the priest asks them to exchange one more gift, something precious. Obliging the request, Phoolchand gifts his watch to Dil Bahadur, one that was given to him for his marriage, and Dil Bahadur presents Phoolchand with his beloved radio.

Set against the backdrop of the Madhes movement, Birat Maithil Naatya Kala Parishad's theatre production Mita, Ab Kona Chalab is a story of two friends-a pahadi and a Madhesi-and how the political chaos of the time affected their families and their friendship.

The play begins with the start of Phoolchand and Dil Bahadur's unlikely friendship, whi...