SELF REALIZATION AND THE QUEST FOR LIBERATION IN THE PLAYS OF VIJAY TENDULKAR WITH REFERENCE TO 'KAMALA' AND 'SILENCE! THE COURT IS IN SESSION' (Pages 144-149) by Mrs. Seema. M in THE ENGLISH RESEARCH EXPRESS / ISSN:2321-1164 (Online); 2347-2642 (Print)

Vijay Tendulkar plays depicts the exploitation of women by their male counterparts. Tendulkar presents modern man in all his complexities. He has focused on male chauvinism, subtle, inverted and preservative relationship between men and women. The play Kamala portrays the life of two women, an ignorant woman sold in the flesh trade industry and the journalist’s wife who seems to be an educated woman, being exploited by the same man for his personal benefit. Kamala’s entry reveals to Sarita the selfish hypocrisy of her husband and the insignificance of her own existence. Kamala remains very subtle in her attitude of subjugating women. Though Sarita attempts to assert her identity as a woman, free from slavish subjugation of her husband, but finally she has no choice but to fall back on her traditional role-play in wedlock. Silence! The Court is in Session is a master piece of Vijay Tendulkar where he portrayed the life of a spinster school Mistress Ms. Leela Benare. Though she was loyal in her work, it wasn’t recognized. Infact her colleagues and troupe mates mixed her personal life with her profession and deprived her of her job which was her only means of survival. The play grapples with several problems faced by women and the forceful male supremacy who decides the fate of woman. Keywords: Subjugation, Male Supremacy, Selfish Hypocrisy, Infanticide