Scene trom The Ascent of Fujiyama finish—design which had the quality of the Purana Quila : the stone, the heaviness, etc. I want to extend the design of sets beyond such realism; I am not really concerned with creating something heavy on the stage. Hence my use of plastic. Plastic, apart from its obvious use of allowing one to see through to what is happening inside (as in the case of the plastic tent), has other advantages as well. Plastic can give two or three visual images of a person. You see, I am constantly bothered about human beings and nothing beyond. And this plastic material allows me to present human beings who are two-dimensional or more. There is Journal of Arts & Ideas ^