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- Title
Mahasweta Devi's Water: A Critique of Social Reality and its Relevance.
- Authors
Singh, Krishna
- Abstract
The present paper endeavours to analyze Mahasweta Devi's play Water translated by Samik Bandyopadhyay as a document of social reality and its critique. Untouchability, caste and culture conflict, extreme poverty, illiteracy, lack of basic amenities of life, Naxalism, Government officials' apathy and administrative reluctance, nexus between Zamindars, administrative and police officers to exploit poor untouchables are the core issues dealt in dexterously. Rooted in history and following myth as well as contemporary reality, with socioeconomic milieus ranging from the urban bourgeoisie to the urban under world, rural untouchable settlements to rural tribal communities, the present play offers a view of India rarely seen in literature. Further, it closely studies the thematic concerns in her plays and different modes of exploitation prevalent in both urban and rural world. Uniqueness of her dramatic vision and her artistic excellence are also incorporated in the present study.
- Subjects
WATER (Play); DEVI, Mahasweta, 1926-2016; SOCIAL history in literature; BENGALI drama; BENGALI literature -- History &; criticism; DRAMA criticism
- Publication
Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies, 2015, Vol 6, Issue 4, p37
- ISSN
0976-0814
- Publication type
Article