Volume : 5, Issue : 9, September - 2016

Societal images in Asif Currimbhoy�s �The Hungry Ones�

M. M. Gopi, Dr. M. Sambaiah

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;Asif Currimbhoy is one of the great playwrights in Indian English literature. He is a diligent dramatist with his own definite views on the art of drama. His interest in what he sees around and how he reacts to it has ought him to the province of drama. The present play &ldquo;The Hungry Ones&rdquo; reveals a real image of society in Calcutta during 1960s. The play &ldquo;The Hungry Ones&rdquo; deals with different social issues and problems dominant in the contemporary times. Asif Currimbhoy&rsquo;s narrative techniques are different from other playwrights. Most of his plays represent social realism. The present play reveals the image of poverty in Calcutta during 1960s</p>