A study of casteism in Karnards Tale Danda

Tale-Danda is based on caste-politics and power-politics which is still prevalent in the life of national political history. Caste is quite deep within the skin of man. Everybody is trapped within the limits of his caste. It is a strange situation in the play which cultivates the terror and bloodshed not only in the play but also in the country. As a result, the common man is being tortured, exploited and trampled and it creates a network of situations in which man is captivated, chained, isolated and tortured. Such social tapestry is full of existential predicaments. The caste system is presented as a bloodshed policy in this play. The play takes us through an important caste-related social issue in historical and cultural perspectives.  Karnad tries to highlight the contemporary socio-political conflicts of our society, like the Mandir and Mandal conflict. The present research paper aims to analyse discrimination, oppression and injustice, faced by people in caste based Indian society with reference to Girish Karnad’s play Tale-Danda.

Keywords : Casteism, Exploitation, Inter caste, In humanism