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    Manifestations of Conflict in Tughlaq
    (2016-04-25T09:52:21Z) Anusuya, Paul A
    Karnad’s play reflects an analogy of the communal harmony that was idealised by Tughlaq in the fourteenth century and the secularism of Nehru in the early nineteen sixties. While communal harmony and secularism apparently remain a basic agenda for stabilising power and dispelling anarchy, in truth it invites more conflict and anarchy. How far communal harmony or secularism combats the evils like betrayal, murder, thievery which corrupt the society from within is a question that remains unanswered till today. The play displays the ploy of the emperors or the head of the states that tactfully play with the people ignoring the violence met by the people. The play brings in the form of allegory the close approximation of the circumstances in the capital of the nation which was impacted by the propaganda of bringing in communal harmony during the reign of Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq in the fourteenth century and the governance of the country by trying to establish secularism during the Nehruvian era. This paper is an attempt to study the ways in which the conflict within the self of Tughlaq is manifested through his external actions and how his idealism of establishing communal harmony amongst the Hindus and Muslims actually act against him. This is much similar to the response Nehru got for his idealism in the post –independence India.
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    Minority Speaks For/Against Itself: A Reading of Baharul Islam’s Play Jatra
    (2016-04-25T09:57:59Z) Anusuya, Paul A
    One of the emerging voices that speak of the minority in an unbiased way in Assam is Baharul Islam. Baharul Islam, a playwright, director and actor attempts to dismantle the marked identity of the marginalised (in the present context woman or Islam) from a judicious perspective. His sceptical attitude towards certain set of people who misinterpret religion and treat women as biologically and religiously inferior have earned him much admiration around the globe. One of his most celebrated plays Jatra speaks of a Muslim woman who is trapped in limbo by biological as well as religious misinterpretations. It is very interesting to note how Baharul Islam amalgamates gender and religion together to bring forth his cynicism on people who have ignorantly considered themselves authorities for preaching the religion and advocating gender hierarchies. He reinstates the position of Islam as well as women in Islam. In a place like Assam, which is known for its polyglot society and heterogeneous culture, reinstating the position of Islam and the position of women in Islam has to negotiate with diverse sociological strategies. Islam yet held as “minority”, looked as the “other” with its internal discrepancies projected through the words of false interpreters further reduces the possibilities of breaking the manifested image of “minority”. Baharul Islam attempts to deconstruct the same. Hence, in this case, it becomes difficult to comprehend who is the minority? The complex network of various socio-cultural strategies that partake in forming an identity whether of Islam or of being a woman can never be ignored in such cases. And this is very skilfully presented in the present play Jatra by Baharul Islam.