Dynamics of human relationships in the plays of Vijay Tendulkar

Abstract

The present work gives an introduction about the Indian English drama as well as throws light on the works of the contemporary playwrights. The thesis is chiefly related to the famous playwright Vijay Tendulkar and his works basically dealing with the human relationships in society. A variety can be seen about changing social relations in the present work which includes the status of women and their marginalisation, social relations based on power and politics. It also presents the human relationships which are based on power and politics in the society. The effect of caste system on human relationships and class conflict is highlighted in the present thesis. It also throws light on the relations made on the monetary basis in the society leading to the hollowness of personal and social relationships. Thus it is all about the human relations existing in society and highlights the changes that can be seen in the social and personal lives of people due to man women relationship and their position in the society, monetary status, power and politics and class and caste conflict. It clearly throws light on the dynamism of human relations present in the society. The plays of the famous Marathi playwright Vijay Tendulkar are made the base of the study. His famous plays like Kamala , Silence! The Court Is The Session , Kanyadaan , GhashiramKothwal , Sakharam Binder , The Vultures and An Encounter in Umbugland are deeply studied and an effort is made to represent various kinds of human relationships existing in the society, be it man woman relation, father daughter relation, husband wife relation, relations based on power and politics andrelations based on money newlineii newlineleading to hollowness in lives of people.The present work thus is all about the dynamics of human relationships based on various factors in the plays of Vijay Tendulkar. newline