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Gender Troubles in Mahesh Dattani's Writings

Lt. S. Nithya
Dr. A. R. Chitra
Mr. Sibi Chakaravarty and
Dr. P. Shanmugam

Abstract

Gender has been a problem since humans came into existence. Mahesh Dattani is one of the key writers who has influenced by such sort of ideology. Everything in the universe exists for a purpose. There is nothing taboo in the creation of nature. Dattani makes these vivid concepts as the primary theme of his writing. This paper is a study of gender troubles not only in India but globally.

Keywords:Queer, Gender, Bias, Dattani.

Introduction

Famous Indian playwright, actor, and director Mahesh Dattani was born in Bangalore, India, in 1958. Final Solutions, Dance Like a Man, Bravely Fought the Queen, On a Muggy Night in Mumbai, Tara, and other notable works are among his best-known compositions. The majority of his works address topics such as sexuality, feminism, identity crises, patriarchy, and the oppression of women, among many other social stigmas. The Sahitya Akademi Award for Final Solutions and Other Plays was given to Dattani in 1998. He is a well-known actor in Indian theater. Using Indian families as his medium, he conveys the contradictory nature of contemporary Indian society.

In India, feminism refers to a collection of movements that work toward giving Indian women equal opportunities and rights in the political, economic, and social spheres. It is the fight for women's rights in Indian society. There have been three distinct phases to the history of feminism in India: the first started in the middle of the 1800s when male European colonists started speaking out against the social evils of Sati; the second began in 1915 and continued until Indian independence, when Gandhi included women's movements into the Quit India movement and autonomous women's organizations started to form; and the third, post-independence, has concentrated on equal treatment of women at home after marriage, in the workforce, and in their right to political parity.

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Lt. S. Nithya
Assistant Professor
Department of English and Foreign Languages
Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore – 22 and
Research Scholar
PG Research Department of English
Government Arts College, Coimbatore – 18.

Dr. A. R. Chitra
Associate Professor & Research Guide
Department of English
Government College of Arts and Science for Women, Coimbatore – 45.

Mr. Sibi Chakaravarty
Assistant Professor of English
K.S. Rangasamy College of Arts and Science, Tiruchengode and
Research Scholar
PG Research Department of English
Government Arts College, Coimbatore – 18.

&
Dr. P. Shanmugam
Assistant Professor
Department of English (S&H)
Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan College of Engineering, Coimbatore – 05.
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