ANDHA YUG: EXPLORING THE PERILS OF SELF-ENCHANTMENT IN ANTI-WAR ALLEGORY

Abstract

AndhaYug by Dharamvir Bharati is most commonly read as contemplation on the partition of the Indian subcontinent, and the reworking of the final day of the battle between the Kauravas and the Pandavas is also interpreted as an allegory of the war between two modern political states. Rightly so, the play could be taken as an allegory for the war between two technologically modern states, consequences of which doesn’t limit to any specific geographical region, instead influence the entire human race. The play deals with the important philosophical questions like, ethics, necessity and consequences of war. The present paper is an effort to bring out the perils of self-enchnament in anti-war allegory in the text. But in the war there has been a reversal of situation so far good was helpless against the force of Evil. But Good is slowly gaining victory over Evil. As a consequence of this unwanted war the common people feel that their whole life has become meaningless.