• aashiq hussain tantary

Mahesh Dattani’s Final Solutions touches upon one of the most burning issues of the contemporary society- antipathy and maladjustment of two communities leading to violence. The problem of communal disharmony has been a never-ending evil threatening our nation’s unity and prosperity since independence. Dattani in his play has brought out how identity crisis leads to alienation as a result of which individual desperately grabs the past memories that keeps the cycle of hatred and violence rolling. Nobody is ready to forgive or forget. As a result they are trapped in past. Even in the same family, the members are psychologically alienated from each other; their ideological differences lead to conflicts. Dattani with realistic characterization demonstrates how identity crisis plays major role in creating religious fanatics who are easily manipulated by cunning politicians. The playwright has also highlighted the fact that when past memory begins to determine the action of the present, the results can be disastrous. In this article I have tried to examine critically the issue of identity crisis, the theme of alienation and analyze the role of memory in shaping identity and personality of the characters who try in vain to get rid of the trap.

Identity, Alienation, Disharmony, Insecurity, Memory

"Identity Crisis, Alienation And Trap Of Memory: A Probe Into Mahesh Dattani’s Final Solutions ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no.1373-1377, February-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1902D93.pdf

"Identity Crisis, Alienation And Trap Of Memory: A Probe Into Mahesh Dattani’s Final Solutions ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no. pp1373-1377, February-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1902D93.pdf