LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 13:6 June 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

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Asif Currimbhoy’s The Clock as a Social Commentary

VandanaBeniwal, M.A. (English), Pre-Ph.D., NET

Drama: Splendid and Supreme Art

Of all the literary forms, drama is the most splendid and influential one as it appeals to all our senses. It is a visual art and an effective medium of communication through which the whole saga of human life can be illustrated in a better way. It not only presents the moral, political, ethical, philosophical, and religious conditions of the human society all over the world, but also takes a deep insight into the consciousness and sub-consciousness of human mind and represents man’s joys, sorrows, conflicts, hopes and visions with great beauty. Bharatmuni in Natyashashtra states: “Theater is life. There is no art, no craft, no learning, no yoga, no action, which cannot be seen in it (qtd. in Adya 35).

Currimbhoy: India’s First Authentic Voice in Drama

Asif Currimbhoy (born 1928) emerged as a notable Indian English Playwright in the post-independence period. Faubian Bowers commented about him that he is “India’s first authentic voice in the theatre” (7). He is a social dramatist. He has 30 plays to his credit which cover a wide range of themes from history and politics, society and religion, art and metaphysics. His plays are necessarily “emotional reaction”(Baratham39) to what he feels and sees around him. As a dramatist he deals with the contemporary world of changing values. His plays represent and make an appeal to all humanity .He presents life as it is, not as something it should be.

The Clock

The Clock (1993), a one-act play by Asif Currimbhoy, covers a vast range of social issues. It is a mirror to contemporary life with all its concomitant frustration, isolation, helplessness, materialism, lust, loneliness and moral degradation. The Clock portrays the travails of Henry, a salesman or a tired salesman to be exact. It is also apparent on a bigger scale that this play is a social commentary. It touches all the problems brought on by wealth and success in our culture. The play is an exposure of middle-class delusions.

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Vandana Beniwal, M. A. (English), Pre-Ph. D., NET
Department of English and Foreign Languages
Maharshi Dayanand University
Rohtak – 124001
Haryana
India
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