The story of one Tara, The reality of a million Taras

Noella Pereira

• Publisher: GRIN Verlag
• Year: 2014
• Edition: 0
• eBook ISBN:
  9783656645030
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Asian Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

Essay from the year 2014 in the subject Literature - Asia, grade: A, course: M.A Hons. English Literature, language: English, abstract: Wading through the tempestuous waters within which our society is drowning, is India's firstSahitya Akademi award winning dramatist, Mahesh Dattani. He is a humanist who uses hismultifaceted personae as a weapon in his fight against inhumanity. Dattani sees in societywhat others wish to ignore. His works are a plea for humane treatment of homosexuals, equality towards women and moreover equal rights for every small section of societyincluding the hijras. His plays question all kinds of discrimination, be it religious prejudice, gender discrimination or even homosexuality. His plays not only bring up gender issues andthe space allotted to women in a patriarchal society, but also deal with gender prejudiceswhich affect the lives of the female child even amongst educated, urban families.Mahesh Dattani is a name that guided the weakling Indian English Drama on the path ofreliability, steadfastness and distinct identity. He has an ability to amalgamate the traditionalbeliefs with ultramodern disposition and conviction. His plays are heavily charged with sociopolitical, emotional, physiological and psychological issues. Many of his plays deal withfamilial issues wherein the family members are trapped in social constraints and struggle towrestle out of societal pressures. Dattani's plays expose the violence of our "private thoughts, and the hypocrisy of our public morals" (Kumar, "Mahesh Dattani's Collected Plays"). [...]