LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 14:4 April 2014
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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Individual Versus Society in Vijay Tendulkar’s
Silence! The Court is in Session

Manjeet

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The present paper is concerned with irresolvable conflicts between an individual and his or her society. Through the play Silence! The Court is in Session, Vijay Tendulkar reveals the fundamentally orthodox nature of society. The play discusses the problems of unmarried motherhood. The main character Miss Benare, who is self-determined and self-assertive, is cross- examined in the mock-court and her private life is exposed to everyone. Miss Benare is not only blamed but humiliated also by her own companions. The very men who give lectures on the dignity of women and motherhood are responsible for inflicting shame and indignity on her.

Tendulkar throws light on the inherent wickedness of human nature that neither allows anybody to be happy with life, nor endures others happiness. Through the rehearsal of the play, which is ostensibly a game, Tendulkar exposes the double standard of our society, which probes individual minds and forces its orthodoxical boundaries on individual wishes.

Keywords: Individual, Society, Patriarchal Dominance, Suppression, Orthodoxy, Culture, Assertiveness, Freedom, Self-realization.

Vijay Tendulkar – Multifaceted Creative Genius

Vijay Tendulkar is undeniably a great Indian playwright, known for his multifaceted creative genius. As a versatile and prolific Marathi writer he has authored twenty-eight full length dramas, twenty-four one act plays and eleven plays for children. Besides being an acclaimed dramatist he is well known for his literary essays, political journalism, screen and television writing. Despite his interest and involvement in different social political and literary activities, his genius finds full expression only in dramas. It is the subtle and complex nature of his plays that gives him a place of pride in the international galaxy of playwrights.

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Manjeet, Research Scholar
Department of English and Foreign Languages
MDU
Rohtak
Haryana
India
Narwalmanjeet3@gmail.com
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