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VOL. 12, ISSUE 3 (2026)
Historical background of Mahesh Dattani’s “Final Solutions’
Authors
Monika Goddara, Dr. Anshu Sharma
Abstract
Mahesh Dattani known for his dramatic art and stage craft has secured his place among the great Indian playwrights. He has written many plays but his ‘Final Solutions’ has brought India's highest literary honor for him and made him the First English playwright by receiving the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award in 1998. This play includes various flavors of India such as traditions, customs, beliefs, humanism, struggles, politics etc. This research paper’s aim is to bring the historical background before Independence and after Independence which shapes the play ‘Final Solutions’. The important incidents the Ramjanambhoomi, the Rath Yatra, the two communities come together and the touch of the Lord Krishna’s Idol and apart from Dattani’s purpose of writing and its performance are connected to one another and compel the readers and audiences to think for searching the solutions in themselves as Dattani has tried to find out the solutions of the problems of communal riots between two different communities Hindus and Muslims seen in India. This paper discusses the historical background of the play ‘Final Solutions’ along with the important incidents.
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Monika Goddara, Dr. Anshu Sharma "Historical background of Mahesh Dattani’s “Final Solutions’ ". International Journal of English Research, Vol 12, Issue 3, 2026, Pages 1-3
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