Encounter In Umbugland By Vijay Tendulkar

When an individual has the chance to grasp the severity of their power, the outcome tends to decrease their integrity and honesty. This statement applies to our Prime Ministers. Citizens and passionate supporters contribute to this severe power trip because they create the notion that

This is what Rani says to Naga in guise of Appanna: “You talk so nicely at night. But during the day I only have to open my mouth and you hiss like a … stupid snake” (p. 42). We are really moved by the pathetic picture of Rani’s predicaments. The play has contemporary relevance with today’s male-dominated society. Her loneliness, fantasies, hallucination really touch our hearts. One can imagine the misery of a newly married bride who is left all alone by her husband. She leaves her loving and caring parents for the sake of her husband only to meet the sad fate.

I have also examined the current political situation in Jamaica. Several young public leaders were brought in when a new administration was formed in January of this year. Currently a tense situation exists between two members of parliament and their constituents. Published information indicates that these men choose the moral high ground of political leadership by not engaging in garrison styled politics. They have refused to join the status quo of their party and may be facing political suicide.

The author makes use of stinging descriptions to bring images of Balram’s frustrated “beak” that leaps up every time Pinky Madam, Ashok’s high flying wife turns up in skimpy clothing to life, cunningly incorporating an ever so slightly lewd rendition of the life and times of the unabated dissatisfaction experienced by young men who give up their manhood and every shred of self esteem to serve their often insensitive employers with a sense of diligence born out of years of suppression and poverty.

The role of women in the Mahabharata makes an interesting and fascinating study providing insight into the strengths and weaknesses of their character. In the Mahabharata, four women play pivotal role in the course of events. The men play dice and wage wars in Mahabharata, as anywhere else; but it is the women who hold power and influence. It is the women who direct the course of events and unconsciously determine the fate of men and their generations to follow. The women are the true leaders of the Epic. These women displayed that the truly powerful do not cling to power. They knew when and how to wield it but also, even more important, to when not to use it.

In the earlier theatre, the voice that hinted or highlighted the issues faced by women in the Indian household was absent. With the rise of feminist theatre, women came into forefront where they themselves expressed their feelings towards the oppression which they themselves have witnessed as a victim, a unique identity of the women was created on the stage with the ‘freedom’ to use their own language, tone and above all to have their own voice and tongue to ‘express’ their feeling. Feminist theatre brought about a change in women’s lives as it provided a platform to the women to speak and express moreover it worked as juncture to perform the art as well as critique the social system of oppression and inequality. It was first of its kind where Indian dramatists came up with these issues and for the theatre moreover it worked as a great challenge to the conventional and traditional notions of

The Indian classical epic Mahabharata has been popular worldwide since its translation to English. Earlier than that as well, the tales of the great war, moral values that the text imparted and stories of the unmatched warrior princes were narrated by the natives throughout the country, passed down through generations. There has been many different versions of the text, oral as well as written, that produced varied ideas and perspective regarding the story of ancient Indian royalty that the text narrates.

In addition, Mistry uses the Prime minister as an example to illustrate that in their nation, anything is possible with wealth and power. Although the prime minister is known to be “guilty of election malpractice”, she used the power that she possesses to defend herself from the crimes that she has committed (76). This illustrates that when one has enough power and wealth, it is only a simple task to manipulate and control the people with less power. This is similar to how she started attacking the poor and powerless beggars and sending them to the Sterilization camp to sterilize them, in order for her to protect India from over population. This shows how using the power, she was able to change the laws and protect her position as the prime minister. However, she only manipulates the laws against the poor because if she tried to control the rich, that would ruin her reputation as people would protest against the inhumanity that she is causing against the law. Therefore, it is clear how the serving of justice is being imbalanced between the poor and the rich as more poor people are being served with injustice.

This book is a remagination of the famous Indian epic, the Mahabharata from the point of view of a strong woman- Paanchali, the wife of the legendary Pandavas brothers. Takes us back to the time that half history, myth and fully magical, giving us a new interpretation the ancient tale. The novel takes us through the life princess Paanchali from her birth in fire followed by her spirited balancing act as a woman with five husbands. Their quest in reclaiming

This play is a classic example of protest apartheid. This was well known as protest theatre. The play has four scenes and is based in a prison

The wise politician is said to be the one who affects change by making wholesome things seem just and instead of pernicious. “Whatever in any city is regarded as just and admirable is just and admirable,

History has witnessed where women were considered to be mere dependent individuals who does not have their own ‘self’ and ‘life’ as their faith before marriage was considered to be tied to their father and after marriage with their husband. That is why a widow’s life was considered as a burden on earth. Being a girl, none was motivated for education, no platform was built to set their career. But there are instances where history has also seen women in some of the powerful positions. As mentioned in the earlier chapter, while Jatra step down to Assam from Bengal, the women at that point had the only option to appreciate as a spectator from far off. The role of women was played by men itself and this continued for a long. By then came the theatre moment in Assam where women’s participation could not be considered so effortlessly. But later with the passage of time finally the presence of women can be marked both in Jatra and other forms of theatre. Girls would dress in different attires to represent mythological characters in Jatra. Young girls would love to dress up with heavy make-up and with great zeal and excitement, to perform their respective roles. People from nearby and far off villages would come to watch their performances. The loud applause of audiences give them immense motivation to carry on and especially being a woman to receive appreciation for their work

The traditions, culture and society in India have given precedence to men over women in multitude of issues concerning family, administration, decision-making and several other matters of high magnitude. This gender bias has gradually taken a shape as male chauvinism, which resulted in the oppression of women and subjected them to insufferable physical, psychological, moral and ethical castigation. Women, albeit contribute equally with men in societal and domestic affairs, are not allowed to enjoy equal status with men in traditional India. Indian society has always manifested them as obedient daughters, dedicated mothers, devoted wives and loving siblings. The funniest thing in Indian culture is a mother, being a woman, alienates her daughter and manifests antagonism to her, if she makes attempts to question gender-bias in her family or in society. The novel is an impeccable manifestation of post colonial period where a woman is fighting for her constitutional rights for education and power. The female protagonist Saritha in the novel acquires good education and becomes a doctor despite her mother’s antipathy to girl education. She sustains her mother’s antagonism to her who perpetually maltreats her with her offhand attitude to her very existence in the family as she wrongly concludes her as the murderess of her dear brother, Dhruva. Further, she is estranged from her family as she marries a person of her choice. Her husband, Manohar is a school teacher. Saritha, being a

Gender discrimination and Patriarchal oppression in Mahesh Dattani’s plays Tara and Bravely Fought the Queen.

Nehru enjoyed great credibility among his contemporary Indians and his speech had great effect on them because he himself was a very prominent figure in one of the greatest freedom struggles in the history of mankind; where as in the corruption-ridden political culture of modern India the same words as spoken by Nehru could be spurned and ridiculed by a great many educated Indians.