International Journal of Contemporary Research In Multidisciplinary, 2024;3(5):20-23
Female Playwright's Decry of Protest for Social Injustice in 'Body Blows’
Author Name: Dr. Sheetal Khare;
Abstract
Manjula Padmanabhan, Dina Mehta, and Poile Sengupta are the leading contemporary Indian Women Dramatist of ‘Theatre of Protest’ in English. They deal with violence obligation on women in every sphere of their daily lives. This violence is multifaceted, not merely physical; it is more often mental and emotional. It affected the psyche of the victim that they are hard to comprehend and even more difficult to overcome. It is an analogy of three plays associated with the life of three characters which deal with childhood sexual abuse, rape, molestation in relation, and infidelity. Their plights remain constant even though society moves towards modernity. The female playwrights in this volume have focused on all these various kinds of violence as abuse, ill-treatment, sensitive nuanced texts that women face, etc. Together these plays make up a powerful volume focusing on the most important and problematic issues that turned into cancer to our society. Also, they have explored that women are sexual objects only; in this patriarchal society which inclines them to powerlessness.
Keywords
Natyaveda, psychological treatment, Body Blows, posters, neighbor