• Mrs.Rajashri Dattatray Gaikwad

The research paper presents the feminist approach in Girish Karnad’s Naga-Mandala (1988) in the framework of postcolonial gender analysis. Naga-Mandala (1988) addresses the continued uneven power relations between female and male gender. Karnad’s female character, Rani, in Naga-Mandala, is actually pitiable, downgraded and most importantly an object of patriarchal social, political dominance and authority. The paper postulates Rani as a site of theoretical transformations, engaging the issues of sexuality and power position in relation to the feminism patriarchal Indian state. Later Rani situates a per formative self in the text through an interrogatory narrative speech that succeeds in participating in the critique of patriarchal subjectivity and hegemonic feminist positioning while inserting a resistant feminist ideologies into gender discourse to re-envision the role of Indian women in India’s development. Naga-Mandala presents substantial constituents of feminism. The drama represents the patriarchal ethical enigma which burdens women with fidelity to their husbands but not the loyalty of men to their wives. Keywords: Oppression, Feminism, Gender issues, Male-dominance, Patriarchy

Keywords: Oppression, Feminism, Gender issues, Male-dominance, Patriarchy

"Feminism in Girish Karnad’s Naga-Mandala", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 11, page no.a393-a398, November-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2111052.pdf

"Feminism in Girish Karnad’s Naga-Mandala", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 11, page no. ppa393-a398, November-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2111052.pdf