Asif Currimbhoy has been prominent writer of the plays and that some of his plays are based on certain social issues and political events of our country. Currimbhoy’s social and political consciousness is of paramount significance to us as he is able to show through it his deep-rootedness in the Indian in the ethos, his sense of ‘belonging’ to the soil. In Currimbhoy’s Plays colonial differentiation among human beings on the basis of skin color comes in for sharp criticism. The Dissident MLA and Goa are is devoted to socio-political themes. Goa has also some historical facts. The playwright explores the socio-realistic world to the fullest to move his point. These plays distinguish themselves by their unfailing social realism and satire.
Furthermore, they are essentially topical, but not without a touch of universality. The Dissident MLA presents a sordid world of politicians while Goa deals with the Indian takeover of Goa in December 1961. The Dissident MLA, the playwright focuses on the real incident in an Engineering College in Ahmedabad in 1974. The play effectively voices the resentment of the students who, in a state of utter confusion and disillusionment, aim at impractical and unreal ends through the means of strikes, loot, arson and violence.
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