The World of 'Marginalised' in Mahasweta Devi's Play Mother of 1084
Keywords:
Mahasweta Devi, Tribal Folk, MarginalisedAbstract
Mahasweta Devi, the recipient of Padma Vibhushan, Magsaysay, Padmasree, covetous Gnanpith award (1996), and Yashwant Rao Chavan National Award for 2010 is a modern playwright and social activist. In this paper, a modest attempt has been made to explore the concerns of the marginalized section of the society as depicted by Mahasweta Devi in the play Mother of 1084. The play also focuses on the exploitation of the tribal folk, the landless workers by the landlords and money lenders of West Bengal.
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