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There have been various works in Indian languages on the changes of values during the post- independence era in socio-political spheres. Indira Parthasarathy, who used to deal with the anxiety of shattered dreams, has made the hard realities of post-independence period as the central point of this novel. Indira Parthasarathy, who is adept at portraying the life of urban educated, middle-class people with its psychological elements, records the...

Indira Parthasarathy's play Aurangzeb presents the Mughal Emperor from certain chosen perspectives. Like Parthasarathy's other dramatic works, this too is primarily a play of ideas, focusing often on the political and ideological issues that led to the war of succession, which resulted in Aurangzeb's ascension to the throne. He is both the titular hero and the spirit that pervades the play, however, his father Shah Jahan and his brother and ma...

Ramanujar' is a play that addresses various socio-cultural and religious concerns in medieval South India, and issues that have contemporary significance. The lives of saints and enlightened persons have perennial value, not necessarily for adulation but to realize how demanding and yet positive such lives can be.

This volume is an English translation of Indira Parthasarathy's award-winning Tamil play Ramanujar on the life, ideas and beliefs of Ramanuja. This play attempts to retrieve the social reformer from "the prison of establishment" and views his life and personality in terms of their contemporary relevance. The play, first published in 1997, was awarded with the prestigious Saraswati Samman. The translators have added the rather interesting eleme...