Premature Marriages and It's Impressions: An Analysis of Mahesh Dattani's Final Solutions

Abstract

Mahesh Dattani is a famous Indian dramatist with versatile themes prevailing in contemporary modern Indian society. He is the first Indian English writer to receive the prestigious Sahitya Academy Award for his play Final Solutions, where he dealt with the concept of communal conflict in India. As the family is the key element in Dattani's plays, Final Solutions furnished a typical Indian Orthodox Hindu family with conservative Indian culture. Though the book portrays the consequences of communal riots in an ordinary family, Dattani also portrays hidden issues of all categories of people from childhood to old age. Victimization of children in India's patriarchal culture is visualized through the character Daksha who undergoes affliction and termination after becoming the wife of Hari at the age of fifteen. Even Though there are stern laws against child marriages, it has been spotted from various parts of India. Some parents arrange premature marriages to get rid of the burden of their girl children to get married. This paper focuses on the agonies and sufferings of girl children who tend to lose their self-respect and identity due to the aftermath of premature marriages.