GENDER INEQUITY IN MAHESH DATTANI’S TARA: AN ACUTE STUDY

Author Name: R. Vengatammal

Volume/Issue: 02/12

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/06.2022-24828516/UIJIR

Affiliation:

MA Graduate, G. Venkataswamy Naidu College, Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu, India

ABSTRACT

The play Tara is an attempt to study the identity crisis of a girl child in the Indian society by analyzing moving story of the conjoined twins, Tara and Chandan. In this play Tara mother Bharti spoils the life of her own daughter and later she feels her guiltiness. Also the play a partly touches the issues of gender discrimination. Through this play Dattani shows survival and the struggle of a girl in this male dominated society. The play is about gender based injustice and how the male given preference to the female in a family also it displays the issues are based on the class, community and moral values. Throughout the play that shows bitter truth of a child abuse that are happening in the Indian society.

Key words: Gender, discrimination, child infanticide, guilt, marginalization and patriarchal