The term politics is no way derogatory with regard to its theory and practice provided, it goes along the highway of service for mankind‟s sake. It provides solid ground to accelerate maximum benefits to maximum number of people. At present, it has entered swiftly into laymen‟s dictionary. It is used and abused simultaneously. Those must not aspire politics if don‟t have ability to feel the pulse of people. A true politician enjoys the confidence and faith of his/her people whereas fraudulent loses. To him, politics is no less than a sacred commitment. The aspirations and feelings of people decide the routes of politics. If aspirations of a few people are taken into consideration, our politics will go astray right away. Healthy politics looks
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In Tendulkar’s plays women are at the centre. The action of the play revolves around women. Protest is also seen in his plays. A woman attempts to get self-identity in the play ‘Encounter in Umbugland’. In this play we can see the dominance of collectivist culture and patriarchal society. Here we see the conflict of individual and a group. We see inequality that leads to discrimination between man and woman. Majority of the women have been suffering under the male dominance. Women are treated as subordinate though they are bread winner. They have never any right in decision making. Women have to keep their views with them, they are not allowed to express it. If the woman follows these norms set by men, she is considered as an ideal woman. If she challenges to these norms she is called as a rebellious. Vijay Tendulkar in his play Encounter in Umbugland (1968) satirizes political games. He found the politics and politicians of late sixties bogus and corrupt. Arundhati Banerjee pinpoints about the play that “it unveils the essential nature of the game of politics as also the basic craving for power in human nature. The powerful satire that Tendulkar builds exposes the intricate political intrigues designed to attain positions of authority and the corruption involved in holding on to them.” The central thesis of the play is that all power …show more content…
It was translated into English by Priya Adarkar. It is an allegorical play about the political scenario in India of the sixties. When Pandit Nehru had died then a question arose ‘who will P.M. after Nehru?’ This play also echoes the same question, “After vichitravirya who?” the chorus repeatedly raises the question. Princess Vijaya stands for the Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi. After the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri there was political war between leaders about to choose P.M. The senior leaders of the Congress party at last chose
In Tendulkar’s plays women are at the centre. The action of the play revolves around women. Protest is also seen in his plays. A woman attempts to get self-identity in the play ‘Encounter in Umbugland’. In this play we can see the dominance of collectivist culture and patriarchal society. Here we see the conflict of individual and a group. We see inequality that leads to discrimination between man and woman. Majority of the women have been suffering under the male dominance. Women are treated as subordinate though they are bread winner. They have never any right in decision making. Women have to keep their views with them, they are not allowed to express it. If the woman follows these norms set by men, she is considered as an ideal woman. If she challenges to these norms she is called as a rebellious. Vijay Tendulkar in his play Encounter in Umbugland (1968) satirizes political games. He found the politics and politicians of late sixties bogus and corrupt. Arundhati Banerjee pinpoints about the play that “it unveils the essential nature of the game of politics as also the basic craving for power in human nature. The powerful satire that Tendulkar builds exposes the intricate political intrigues designed to attain positions of authority and the corruption involved in holding on to them.” The central thesis of the play is that all power …show more content…
It was translated into English by Priya Adarkar. It is an allegorical play about the political scenario in India of the sixties. When Pandit Nehru had died then a question arose ‘who will P.M. after Nehru?’ This play also echoes the same question, “After vichitravirya who?” the chorus repeatedly raises the question. Princess Vijaya stands for the Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi. After the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri there was political war between leaders about to choose P.M. The senior leaders of the Congress party at last chose