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| Article Name : | | | GENDER DISCRIMINATION AND SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE PLAY OF MAHESH DATTANI: TARA | | Author Name : | | | Khobragade Grishma Manikrao | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-761 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | In the present paper, it is proposed to study mainly the dramas of Mahesh Dattani with the reference to the Gender bias and Social consciousness in Indian social system. Contemporary Indian English drama portrays images of protagonists confined to rigid tradition and orthodoxy. The drama produced after independence show that the western culture has been partly assimilated by Indians. In this study, therefore an attempt will be made to scrutinize Mahesh Dattani’s drama to show how he is conscious of the social system and that have come up in the contemporary India. The study is based on the hypothesis that Mahesh Dattani’s drama effectively depicts the gender discrimination and social consciousness of modern India. Today’s modern Indian drama highlights on the some current social issues and the real life problems. The purpose of paper here is to discuss Mahesh Dattani’s “Tara”(1990).and Dance Like Man His plays deal with the social and contemporary issues Dattani’s plays are about the marginalized sections of our society:, women, gays, and hijras (eunuch). His plays raise question of discrimination, including, gender discrimination and homosexuality. His plays not only bring up gender issues and the liberty fixed to women in a patriarchal society, but also they deal with gender biases and prejudices which influence the lives of girl-children even amongst middle class educated society. | | Keywords : | | |
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