Gender Roles In Tara, By Mahesh Dattani

Shashi Deshpande is one of the famous contemporary Indian novelists in English. She writes about the conflict between tradition and modernity in relation to women in middle class society. Shashi Deshpande’s novel deals with the theme of the quest for a female identity. The complexities of man-woman relationship especially in the context of marriage, the trauma of a disturbed adolescence. The Indian woman has for years been a silent sufferer. While she has played different roles-as a wife, mother, sister and daughter, she has never been able to claim her own individuality. Shashi Deshpande has emerged as a writer possessing deep insight into the female psyche. Focusing on the marital relation she seeks to expose the tradition

Gender inequality is displayed in many countries around the globe. In India, the society begins gendering as soon as a child is born. In most cases, the birth of a daughter is unwelcome but that of a son is celebrated. The boys are brought up bold and outgoing while the girls are expected to be at home and do chores. While the other discriminations like economic or social discriminations are present outside the home, but gender discrimination is present outside and inside households. In a familial setup, the father is the head of the family and decision maker. The mother generally performs the ‘home making’. Even if the woman is employed, she is expected to do the domestic chores, in addition to her job. Even though she earns, she does not have the freedom to plan her salary or decide anything.

Gender inequality has been a crucial issue throughout the years all around the world for the past few decades. Women are mistreated and often oppressed by patriarchal societies. Women’s rights are often dismissed and it is believed that women are not capable of being independent which has highly affects women population.

In the world today, there are also many countries that consider women to be in a lower social class than men. In fact, on January 22 last year, the Indian Times released this statement: “A kangaroo court last Sunday decided that the victim be raped by 10 men as she had committed a crime by having an affair outside the community. The tribal heads had found that the sin of the 20-year-old can be only undone if she gets raped by 10 tribal men.” Gender inequality is not just seen in India, but also around the world. They are denied any power or any string that ties them to being a valued human life. In Saudi Arabia, women are denied a driver's license. In China, female babies are being killed because of the “one-child” policy and their preference

In many parts of the world females still have very little rights. Indeed, equality between men and women have been accepted by the majority of the developed countries, but developing countries still struggle to see women as equals to men, and India is one of the worst. Currently, the Indian National Congress Party is only 10% female, limiting the say women get. In India, women are definitely not seen as equals to men are being treated like second rate citizens. It also really says something about the inequality in a country when its women are so used to being treated badly most of them do not even recognize that they have rights. In India, men were always valued more than women, which is why an estimated ten million female foetuses are aborted every year. The lack of females in areas leads to crimes like human trafficking for sexual reasons like giving birth to more children. Old traditions and beliefs are the main reasons to why millions of female foetuses are aborted every year, but it is also the reason behind bride burning, another serious issue in India.

In India, there are many groups who affect the human race either gender like women by many aspects of sexism and violence. This means that there are reasons for sexism in India. Moreover, There is specific research on sexism mostly in favour of men over women. We find that in India there are many social issues of violence against women. The constitution of India has granted men and women equal rights, gender disparity still remains. Gender discrimination violates is a fundamental right so this human right is given to all human in the world from baby to adult not only for men but also for all women.

Many women face discrimination throughout all stages of their life, beginning at (or even before) birth continuing as an infant, child, adolescent, and adult. While in the educated, urban middle class women’s rights continue to improve, there remains a strong bias against gender equality in those societal parts of India, where patriarchal traditions prevail; her self-image was torn into shreds by the patriarchal family which denied her basic freedom. Indian womanhood was mercilessly locked in the echo

Women’s rights have come along way since the first feminist movement. Today women have the right to vote, have access to birth control, have the ability to play sports, etc. Advocates for women’s rights might even argue that there is no longer much to be done for women. Aside from the groups who feel as though men and women have equal rights, there is still a large gap between the two genders. The power struggle between men and women has much to do with the current gender gap worldwide. Gender inequality is a multilevel system of differences and disadvantages in socioeconomics and culture. In total, these beliefs produce a mainly male dominant society where male control over socially valued resources and opportunities are far greater than

Women in India could not own property at all until 1937. Even then, women were only granted that right through family inheritance or their marital status. It is still rare for women to be in possession of land despite the number of acts that have passed over the century. From British colonial rule through postcolonial times and even now, women are still having to express their desire for rights that men have like inheritance and ownership. During colonial times, progress was made by simply the idea of women having rights being expressed. It was seen to conflict with the Hindu beliefs and practices, so most of the time rights for women were only written, not actually implemented. Furthermore, the debates were ongoing and over the years as people persisted, bills like the Age of Consent Act of 1891 and the Hindu Succession Bill of 1956 were passed. The reason for all the opposition of reforming Hindu laws was usually due to how much it interfered with Hindu practices and traditional family values. The more rights women received, the less authenticity was left in the Hindu culture therefore being seen as destructive to the Indian, patriarchal society despite the progress made for women (Williams, 2013). This shows that Hindu itself hinders progress from being made for all people and benefits men more than it does women. Simply put, the

Gender inequality is a social problem that is widespread in society. It is referred to as the unfair treatment of individuals based on one 's gender. Historically, laws have opposed women to go to school, access certain jobs, and purchase property. Gender inequality has been experience through culture – honor-killing, sex-selective abortion, and society – occupation, gender roles, and education. The social expectations of men and women differ between cultures that are constructed socially and culturally. These expectations are displayed in roles, and behavior believed both by men and women and their interdependent relationships. Gender inequality can be further understood through the structure of sexism. Discrimination takes place in gender inequality for the reason that men and women are treated on the basis of gender alone (Amjad, R., Ashfaq, M., Kousar, R., Saghir, A., 2010).

Women’s Human rights are those minimum rights which are compulsorily obtainable by every individual as women are the member of human family. The constitution of India also give authority the equality of rights of both gender. However, in the globe of women’s rights in India, there occured generally in many parts of India. As per sociology professor,Poonam Dhanda, Indian society

There is no law who proves one gender superior to another and hence, rejection of equality for the women’s right is a great disrespect to her dignity as well. Equality for both the genders is very essential for the continuous human progress and revolution of the society. As both men and women came from the same spirit, so there rights should also be equal in every aspect of life. Women should be given the equal liberty as men have whether in choosing a career, right to work, marriage, or involvement in important decisions etc.

In Marathi folk tradition the Sutradhar introduces the play and greets the audience and then goes off the stage. But Ghashiram Kotwal, being a combination of classical, folk, and modern form, the sutradhar stays on the play from beginning to the end. Tendulkar’s brilliant fusion of Bharata’s Lokdharmi and Natyadharmi makes this play one of a kind. It is one such play where the Sutradhar can comment or even directly talk to the audience, or stand by silently as a spectator. The role of the Sutradhar is played by Haridasa in the play. He is an actor and a commentator. The Sutradhar comments on the incidents rhythmically. And it is followed with the last rhyming words by the Brahmin line. The play is truly an innovative experiment that offers a new direction to modern Indian Theatre due to Tendulkar’s

The oppression of women is based on false assumption and preconceived notions by the male domination world, has been obvious and responsible for paving the way for serious gender issues to emerge. Due to the narrow realms of activity in society, deprived from essential human rights, restricted educations scope, open to unhealthy physical and mental abuse, this society has not given women the opportunity to rise to their full potential. The impact of gender discrimination has not only affected the future of the women today but it has resulted in the slow progress of human mind in general.

Ganguli says her play is about “all” of us and that Sanichari represents “women in general.” She adds, “I believe that the Indian woman, whether it’s Sanichari or someone from the middle or upper class, is highly exploited in our society. Somehow I see Sanichari protesting against society [on the] whole.” (Mee: 9-10) Anjum Katyal notes that in Mahasweta Devi’s novel the upper classes, whereas in Ganguli’s play men exploit women. Nonetheless, Ganguli’s play retains Mahasweta Devi’s economic critique. (Mee 9-10)