• Dr Parul Yadav

Mahesh Dattani has held senior position in theatre groups of institutions. The dramatic canvas of Dattani is coloured with real life conditions and the livid experiences related with urban cosmopolitan and middle class Indian. Most of the issues taken up by Dattani in his plays, are radical, unconventional, contemporary and free from taboos. Clearing the Rubble is a radio play. It was first performed in 2004 and was broadcast on BBC world service in 2001. It is based on earthquake(Bhuj) victims and communal discrepancy. This play is based on the Bhuj earthquake and shows how discrimination on the basis of caste and religion has been practiced even by the rescue team, though nature has lashed upon them indiscriminately robbing them of their home, food and loved ones. This paper analyses how Dattani voices plight of the victim of gender discrimination and double standards through the play.

class discrimination, gender discrimination, social discrepancy, caste

"Mahesh Dattani’s Clearing the Rubble: Gender and Class Discrimination", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 4, page no.m202-m204, April-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2304C21.pdf

"Mahesh Dattani’s Clearing the Rubble: Gender and Class Discrimination", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 4, page no. ppm202-m204, April-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2304C21.pdf