Kathmandu, May 23 -- Kala Ghar, in collaboration with the Shilpee Theatre, is staging 'Acheta', a play on casteism and its intertwined relationship with a person's fate.

The play follows the story of Dal. He is a sculptor who, despite creating sculptures of deities, is barred from entering any temples. More than just his job, making statues is a matter of faith for him.

When he welcomes his newborn child, a dilemma occurs. His son falls gravely sick. But there are no doctors, no medicines, and no one from the village willing to help him.

Dal and his wife, Geeta, now stand at a point where believing in their god comes at a cost.

"Acheta is not just a story about a family; it carries the weight of inequality," notes the play's brochure....