Sammy! is play in two acts about the irrepressible ‘Mahatma’ in Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Through a witty, lively debate between two actors, Sammy traces the development of the Father of our Nation from a young, naive man to the enlightened, shrewd person that he later becomes. The title is explained early on in the drama; …
The play expresses Vijay Tendulkar‘s grasp of the harsh realities in our social fabric. In the words of Tendulkar, ‘Kamala for me is not just a character, she is a living person and she just doesn‘t remain on paper”. The play exposes a flesh trade scoop and its aftermath. It deals with the issue of …
Vijay Dhondo Tendulkar was an eminent Marathi playwright, journalist, essayist and screen playwright. Though he abandoned formal education, the love of books festered in him by his father remained till the end. He had a rare ability to instruct himself, combined with a first hand knowledge of the world which went into the making of …
Kamala is a play written in the naturalistic mode. Though not a political play in any sense, Kamala is a topical drama inspired by a real life incident. The Indian Express expose by Ashwin Sarin, who actually bought a girl from a rural flesh market and presented her at a press conference. Using this incident …
When He Comes is a poem from the division Being in Turmoil of Says Tuka which weaves the theme of the signs of God‘s arrival to His devotees. The poem brings out that God visits his bhaktas whenever His devotees are in trouble. Summary Stanza 1 The first stanza indicates the speaker‘s belief when there …
I Am Cripple is a poem from the division Being Human in which the poet, being a crippled creature who has been suffering the painful experiences in life, comes to the feet of God for getting relieved from the perils of life. Summary Stanza 1 I Am Cripple appears in the section entitled Being Human …
Dilip Chitre was fascinated to Tukaram‘s poetry ever since he was a college going student. To introduce him to the world beyond Marathi speaking and knowing readers Chitre decided then to translate Tukaram. In one of the interviews, Chitre says: “It was in 1956 that I, then an 18-year old undergraduate in a college in …
Dilip Chitre and Tukaram – Introduction to Says Tuka Read More »
Dilip Purushottam Chitre, a bilingual writer and critic of the post Independence India, wrote in Marathi and English. He was also a painter and filmmaker. Chitre‘s tryst with literature started with his help to his father, Purushottam Chitre who ran a periodical named Abhiruchi. Chitre was born in Gujarat, but his family moved to Mumbai …
It is needless to ask of a saint the caste to which he belongs;For the priest, the warrior. the tradesman, andAll the thirty-six castes, alike are seeking for God.It is but folly to ask what the caste of a saint may be;The barber has sought God, the washerwoman, and the carpenter—Even Raidas was a seeker …
It Is Needless to Ask of a Saint the Caste by Kabir Read More »
Kabir‘s assumption was based on his experience which percolated from his long association with society, which is sometimes referred to as Kabir‘s philosophy of life. His philosophical insight depended much on what internalized from his own realization of the world. He had no well doctrinated philosophy because he had neither formal education nor did attend …
