IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

Construction and Reconstruction in Mahesh Dattani’s The Tale of a Mother Feeding Her Child

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M. Jeya Sudha,Dr. Anish S. Georshia G

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Mahesh Dattani is a writer whose writing provides an identity for sixty million English-speaking Indians. He won the honor of being the first Indian playwright in English to receive the Sahitya Akademi award. His plays deal with issues of contemporary Indian society. The realistic narrative style Dattani fetches name and fame. His plays are the eye-opener in the Indian scenario. The play The Tale of a Mother Feeding Her Child is a radio play broadcast on 29th October 2000 on BBC Radio. Jeremy Mortimer is the director of the play. The play is a monologue that mourns the construction of marginalized society and the reconstruction of the social setup. The paper deals with the problems faced by the marginalized people, identity crises, and the reconstruction of their identity. The narrative style of Mahesh Dattani outpours the psyche of the downtrodden meticulously. The paper also highlights the inhuman attitudes force upon the people, who are considered as low in caste and class. Dattani attempts to give a gist of cognizance to society through his play. His perturb towards the marginalized group of people is pictured in the play The Tale of a Mother Feeding Her Child. Dattani has made a trial to reconstruct the social construction of the Indian society. The play also reveals the postmodern perspective of hyperreality.

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