Abstract
Mahesh Dattani, the contemporary writer, represents the current day
issues of the society where one finds, self-trapped in the clutches of
society and is degraded to be the marginalised. The society treats
marginalised with content as if they have committed serious damages on
the human species at large. The current research is on the play Tara; a
play by Mahesh Dattani which explores the issues that sensationalise
society. The play is about Siamese twins Tara and Chandan who were con
joined from chest till down. Later a surgery is required to separate
them, according to Dr Thakkar it was the only, ‘the only chance for
their survival’. (CP 331) The theorist, Carol Hanisch, Michel Foucault,
Kate Millet and Simone De Beauvoir and discussed in this research where
their theory and ideas provide strength to the current work. The format
of the research work is MLA, seventh edition. The Personal is the
Political and is explored through the play by Mahesh Dattani,
Tara.