Interplay of Love, Sex, and Politics in Asif Currimbhoy’s Play Goa

Authors

  • Dr. Satya Paul Associate Professor of English, Govt. National P.G. College, Sirsa, Haryana

Keywords:

Goa, Love, Sex, Politics, Invasion

Abstract

Asif Currimbhoy (1928-94), an eminent contemporary Indian playwright has written plays on a wide variety of themes. His play Goa weaves themes of love, and sex along with the political theme of invasion of Goa in its texture. The love stories in the play run parallel to the story of Goa in such a way that the two mingle symbiotically. The present paper emphasizes how Currimbhoy has entwined interplay of love, sex, and politics in a single tapestry. It brings to the fore how the playwright draws a parallel between the love stories in the play and the story of invasion of Goa. In this paper the artistic skills of the playwright, who presents his thought by implication, indirection, and innuendo, rather than by direct statement, have been highlighted. Apart from this, Currimbhoy’s stylistic improvisations, allusions, and associations have been discussed with the help of appropriate quotes from the text of the play.

Author Biography

Dr. Satya Paul, Associate Professor of English, Govt. National P.G. College, Sirsa, Haryana

Dr. Satya Paul (M.A., NET, M. Phil., Ph.D.) is an Associate Professor of English, at Govt. National P.G. College, Sirsa, Haryana. In an academic career spanning over twenty years, he has presented over twenty research papers in various international and national seminars and conferences. Apart from this he has the credit of publishing a dozen research articles in reputed journals.

References

Bowers, Faubion. The World of Asif Currimbhoy. (Calcutta: Writers Workshop, n.d.) p.5.

Iyer, N.S. Musings on Indian Writing in English: Drama. (New Delhi: Sarup & Sons, 2007) p. 98.

Arthur Miller quoted in Studies in Contemporary Indian English Drama, edited by A.N. Dwivedi. (New Delhi: Kalyani, 1999) p. 32.

Currimbhoy, Asif. “Goa” Asif Currimbhoy’s Plays. (New Delhi: Oxford & IBH, n.d.) p. 25. All the subsequent references for Goa have been taken from the same edition; cited hereafter in the text with the initial letters of the play G and corresponding page number(s) in the parentheses.

Reddy, P. Bayapa. The Plays of Asif Currimbhoy. (Calcutta: Writers Workshop, 1985) p. 85.

Meserve, Ruth L. and Walter J. Meserve quoted in A.N. Dwivedi, p. 48.

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Published

01.01.2021

How to Cite

Satya Paul. (2021). Interplay of Love, Sex, and Politics in Asif Currimbhoy’s Play Goa. Journal of Teaching and Research in English Literature, 12(1), 10–17. Retrieved from https://journals.eltai.in/index.php/jtrel/article/view/JTREL120103

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2021): January

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Research Articles

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