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This is a translation of Dharamvir Bharati's Andha Yug (1953), one of the most significant plays of modern India. Written immediately after the partition of the Indian subcontinent, the play is a profound meditation on the politics of violence and aggressive selfhood. The action of the play takes place on the last day of the Mahabharata war and is centred on a few bewildered survivors of the Kaurava clan. The ramparts are in ruins, the city is burning, and Kurukshetra is covered with corpses and vultures. The surviving Kauravas are overwhelmed by grief and rage. They long for one last act of revenge against the Pandavas. That is why when Ashwatthama releases the ultimate weapon, the brahmastra, which threatens to annihilate the world, they refuse to condemn it as ethically reprehensible.
Dharamvir Bharati (1926-1997) was a renowned Hindi novelist, poet and playwright. He was also theeditor of Dharamyug, one the most important national Hindi weeklies published in India. Alok Bhalla is, at present, a Visiting Professor of English at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He has published extensively on translation theory, literature, and politics.
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