Social Realism in Mahesh Dattani’s Seven Steps Around the Fire
Journal Title: Notions A Journal of English Literature - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 3
Abstract
Mahesh Dattani is a dramatist who deals deal with the exploitation of the human body in society. Dittani depicts the neglected issues prevalent in the social milieu. He tries to present the society as if it is in the reality. Even in his subject matter he says that he writes about what he sees around and what concerns for common people. Dattani takes up the issues of homosexuality, discrimination of eunuchs, and exploitation of women in society. Seven Steps Round the Fire, the most popular radio play, focusses on the theme of eunuchs, their identity, their constitution and their connotation. Social realism has gone beyond from depicting the sufferings of working class men to discussing the sufferings of women and finally has now steered due attention towards the genderless. They are regarded as the invisbilized ones and are relegated to the periphery of the society. His realistic portarayal of human nature evokes both sympathy and empathy in the minds of readers.This paper attempts to give the realistic picture of the predicament of eunuchs and talks about their rights as human beings while analyzing the death of Kamala, a hijra through the protagonist Uma Rao, a research scholar.
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Umar Altaf Sof
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