India has a glorious history of drama from the ancient times. Drama begins its journey in India with the Sanskrit plays. Indian drama is characterized with the rituals, folks, cultural heritage etc. But the major concern of contemporary Indian drama is the representation of socio-political scenario, marginalization, gender discrimination, oppression, poverty and hunger. A general consensus seems to have emerged that though the social criticism, corruption, oppression, gender discrimination can be found in drama in earlier times, these specific features of drama appear in a pronounced manner in the works of the contemporary dramatists.
Nowadays Indian plays highlight on some current social issues and the problems of everyday life. Vijay Tendulkar …show more content…
The Court is in Session’ is a satire against the rigid tradition, customs, orthodoxy and the social ills of the middle class society. The play also deals with the traditional and backward culture of narrow minded Indian. It is an attempt of Vijay Tendulkar to criticize the social ills and follies that prevail in our society. Tendulkar represents a societal reformation through the play ‘Silence! The Court is in Session’. While a couple commits adultery, it means both the male and female partner are equally responsible. But in the conventional Indian society, only woman is held responsible. Here, Tendulkar tries to represent the ugly aspect of the society and the gender discrimination of the male dominated Indian society through the character of Miss Leela Benare. ‘Silence! The Court is in Session’ displays a concern for the pathetic position of women in the male dominated Indian World. Varun Gulati rightly …show more content…
The Court is in Session is a bitter satire against the existing judicial system of India. Tendulkar takes dig on the Indian judicial procedure in a satirical way. He dexterously hits off the hypocrisy and ills of the judicial system through the satire. It is an interesting attempt of Tendulkar to criticize the meanness, follies and hypocrisy that prevail in our judicial procedure. He also presents a treatment of those hypocrisy and limitations. Tendulkar displays a concern for the present day court procedure, its degradation, inadequacy, limitations and its loss of dignity and faith. It is said that there is equality before law. But in reality the picture of equality is quite different. Here just because of being female Miss Leela Benare is suppressed to the supremacy of male. A court should be a symbol of justice, equality, balance, seriousness and decorum. A witness box must have an exact position in the court room. A witness must take an oath keeping his or her hand on some holy or religious scripture during the trial. But in this play the witnesses take oath touching the Oxford English Dictionary. It is considered that a judicial court is supposed to be a symbol of high seriousness and decorum. But, here, the judge Mr. Kashikar jumps into the witness box violating all procedures and decorum and declares his opinion from the witness box. To show the meanness and follies of the Indian judicial procedure Dr. Medikonda Sambaiah and Mrs. Katumala Sandhya states that
Nowadays Indian plays highlight on some current social issues and the problems of everyday life. Vijay Tendulkar …show more content…
The Court is in Session’ is a satire against the rigid tradition, customs, orthodoxy and the social ills of the middle class society. The play also deals with the traditional and backward culture of narrow minded Indian. It is an attempt of Vijay Tendulkar to criticize the social ills and follies that prevail in our society. Tendulkar represents a societal reformation through the play ‘Silence! The Court is in Session’. While a couple commits adultery, it means both the male and female partner are equally responsible. But in the conventional Indian society, only woman is held responsible. Here, Tendulkar tries to represent the ugly aspect of the society and the gender discrimination of the male dominated Indian society through the character of Miss Leela Benare. ‘Silence! The Court is in Session’ displays a concern for the pathetic position of women in the male dominated Indian World. Varun Gulati rightly …show more content…
The Court is in Session is a bitter satire against the existing judicial system of India. Tendulkar takes dig on the Indian judicial procedure in a satirical way. He dexterously hits off the hypocrisy and ills of the judicial system through the satire. It is an interesting attempt of Tendulkar to criticize the meanness, follies and hypocrisy that prevail in our judicial procedure. He also presents a treatment of those hypocrisy and limitations. Tendulkar displays a concern for the present day court procedure, its degradation, inadequacy, limitations and its loss of dignity and faith. It is said that there is equality before law. But in reality the picture of equality is quite different. Here just because of being female Miss Leela Benare is suppressed to the supremacy of male. A court should be a symbol of justice, equality, balance, seriousness and decorum. A witness box must have an exact position in the court room. A witness must take an oath keeping his or her hand on some holy or religious scripture during the trial. But in this play the witnesses take oath touching the Oxford English Dictionary. It is considered that a judicial court is supposed to be a symbol of high seriousness and decorum. But, here, the judge Mr. Kashikar jumps into the witness box violating all procedures and decorum and declares his opinion from the witness box. To show the meanness and follies of the Indian judicial procedure Dr. Medikonda Sambaiah and Mrs. Katumala Sandhya states that