'Kala Meda Bhes' Is based on a real-life incident, which took place in a Sindh village, where a woman was exchanged for an ox. The action takes piece in a small village in the Cholistan desert. The local pir controls the well, the only source of water. To break Pies monopoly, water-carrier Allah Wassayah, brings water from a neighboring village. The villagers celebrate when Data, a poor peasant, ultimately, manages to discover another source of water. The aridity of the desert is juxtaposed against the barrenness of Wassayah's wives and water against fertility.The play presents the reality of deprivation, misery, lack of basic amenities and the immoral exploitation by the venerated. Kala Meda Bhes is not just a tale of woe. The Individual and community problems have been woven with the inherent human resilience of celebration and affirmation of life and the eventual victory of good over evil. Kala Meda Bhes has been performed In the style-of a 'Swaang- the ancient theatrical form the Pothohar region of the Punjab. (The Misery Town)