Mehrarun ke Durdasa (

Bhojpuri Bhojpuri may refer to: * Bhojpuri language, an Indo-Aryan language of India and Nepal * Bhojpuri grammar, grammatical rules of the language * Bhojpuri nouns, nouns of the language * Bhojpuri people, people who speak the language * Bhojpuri region ...

: 𑂧𑂵𑂯𑂩𑂰𑂩𑂳𑂢 𑂍𑂵 𑂠𑂳𑂩𑂠𑂮𑂰 ;

IAST The International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST) is a transliteration scheme that allows the lossless romanisation of Brahmic family, Indic scripts as employed by Sanskrit and related Indic languages. It is based on a scheme that ...

: Meharārun ke durdasā; lit. "The Plight of Women") is a

play by

Rahul Sankrityayan Rahul Sankrityayan (born Kedarnath Pandey; 9 April 1893 – 14 April 1963) was an Indian author, essayist, playwright, historian, and scholar of Buddhism who wrote in Hindi and Bhojpuri. Known as the "father of Hindi travel literature", Sankrit ...

. It is the depiction of pathetic status of women in the male dominated society. It was published in the book named ''Tīn nāṭak'' (three plays) which was published in 1942.

Characters

* Lachhimi: The Protagonist (girl) * Jasodara: Lachhimi's Friend * Seeta: Lachhimi's Friend * Ramkali: Lachhimi's Mother * Sukha: Village women * Udho Parsad: Lachhimi's Brother *Ramkhelawan Lal *Farguddi Upadhiya

Theme

The play shows the problems, discrimination and tortures faced by women in the society like

Female foeticide Sex-selective abortion is the practice of terminating a pregnancy based upon the predicted sex of the infant. As the practice overwhelmingly targets female fetuses, sex-selective abortion often specifically refers to female-selective abortion. ...

, Sati Practice, Parda system. The play also advocates equal property rights for women. Sometimes it has also criticised

Idol worship Idolatry is the worship of an idol as though it were a deity. In Abrahamic religions (namely Judaism, Samaritanism, Christianity, Islam, and the Baháʼí Faith) idolatry connotes the worship of something or someone other than the Abrahamic ...

References

{{Reflist Bhojpuri literature 1942 plays Indian plays