THE REVOLUTION OF EQUALIZATION REFLECTED IN INDIAN LITERATURE With REFERENCE TO MAHESH DATTANI'S DRAMAS: Tara Dance like a man

This paper aims to highlight the role of identity in Mahesh Dattani's plays. It explores the social impact of gender Equalization. He was an accomplished writer who addressed marginalized issues. He projects the reality on the stage before the spectators. In Indian literature, these issues are deeply settled in the minds of human society. They treat humans based on gender. Sometimes they consider their own girl child a burden, reflected in Dattani's Tara. In “Tara,” the lead character becomes the chief sufferer of this prejudice from the very beginning of the drama. He approaches the outstanding aspects of human life. On the other side, as a male character, Jairaj has to face inequality in the name of gender, which expresses the realistic condition of Indian. He bravely portrays the gender discrimination in his dramas. Both stories lead the plays through the use of family structure. He makes use of it as the backdrop for the enactment of the dramas.