This selection of six contemporary plays explores a wide range
of issues ? familial, social, mythological, political ? with women
centre stage. The plays are distinct from each other in structure,
theme and style, but are bound together by a common thread ? the
position and role of women in family, social and political systems.
Issues such as sexual abuse, in-law relationships, the trauma of
ageing, the struggle for women's empowerment, love and passion,
desire and revenge, and dynastic politics are discussed through the
varying perspectives of a number of characters, bringing an
immediacy and urgency to the subjects under consideration.
What is significant about the plays is that they highlight the
manipulation of the English language resulting with the
introduction of an ?Indian? syntax. Multilingualism is used to
offset the so-called ?westernisation? that has been the by-product
of the systematic globalisation of ?third world? countries. While
the plays are meant to be staged, they are also very
reader-friendly and will be entertaining as well as educative for
the general reader.
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