Research Article | Open Access
Gender Discrimination in Mahesh Dattani's TARA
Apurva, Dr.Shaista Irshad
Pages: 2974-2979
Abstract
Mahesh Dattani writes plays in English. His plays address problems that develop in Indian contexts. He writes about marginalized groups like minorities, women, gay people, and transgender people. In this essay, I will investigate Tara by Mahesh Dattani's female child tragedy. Tara's situation is like that of numerous other sad Indian women. There are several challenges to raising a girl child in this traditional community. On the one hand, they learn how to be empowered by a decent education, monetary success, and individualism in society; on the other hand, our culture is unable to eliminate entrenched prejudices against them.
The third leg of a set of twins who are born with three legs receives blood flow from the newborn girl's torso in the play's scenario. The other twin had to make do with having just one leg. Only one of the twins could have two legs. the unshakable order to finish off the boy child by adding the third leg to his body. This choice was made because of gender inequality and unfairness towards young girls in our Indian society, not because of any medical reasons. Dattani is concerned about inequality and gender bias against young girls. The reason for this awful action is not that the girl is unable to survive in the cruel hands of society, but rather because of social mores, economic norms, and cultural factors. All these factors together make up an ideology in our culture that dictates how and where girls must live and die. This undesirable criterion results from the sacrifice of a girl's potential on the altar of gender, in which a woman's part is likewise remembered and unforgivable.
Keywords
Gender Inequality, Injustice to Girl Child, Social System, Discrimination, Prejudice.