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Dawande, Jitendra. "Mahesh Dattani as a Playwright or the Autobiographical Note in Mahesh Dattani's Plays." International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) 10, no. 10 (2021): 783–85. https://doi.org/10.21275/sr211014083450.

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Kalaiselvan, M. "Patriarchy and Communalism in Mahesh Dattani’s Final Solutions." Shanlax International Journal of English 12, no. 2 (2024): 48–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.34293/english.v12i2.7199.

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Mahesh Dattani’s themes highlight the problems that so many urban people face on a daily basis. These individuals may be living in historical transitions, torn between the alluring modernism and globalisation and the firm grasp of tradition and societal values. Skilled playwright and theatre professional Dattani discovers the problem, develops characters, and employs time, place, and the stage all in service of the subject he addresses. Indian urbanites of today make up the characters on stage. They work with socio-cultural tensions as their issues, and expressionism is his method. This articl

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Garima and Dr. Savita Ahuja. "SOCIAL SENSITIVITY IN THE SELECTED PLAYS OF MAHESH DATTANI." Universal Research Reports 11, no. 4 (2024): 318–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.36676/urr.v11.i4.1429.

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Mahesh Dattani is a modern Indian playwright who is well-known for confronting the complexities of Indian culture. The issues of social awareness that are present in the plays that he has chosen are discussed here. The plays of Dattani, which are often distinguished by their daring portrayal of forbidden issues, provide a challenge to the conventions of society and investigate the underlying currents of gender, sexuality, and the dynamics of communities. The examination focuses on plays such as "Bravely Fought the Queen," "Dance Like a Man," and "Night Queen," each of which provides a distinct

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M. Saravanan and V.S. Shiny. "THE STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL: THIRD GENDER IN MAHESH DATTANI’S SEVEN STEPS AROUND THE FIRE." ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts 5, no. 3 (2024): 553–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v5.i3.2024.2472.

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Indian playwrights like Mahesh Dattani emerged when the British sought to impose their culture and language. They blend English with native sensibilities to critique colonial dominance and address modern societal issues. Dattani’s plays, particularly Seven Steps Around the Fire, explore themes of gender and class oppression, focusing on the marginalized hijra (transgender) community. Dattani portrays their societal exclusion and the violence they endure and exposes the hypocrisy of a culture that simultaneously seeks their blessings yet denies them fundamental rights. Through the character of

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Jeyalakshmi, G. "Postcolonial Human Identity in Mahesh Dattani’s Select Plays." SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH 8, no. 3 (2020): 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.24113/ijellh.v8i3.10467.

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Mahesh Dattani is rightly regarded by the international Herald Tribune as one of the best and the most serious playwrights writing in English, His plays expose the violence of private thoughts and the hypocricy of public morality, Dattani wants to get rid of all kinds of evils in the society which spoil the degnifid life. All the atrocities in the name of religion, class, race, or gender can be eradicated if a person is able to understand the power of the human nature. It is not intelligent to be submissive to the cruelties of the oppressor and demising human dignity. This paper analyses a few

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Kumar, Manivendra, and Ananya Ghoshal. "Understanding humour as the catalyst to social reform: A study of Mahesh Dattani’s Where There Is a Will (1988)." Indian Theatre Journal 8, no. 1 (2024): 7–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/itj_00035_1.

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Mahesh Dattani (b. 1958) is a reformist playwright of modern India whose works have been interpreted as texts of social critique. Academics such as Erin B. Mee and Asha Kuthari Chowdhari have attributed his works to the ‘invisible issues’ permeating India’s urban middle classes. They have highlighted how Dattani portrays topics such as gender inequality, homosexuality and communal violence to appeal to the public in pursuit of social reform. This article proposes that humour, in addition to these themes, is an equally essential aspect of Dattani’s reformist visions. It argues that Dattani’s hu

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Jeyalakshmi, G. "Postcolonial Female Subalternity in Mahesh Dattani’s Tara." Shanlax International Journal of English 11, no. 2 (2023): 4–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.34293/english.v11i2.5792.

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Mahesh Dattani, one of the greatest dramatists of the contemporary age, focuses especially on the suppressed or the less-privileged people. He is not only a dramatist but also an actor and director. He deals with sensational issues like homosexuality, gay relationship, taboos, the position of women, and the hijra community. In Tara, Dattani has vehemently attacked the prevailing socio-cultural system in India, which poses several kinds of limitations, confinement, compulsions, and coercion to female children. They are not permitted either to act freely or to think freely. Tara is also the vict

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Oommen, Susan. "Inventing Narratives, Arousing Audiences: the Plays of Mahesh Dattani." New Theatre Quarterly 17, no. 4 (2001): 347–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266464x00014986.

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In this article Susan Oommen looks at the plays of the popular Indian dramatist Mahesh Dattani as conversations between the writer and his audience on models of reality, and interprets their performance as moments in subjectivization. In initiating an audience into redefining identity, she argues that Dattani provides the parameters within which problematizations may be reviewed and better understood. He also seeks to queer the debate on Indian middle-class morality, thereby challenging its privileged status and underscoring the interconnection between repression and invisibility. The question

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Garima and Dr. Savita Ahuja. "Mahesh Dattani as a playwright with strong social conscience having concerns for social issues prevalent in the society." Universal Research Reports 11, no. 4 (2024): 323–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.36676/urr.v11.i4.1430.

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Mahesh Dattani is a well-known Indian playwright who is recognized for writing plays that dive deeply into the intricate fabric of Indian culture and often touch topics that are regarded to be taboo. His paintings often exhibit a strong social conscience and bring attention to a variety of social concerns that are present in today's society. Within the context of Indian culture, Dattani's plays are notable for the way in which they investigate topics such as sexuality, gender, and interpersonal relationships. In his novels, Dattani is able to weave together personal hardships and larger societ

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K Naik, Bhavana. "Gender Representation in the Plays of Mahesh Dattani." International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) 10, no. 2 (2021): 1510–13. https://doi.org/10.21275/sr21225203951.

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Singh, Dr Pramod Kumar. "Mahesh Dattani’s “Do the Needful”: An Unconventional Romantic Comedy." SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH 8, no. 10 (2020): 74–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.24113/ijellh.v8i10.10802.

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Mahesh Dattani is a contemporary Indian English Dramatist who gave voice to the 60 million English speakers of India through his drama. He is the first dramatist recognised for his contribution in this field. Through his plays, he raises the problems of eunuch, homosexuality, transgender, child- sexual abuse, gender-discrimination, thought towards HIV-infected people etc. To such issues, he called them ‘fringe issue’ to whom we face but never take it as a part of society. Through ‘Do the Needful’ Mahesh Dattani has presented the problems of male homosexuality. The play was broadcasted by BBC.

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Singh, Dr Pramod Kumar. "Mahesh Dattani’s “Do the Needful”: An Unconventional Romantic Comedy." SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH 8, no. 10 (2020): 74–81. https://doi.org/10.24113/smji.v8i10.10802.

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Mahesh Dattani is a contemporary Indian English Dramatist who gave voice to the 60 million English speakers of India through his drama. He is the first dramatist recognised for his contribution in this field. Through his plays, he raises the problems of eunuch, homosexuality, transgender, child- sexual abuse, gender-discrimination, thought towards HIV-infected people etc. To such issues, he called them ‘fringe issue’ to whom we face but never take it as a part of society. Through ‘Do the Needful’ Mahesh Dattani has presented the problems of male homosexuality. The play was broadcasted by BBC.

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J.Jency, Amirtha. "A Tale of Gender Discrimination in Mahesh Dattain's Play Tara." Shanlax International Journal of English 7, no. 1 (2019): 101–4. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3457021.

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Mahesh Dattani’s play Tara deals with the theme of gender discrimination in the society.  The present paper discusses and analyses how Dattani’s has shown the issues of marginalization of women in this play.  It is a moving story of conjoined twins, Tara and Chandan.  The play highlights how much a boy is given more importance than a girl in an Indian family.  Dattani considers gender discrimination as unnatural and moral beliefs connected with principles bring out complex and multi-dimensional nature of issue.  The play pictures the unacceptable and strong

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Prashant, Yadav1. "Gender concerns in Mahesh Dattani's Tara." Gender concerns in Mahesh Dattani's Tara 8, no. 3 (2024): 145–49. https://doi.org/10.36993/ RJOE.2023.8.3.149.

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Mahesh Dattani’s Tara explores asurprising account of gender issuesinformed by preconception and inequalitythat occurs in Indian society against the girlchild. This research paper makes use ofMahesh Dattani’s play Tara, whichelaborates on the concept of socialproblems such as gender discrimination,sorrow, and melancholy, which areexperienced by both men and women inequal estimate. Gender bias, injustice doneon the basis of gender, and priority for malechildren in Indian society are matters thatare the focus of this research paper. Theplay Tara dictates the emotional andphysical sep

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Sigroha, Suman. "ROLE OF MEMORY IN SHAPING CHARACTERS� IDENTITY IN MAHESH DATTANI�S FINAL SOLUTIONS." Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature 13, no. 2 (2015): 227. http://dx.doi.org/10.24167/celt.v13i2.26.

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While writing of contemporary issues Mahesh Dattani constructs a sense of a shared urban cultural identity, which is upper-middle class, professional, English speaking and a cityfied identity. Memory plays a very important part in the plays. Public memory is time and again juxtaposed with personal memory, and it becomes a means to explain and justify the political acts committed for personal interests. This paper looks at how memory, personal as well public, shapes the identities (social, personal and religious) of characters in Mahesh Dattanis Final Solutions. Incidents are important, but onl

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Dr., Kanubhai D. Patel. "Women Exploitation as Depicted by Mahesh Dattani in the play Bravely Fought Queen." RESEARCH REVIEW International Journal of Multidisciplinary 03, no. 06 (2018): 516–17. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1346317.

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The attempt has been made to discuss the theme of women exploitation as depicted by Mahesh Dattani in his play, Bravely Fought Queen. Dattani explores the marginalization of women and also their attempt to articulate their voices against the patriarchal society that subjugates the women and makes them worth for nothing. The theme of exploitation is discussed in the light of three female characters Alka, Dolly and Daksha.

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Dr., Saroj Kumar. "CLASH OF NATURE, CULTURE AND SCIENCE IN MAHESH DATTANI' S PLAY, TARA." International Journal of Marketing & Financial Management Volume 5, Issue 6, Jun-2017 (2017): pp 72–76. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.825338.

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Mahesh Dattani’s play, Tara, has often been discussed in relation to feminism.But on closer inspection it communicates much deeper conflict than mere feminism. In one of his interviews Mahesh Dattani said, ‘… it's a play about the self, about the man and the woman in self, but a lot of people think of it as a play about the girl child’ (Mee, 1997: 21). The play indeed dramatizes, chiefly through the character of Dr. Thakkar whosepresence on the stage is almost consistent, the subtle conflict between scientific temper and cultural notations of life. This paper intends to focus the dramatic sign

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Pandey, Lavanya, Kumkum Ray, and Rashi Srivastava. "Exploring Gender Biasness in selected works of Mahesh Dattani." International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences 9, no. 3 (2024): 040–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijels.93.5.

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For decades the world has had rigid gender roles and constraints. This research paper examines instances of gender prejudice in the selected works of Mahesh Dattani, with a particular emphasis on his well-known plays Tara and Dance Like a Man. Using a multidisciplinary methodology, the research breaks down the complex layers of gender representation in these dramatic narratives by employing feminist theory, queer theory which aims at analyzing of gender roles in the society. The study examines how Dattani's characters negotiate power relationships, identity development, and societal expectatio

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Maan, Dr Samanveer. "Social Spectrum in the Plays of Mahesh Dattani." Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Science 13, no. 3 (2025): 08–10. https://doi.org/10.35629/9467-13030810.

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Mahesh Dattani is a unique and popular dramatist of Indian English Drama. He has created a vibrant new theatrical form which is a marked development for hither to stagnant stage of Indian English drama. All his plays throws light on the less discussed and untouched themes such as homosexuality, gender discrimination, eunuch issues, communalism etc relating to middle and upper middle class of urban society but these plays due to their universal appeal, crosses the linguistic and geographical barriers and appreciated by all types of audiences.

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Francis, V. "Anguish of the Gays in Mahesh Dattani’s On a Muggy Night in Mumbai." Shanlax International Journal of English 13, no. 2 (2025): 36–40. https://doi.org/10.34293/english.v13i2.8529.

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Mahesh Dattani is a multifaceted contemporary Indian English playwright who stormed the modern Indian theatre with his explosive subjects. Unlike the other playwrights who always dwell upon the beaten track man-woman relationship, he boldly ventures to speak for the gender minorities who are looked down upon by the common people. Dattani writes on the tabooed themes such as homosexuality, lesbianism, gay and transgender. He does not merely write to shock the public but to arouse awareness on the invisible problems faced by sexual minorities – mainly their repressed desires, innermost emotions,

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Maheswari, D., and J. Julie Prassana. "Communal Disharmony in Mahesh Dattani’s “Final Solution”." Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities 12, S1 (2024): 7–9. https://doi.org/10.34293/sijash.v12is1.8321.

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Mahesh Dattani explores the cause of communalism in Southeastern countries. He signals that the communalism of the present time aroused in British India, where British divided Indians based on caste and religion. Final Solution is a play about communal hatred. There is a long standing rancour in the minds of orthodox and conservative. The playwright has tried to bring sanity to the communal-persons. Bobby and Javed offer to bring water from the tap outside, but Aruna, who is rooted in old beliefs, does not allow them to touch the drinking water, saying that she has her ways and customs which s

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Jeya Sudha, M., S. Anish, and G. Georshia. "Signs of Marginal Frame of Mind in Mahesh Dattani’s Clearing the Rubble." Shanlax International Journal of English 10, S1-Jan (2022): 19–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.34293/english.v10is1-jan2022.4720.

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Mahesh Dattani is a Sahitya Akademiaward-winning dramatist. His play projects the problems faced by the marginal and unvoiced community. He represents the unvarnished realities of the contemporary society in a realistic tone. The play Clearing the Rubble dig deep into the marginal mentality that prevails in the mind of the people and also the efforts of marginal people to enhance their social status. Dattani expresses the marginal feel through various signs with beautiful metaphorical expressions. The existential crisis of the marginal people is also highlighted in the play through the margina

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Preeti Sharma and Dr. J.P. Singh. "VIJAY TENDULKAR AND MAHESH DATTANI'S SELECT PLAYS: VOICING THE MARGINALIZED." Innovative Research Thoughts 10, no. 4 (2024): 25–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.36676/irt.v10.i4.1523.

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The paper is an attempt to discuss how Mahesh Dattani and Vijay Tendulkar have highlighted the miseries of women folk in society. The cruelty inflicted on women exposes the intricate working of a patriarchal system that is instrumental in marginalizing them by giving them neither the rights nor access to resources. Dattani and Tendulkar, have written at different times and their canvass has been different but both have raised this issue through their plays. Both reflect on role change and rise of the feminine gender struggling with the dominant discourses of the system to gain the respect and

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Dr, Parul Tyagi. "Gender Inequality: A Study of Mahesh Dattani's Tara." Gender Inequality: A Study of Mahesh Dattani's Tara 4, no. 3 (2024): 9–16. https://doi.org/10.53413/IJTELL.2023.4302.

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Present work throws light on thewritings of Mahesh Dattani, presenting himas an eminent and outstanding playwright.Various themes from different plays by himare discussed, with special reference givento the play Tara. The play Tara by MaheshDattani addresses the subject of genderinequality. This essay aims to explore andcritique the problem of women'smarginalisation in the play. In an Indianhousehold, Tara, a female kid, is notfavoured above Chandan, a boy child. Thisessay makes an effort to examine genderdiscrimination in society, the injusticescommitted solely based on a person'sgender, and

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D. Mapari, Ms Dimple, and Shankarlal Khandelwal. "Performative Aspects of Mahesh Dattani’s Plays." International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences 7, no. 4 (2022): 231–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijels.74.33.

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Modern theatre in India comprises mainly of English, Hindi, Marathi and Hinglish (comprising of a mix of Hindi and English dialogues) plays. English theatre was brought to India during the British rule and was watched mostly by art connoisseurs of the rich, upper class. This, however, changed after independence, as, many Indians entered the fray and theatre slowly became open for common people too. The post-independence Indian English drama is notable for a wide range of subjects treated, issues presented and also it takes into its compass some globally appealing issues. It displays a remarkab

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Javed Iqbal. "Study of marginalization in Indian society through Mahesh Datani's "Tara"." World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews 2, no. 1 (2019): 034–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2019.2.1.1005.

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The 21st century has brought many social reforms, but the situation of women remains dire. Women have proven to be superior to men in many areas, yet society is not yet ready to see them as equals. The rigid conventions and unequal social laws of patriarchal societies, especially in the context of India, has always oppressed women. This paper attempts to highlight the impact of the performance nature of gender inequality in India through Mahesh Dattani's play Tara. Dattani emphasized how ingrained sexism is throughout Indian society, regardless of social or economic class. Many of Dattani's pl

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Maheswari, D., and C. G. Karthikadevi. "Communal Commotion in Mahesh Dattani’s “Final Solution”." Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities 11, S5 (2024): 6–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.34293/sijash.v11is5.7640.

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Mahesh Dattani explores the cause of communalism in Southeastern countries. He signals that the communalism of the present time aroused in British India, where British divided Indians based on caste and religion. Final Solution is a play about communal hatred. There is a long standing rancour in the minds of orthodox and conservative. The playwright has tried to bring sanity to the communal-persons. Bobby and Javed offer to bring water from the tap outside, but Aruna, who is rooted in old beliefs, does not allow them to touch the drinking water, saying that she has her ways and customs which s

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Madhu, Madhu. "Gender Differentiation And Women Empowerment With Reference To The Plays Of Mahesh Dattani." Shodh Sari-An International Multidisciplinary Journal 02, no. 04 (2023): 138–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.59231/sari7630.

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Mahesh Dattani is an Indian playwright who has written extensively about the lives of women in India. Dattani’s plays often explore the experiences of women in India, and how they are affected by social and cultural norms. This paper tries to discuss and explore the themes of gender discrimination, incest, patriarchy, women subordination, and power. In his plays, women are often shown as victims of patriarchal society. However, they also show how women can fight back against these forces. Dattani’s plays show that women are not simply victims of patriarchal society. They are strong and resilie

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Sharma, Dr Ramesh. "Mahesh Dattani’s ‘Clearing the Rubble’: A Critique of Centre Versus Margins." International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences 7, no. 3 (2022): 258–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijels.73.39.

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The present paper proposes to depict the reality of the society of modern times in a socio-realistic play ‘Clearing the Rubble’ by Mahesh Dattani. The main thrust of the paper is to throw light on the pathos of the marginalized section of society. Mahesh Dattani is a well known playwright who is known for his courageous attacks on the cruel and inhuman attitude towards the weak and marginalized categories. The paper examines how a society can be cruel enough to deny equal rights to their fellow beings on the basis of caste discrimination. ‘Clearing the Rubble’ brings treatment; the marginalize

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Biswas, Lilack. "Patriarchal Hegemony and Alienation of Women in Ma-hesh Dattani’s “Bravely Fought the Queen’’." International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences 10, no. 4 (2025): 118–23. https://doi.org/10.22161/ijels.104.18.

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The play “Bravely Fought the Queen” was written by Mahesh Dattani in 1991 and was published by Pen-guin Books in 2006. It delves into "questions of gender, sexuality, identity, and family politics all at once" (Rathee 31). Besides these inquiries, the play explores unique aspects of women's bravery, such as resili-ence and defiance in the quest for identity. "Dattani portrays unconventional, radical, and rational as-pects of societal issues, containing the seeds of the clash between the individual’s ‘self' and society's predetermined frameworks" (Agrawal 185). The playwright focuses on feminin

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Tripathi, Abha. "Crippled Mentalities and Debilitated Family Structure in Mahesh Dattani’s Tara." Creative Launcher 10, no. 2 (2025): 212–17. https://doi.org/10.53032/tcl.2025.10.2.24.

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Mahesh Dattani’s Tara is an exploration of gender discrimination, societal pressures and familial misfunctioning quite prevalent in the Indian society. Dattani has been one of those playwrights who has voiced and addressed many social concerns with conscientiousness and empathy. Likewise, his play, Tara revolves around the lives of the conjoined twins, Tara and Chandan who are prey to the fatal social customs. The play also explores how the deeply rooted patriarchal dominance designs their bleak futures. This paper delves into the psychological struggles of nearly all prominent characters who

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Dr. Om Prakash Ratnaker. "Gender Discrimination in Mahesh Dattani’s Tara: A Critical Analysis." Creative Launcher 7, no. 2 (2022): 31–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.53032/tcl.2022.7.2.04.

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Mahesh Dattani is a distinguished contemporary Indian playwright in English who works as a writer, stage and film director, actor, and theatrical personality. His plays are on the issues that arise in Indian contexts. He writes about those who are on the margins of society, such as minorities, women, gays, and transsexuals. The purpose of my paper is to investigate the female child's trauma in Mahesh Dattani's Tara. The predicament of Tara is akin to those of myriad unfortunate Indian females. In this conservative society, there are numerous obstacles to nurturing a girl child. On the one hand

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R., Kalaiselvi. "Gender Discrimination in Mahesh Dattani‟s Play Thirty Days in September." International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation 24, no. 4 (2020): 5934–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.37200/ijpr/v24i4/pr2020400.

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Subrata Saha, Asoke Howlader, Arindam Modak,. "THEATER AND HEALTH EDUCATION: REPRESENTATION IN SELECT PLAYS OF MAHESH DATTANI." Psychology and Education Journal 58, no. 2 (2021): 3982–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.17762/pae.v58i2.2668.

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Theater plays a crucial role to represent the life and manners of a particular society. It acts as an informal tool for developing consciousness and promoting empowerment through education. Contemporary theater in India is no exception to this. It has the efficacy to build critical awareness among common people in general and women in particular. It critiques the social inequality and opens up the scope for bringing consciousness about gendered violence prevalent in contemporary Indian society. From 1970s onwards, the emergence of urbanization and industrialization had offered various opportun

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Rajak, Purusattam. "Locating Sexual Dissidence and Body Politics in Mahesh Dattani’s on a Muggy Night in Mumbai." International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences 8, no. 1 (2023): 268–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijels.81.35.

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Mahesh Dattani, a Sahitya Akademi Award-winning dramatist and a prominent voice among modern Indian dramatists, has been utilising his theatrical talent as a weapon to inflict fatal blows on the traditional conservative notions of Indian culture. In his plays he endeavours to dissect the prejudices and hypocrisies of so called ‘civilized society’ towards the weak and vulnerable. This paper will attempt to study how the characters with sexual deviation in Mahesh Dattani's acclaimed play On a Muggy Night in Mumbai negotiate with several social and cultural imperatives. Dejected by his boyfriend

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Vinod Kumar and Dr Om Shiv Pandey. "Biological Diseases and Harmonious and Emotional Treatment in the Service of Humanity." Creative Launcher 5, no. 2 (2020): 128–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.53032/tcl.2020.5.2.15.

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Mahesh Dattani was among the few Indians who attempted to write plays in English during the post-independence period. His dramatic creations encouraged a new creative motivation for theatre aspirants who later exploited the nuances of the several Indian varieties of English on the stage. Dattani’s theatre group Playpen was formed in 1984 and he has directed several plays ranging from classical Greek to contemporary works. He wrote plays on new themes about body-that is not love but disease, a diseased body and mind. Crime, communal disharmony, misbehavior towards serious disease personalities

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Nidhish, Kumar Singh. "Existentialism and Conjugal Relationship: A Study of Mahesh Dattani's Uma and the Fairy Queen." Existentialism and Conjugal Relationship: A Study of Mahesh Dattani's Uma and the Fairy Queen 3, no. 1 (2024): 44–46. https://doi.org/10.53413/IJTELL.2021.3110.

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A conjugal relationship is generally defined as a relationshipbetween married partners who are interdependent socially,financially, physically, and emotionally. There is another lesspopular description of the term. The term is also applied todefine the relationship in which two partners live like amarried couple but are not married. This paper studiesMahesh Dattani’s radio plays Uma and the Fairy Queen inthe light of both senses of the term. Dattani has presented twomarried couples in the play who are married but theirmarriages are catastrophic alliances. The study of the playaims at loc

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Vinod Kumar and Dr Om Shiv Pandey. "Expression of Political Agenda of Eunuch’s Exploitation in Mahesh Dattani’s Seven Steps around the Fire." Creative Launcher 5, no. 3 (2020): 116–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.53032/tcl.2020.5.3.16.

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Mahesh Dattani is an uncompromising director and playwright. He has used varied lifelike theatrical forms to engage the spectator in identifying the emotions carried by the voiceless, marginalized as well as minority people in India. He stimulates people to understand the real situation, prevailing in society. He makes the most effective use of stage to reveal the angst of voiceless society of India that will push the Indian society into the next level of definition for social civilization. He has created a new world for common people to think by giving vent to the frustration and anger of the

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Mohd, Sharief. "Gender Equality is Still a Distant Dream: A Thematic Study of Mahesh Dattani's Play Tara." International Research Journal of Education and Technology 4, no. 1 (2022): 109–17. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6534193.

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The purpose of this paper is to discuss how Mahesh Dattani exposes the hypocrisy of modern Indian society, which prides of equality in terms of gender, caste, and creed. By putting these claims to the test in his play Tara, he paints a very different picture of society, one that is riddled with sex and gender discrimination. Dattani is unafraid to discuss society’s stark realities. He exposes the experiences of those who are marginalised in society, such as women, children, and homosexuals, who are discriminated against and ignored in the mainstream. As a result, Dattani appears to be a

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Abinaya Sudha, M., and M. Ashitha Varghese. "The Cultural Silencing of LGBT Voices in India with Reference to Do the Needful: A Radio Play." Shanlax International Journal of English 7, no. 4 (2019): 65–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.34293/english.v7i4.614.

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Culture deliberates the arts and philosophy, which are considered to be important for the development of civilization and mentality of the people. In a multicultural and multilingual country like India marginalisation of certain communities, including homosexual, is a significant problem that threads the fabric of our society. In modern society, gender and sexuality-based discrimination are witnessed all over the world. The term homosexuality has never gained social acceptance and has been treated down the ages as taboo subjects. Although sexual desires are a matter of instinctive behaviour, y

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Soni, Suraj, and Dr Vipan Pal Singh. "Identity Politics and Dehumanisation in Manjula Padmanabhan’s Harvest and Mahesh Dattani’s Dance Like a Man." International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences 9, no. 6 (2024): 354–58. https://doi.org/10.22161/ijels.96.58.

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This paper explores the themes of identity politics and dehumanisation in Mahesh Dattani’s Dance Like a Man (1989) and Manjula Padmanabhan’s Harvest (1997). Both plays explore the sociocultural and political implications of identity while acknowledging the transformative effects of late capitalism on actual landscapes. The selected works examine the tension between personal desire, economic disparity, societal expectations, and commodification of human life. While Dattani critiques traditional gender norms, Padmanabhan addresses the intersections of global capitalism. This paper argues that bo

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Roy, Debartha. "Indelible Memory Clots: Child Abuse in Select Plays of Mahesh Dattani." International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences 7, no. 3 (2022): 020–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijels.73.5.

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Child abuse is rampant in any society, regardless of its socio-economic or religious background. The purpose of this paper is to summarize how Mahesh Dattani addresses indecent treatment of children and incest abuse in some of his plays - a trauma that victims are often unable to open up to and are forced to cope with throughout their lives. It also presents the mental and physical ordeals faced by several of the characters due to their bitter childhood experiences: how Mala and her mother Shanta never recovers from their painful encounters with incest abuse (“Thirty Days in September”), taunt

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Sivakami, S. "Myths, Beliefs and Practices in the Select Plays of Mahesh Dattani." International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences 4, no. 1 (2019): 16–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijels.4.1.3.

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Neha, Kumari. "Sex, Gender and Sexuality: A Study of Mahesh Dattani's Play Seven Steps Around the Fire." Indian Journal of Health Sexuality and Culture 10, no. 1 (2024): 90–95. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13294016.

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The concept of ‘gender’ is typically placed in opposition to the concept of ‘sex’. While our sex (female/male) is a matter of biology, our gender (feminine/masculine) is a matter of culture. Mahesh Dattani deals with alternative sexuality and tabooed relationship in <em>Seven Steps Around the Fire</em> that unveils the courage of gay, Subramaniyam, who wishes to marry a transgender and faces terrible consequences in this heteronormative world. Discrimination against them is always translated into violence. Dattani, through his play, provides transgender people with a vo

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Sharma, Himani. "Plight of Daksha: Identity Crisis and Communal Violence in Final Solutions." SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH 8, no. 2 (2020): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.24113/ijellh.v8i2.10407.

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Mahesh Dattani is one among India’s avant garde dramatists. He worked as an actor, director, playwright, dancer and screenplay writer. He is one of the most serious contemporary playwrights writing in English. He is a master of language. He can express what he wants to say in any language. Throughout his dramas, he acts like a spokesman for all the marginalized people. His popular play ‘Final Solutions’ deals with the theme of communal hatred and violence. Exploring the issues of religion, hindu-muslim conflict, gender bias, generation thinking gap, Dattani seems to show the inner conflict ins

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V., Pugazhenthi. "Feministic Issues in Mahesh Dattani's "Dance Like a Man"." Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities 7, no. 1 (2019): 161–63. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3549281.

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Contemporary hypotheses of sexual orientation target foregrounding the issues of hostile to essentialism in sex jobs. The conventional division among sex and sexual orientation are brought to address, in order to recognize social instruction as the initiator of the both. Fixity of sexual orientation jobs as controlled by the general public has demonstrated to mistreat for people independent of their sex. Mahesh Dattani, one of the pioneers of present day Indian theater, has fundamentally drawn in with these talks in the Indian social setting. The present paper peruses the subtleties of the int

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Fatima, Sadaf. "Finding the Voice of Indian Urbanity – Through the Selected Texts of Girish Karnad and Mahesh Dattani." International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences 8, no. 4 (2023): 132–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijels.84.23.

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In the present paper, I have endeavored to review the development of Indian English theatre since 20th century to emphasize the common themes and dilemmas that the Indian playwrights writing in English had to deal with special reference to the process of assimilation of Indian themes with the Western genre. The focus is upon analyzing the text from a post-colonial perspective. The aim is to show the manifestation of hybrid cultures in the urban areas as have been successfully represented by the Indian dramas by Girish Karnad and Mahesh Dattani.

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Gouda, Mr Y. Srinivasa. "Typical Indian Parents’ Mentality Portrayed in the Drama “Do the Needful” by Mahesh Dattani." SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH 9, no. 5 (2021): 161–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.24113/ijellh.v9i5.11056.

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Mahesh Dattani is a well-known playwright and a film director of India, whose themes mainly revolve around modern-day Indian issues. Although the main theme of the drama “Do the Needful” is not about the mindsets of the Indian parents, the researcher has found it interesting that the dialogues between parents of the Lata and Alpesh sound very much like the typical parents of many households. The qualities that the parents look for in a Son-in-law of a Daughter-in-law, the discussion between the mother and father weighing the pros and cons of the match, forcing the wedding on their children, ta

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Lama, Bhaskar. "Homosexuality and Indian Civil Society: Reading Mahesh Dattani After Decriminalization of Section-377." Indian Journal of Gender Studies 27, no. 3 (2020): 349–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0971521520938978.

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The Indian Supreme Court in the Navtej Singh Johar vs Union of India judgement (6th September 2018), decriminalized homosexuality. However, the space cleared by the legal judgement cannot be immediately availed of by those affected by it because legally determined/defined space doesn’t necessarily become social space. This essay looks at the formation of this social space and the perception of homosexuality in civil society. It will examine the impediments of communication that homosexuals encounter in the heteronormative world, and the ensuing misunderstandings regarding homosexuality. It arg

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Singh, Aditya. "Evaluating Patriarchy in Select Works of Mahesh Dattani, Girish Karnad and Vijay Tendulkar." International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 11, no. 5 (2023): 5169–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2023.52412.

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Abstract: This research paper critically evaluates the theme of patriarchy in select works of three renowned Indian playwrights: Mahesh Dattani, Vijay Tendulkar, and Girish Karnad. Patriarchy, as a pervasive social system, influences power dynamics, gender roles, and relationships within societies. The objective of this study is to analyze how these playwrights explore the manifestations and consequences of patriarchy through their dramatic works. Through a comparative analysis of these playwrights' works, this study aims to highlight the diversity of approaches and perspectives in portraying

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