India is famous for its various traditional practices, vivid cultural diversity, and glorious ancient history. The unprecedented glory of Indian history is unique for its own sake.It is due to the fact that our ancient writers such as Valmiki and Veda Vyas have left an indelible mark in Indian literature particularly in performance studies.In contrast to this, India is notorious for certain unethical social practices such as caste system,social inequality, and superstitions.In India, womandeities such as Shakti,Kali and Saraswati are worshipped regularly.But, the position of women is cumbersome in the contemporary times .They are being oppressed, suppressedand brutalized under the clutches of this typical social order throughout the ages. Feminist movement in the twentieth century has brought a cognizance among women to ponder over their position in the society.As a result, women began a new journey from the self-effacement to the process of self-actualisation.This study delves into the scrutiny of …show more content…
This play extracts the aspect of female infanticide and child abuse as Sonali does not want her daughter to born as she is haunted by her childhood incident where she has been assaulted by her uncle.Mallika , the boldest among the three does not want to marry any one as she is financially secure. In the case of Raziya, we can see a different perspective where she is obsessed with her religion and blindly accepts Habib’s marriage with his friend. She does not dare to question the orthodoxical dogmas which are totally opposite to human ethos. Dina Mehta gives an account three different women from different