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Paperback. Andha Yug, one of the most significant plays of modern India, was written immediately after the partition of the Indian subcontinent. A profound meditation on the politics of violence and aggressive selfhood, it focuses on the last day of the Mahabharata war. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 203.
This is a translation of Dharamvir Bharati's Andha Yug (1953), one of the most significant plays of modern India. Written immediately after the partition of the Indian subcontinent, the play is a profound meditation on the politics of violence and aggressive selfhood. The action of the play takes place on the last day of the Mahabharata war and is centred on a few bewildered survivors of the Kaurava clan. The ramparts are in ruins, the city is burning, and Kurukshetra is covered with corpses and vultures. The surviving Kauravas are overwhelmed by grief and rage. They long for one last ... Read more
This is a translation of Dharamvir Bharati's Andha Yug (1953), one of the most significant plays of modern India. Written immediately after the partition of the Indian subcontinent, the play is a profound meditation on the politics of violence and aggressive selfhood. The action of the play takes place on the last day of the Mahabharata war and is centred on a few bewildered survivors of the Kaurava clan. The ramparts are in ruins, the city is burning, and Kurukshetra is covered with corpses and vultures. The surviving Kauravas are overwhelmed by grief and rage. They long for one last ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New Delhi, India
ISBN
9780198065227
SKU
V9780198065227
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About Dharamvir Bharati
Dharamvir Bharati (1926-1997) was a renowned Hindi novelist, poet and playwright. He was also theeditor of Dharamyug, one the most important national Hindi weeklies published in India. Alok Bhalla is, at present, a Visiting Professor of English at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He has published extensively on translation theory, literature, and politics.
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