Mehrarun ke Durdasa (

Bhojpuri Bhojpuri (;Bhojpuri entry, Oxford Dictionaries
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: 𑂧𑂵𑂯𑂩𑂰𑂩𑂳𑂢 𑂍𑂵 𑂠𑂳𑂩𑂠𑂮𑂰 ;

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

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

Bhojpuri Bhojpuri (;Bhojpuri entry, Oxford Dictionaries
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play by

Rahul Sankrityayan Rahul Sankrityayan (born Kedarnath Pandey; 9 April 1893 – 14 April 1963) was an Indian writer and a polyglot who wrote in Hindi. He played a pivotal role in giving travelogue a 'literary form'. He was one of the most widely travelled scholars ...

. 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. The selective abortion of female fetuses is most common where male children are valued over female children, especially in parts of Eas ...

, 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 a cult image or "idol" as though it were God. In Abrahamic religions (namely Judaism, Samaritanism, Christianity, the Baháʼí Faith, and Islam) idolatry connotes the worship of something or someone other than the Ab ...

References

{{Reflist Bhojpuri literature 1942 plays Indian plays