In Search of their Voice: Women on the Periphery in Naga-Mandala

Authors

  • Dr. Aparna Joint Director, Academy of Agricultural Research and Education Management, Directorate of Human Resource Management, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar

Keywords:

Relationship, Voice of Women, Women’s Concerns, Oppressed Ordinary Women

Abstract

Relationships among different components of society form the core of Karnad’s plays. For Karnad man and woman are two forces which make and run the society. At the same time he is also conscious that woman does not get her due in our society. Naga-Mandala, published in 1988, presents the voice of ordinary women of our society. Women in our society form the core of existence—be it family or society, yet they do not get to express themselves. In fact, they have no say in the familial or societal matters. Thus women form their own groups where they share their innermost feelings. And though they are forced to live on the fringes, they voice their opinions and concerns as thinking and intelligent human beings in and through these women groups.  The present paper explores this need of women to speak and to be heard through Karnad’s Naga-Mandala. Karnad here uses two folk tales to bring before us the situation of women in the present social warp and weft. The paper makes an effort to show how Naga-Mandala elucidates that women, though living on the periphery, voice their opinions and concerns and lead a life of their choice within the boundaries fixed by the society.

References

Anand Kumar Raju, “A theatrical tour de force,” The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, 29 November, 1992, IV.

Manchi Sarat Babu, Gender Deformity in Indian Drama Today – A Study in the Theme of Cultural Deformity (New Delhi. Prestige Books, 1997), pp. 33-34.

Vijay Tendulkar, Silence! The Court is in Session, Five Plays (Bombay: Oxford Univ. press, 1992), p. 58.

Girish Karnad Act I Naga-Mandala in Three Plays , (Oxford University Press: New Delhi, 1994, rpt. 1995, 2002(8th impression)).p 7

Ibid Act II.p60

Ibid Act II.p45

Ibid Act II p47

Ibid Act I.p32

Ibid Act I.p34

“Drama’s turning point,” trans. Chaitanya, Spectrum, 11 June, 1994, IV

Naga-Mandala Act II, p. 51.

Ibid, p. 57.

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Published

01.04.2015

How to Cite

Aparna. (2015). In Search of their Voice: Women on the Periphery in Naga-Mandala. Journal of Teaching and Research in English Literature, 6(4), 29–36. Retrieved from https://journals.eltai.in/index.php/jtrel/article/view/JTREL060406

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 4 (2015): April

Section

Research Articles

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