• Dr. P. SHAHANAZ M.A., M.Phil.,Ph.D
• Dr.V. Krishna Murthy, M.A.,Ph.D
• Narahari Karthik Kumar

Drama has been a very effective genre of Literature, as an audio visual medium of expression since time immemorial, reflecting the social, political, religious, philosophical, cultural and even the economic being of a community in particular. According to the observation of Martin Esslin, the author of the famous book The Field of Drama, drama can be defined more as an imitation of life which includes the portrayal of both reality and art, real and imaginative and above all presenting events and characters within the dimension of space and time. Indian writings are appreciated worldwide in the twentieth century. Earlier the genre, drama did not receive any priority. But recently drastic changes are taken place in this genre, since lot of focus is being made by the dramatists regarding to its techniques, themes and so on. As a result of their innovations the genre drama is not merely confined to the stage but has gained large readership. Adequate interest is taken by the modern playwrights in translating many of the Indian regional plays into English. In the words of R. K. Dhawan, “Very recently Indian drama shot into prominence. Younger writers... have infused new life into this branch of writing”. Mohan Rakesh, Badal Sircar, Vijay Tendulkar, Girish Karnad and Mahasweta Devi are the most representatives of the contemporary India drama not only in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Kannada but also on the pan Indian level. Mahasweta Devi’s one of the writer of Post-Independence era sincerely portrays the pathetic plight of the marginalized strata of the society. Tribals are the most focussed strata in her writings.

Key words: Genre, Marginalized, Strata, Tribals, water divining, revolt

"WATER : A reflection to the Atrocities by MAHASWETA DEVI", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.611-620, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905L97.pdf

"WATER : A reflection to the Atrocities by MAHASWETA DEVI", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp611-620, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905L97.pdf