Volume : 7, Issue : 8, August - 2018

Mahes Dattani's Dance like a Man, a scope to study "Our own individual self versus class consciousness"

Kalyan Kishor Barman

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;India is reach in dramatic performances and it can be traced back to as early as 200 B.C.E. These dramatic activities</p> <div>are regarded as exquisite achievements in Indian literature. These dramatic activities in India claim special attention</div> <div>because these were purely Indian in origin without any foreign in􀃸uences. The credit goes to ancient Sanskrit Literature. These dramatic</div> <div>activities were rich examples of enrich Indian literature which attracted many eminent scholars all over the world and encouraged them to</div> <div>translate these plays into many foreign languages for the bene􀃶t of humanity. Among these scholars are Dr. Horce, H. Wilson M. L.</div> <div>Varadpande. Although these dramas had certain feedbacks but these did not marred their illiance. The dramatists who contributed</div> <div>heavily are Kalidas, Ashwa Ghosh, Bhasa, Sudraka, Harsha, Bishakha Dutta etc. some famous works of that time are Urubhanga, A tragedy,</div> <div>Romance like Abhijana-Sakuntalam by Kalidasa. These plays enjoyed considerable freedom in the matter of subject choice, which varied</div> <div>according to the writer. These dramas mostly preferred subjects of Hindu scripture, mythology, saga, eminent persons or kings of that</div> <div>period etc. but these plays had a common fate that is they must ended happily as because dramas at that time were a means of</div> <div>entertainment and must produce Rasa and ful􀃶ll the emotional and moral necessity of the people of that period.</div>