Mahesh Dattani’s plays address social problems such as gender identity, gender discriminations,sexual abuse, child abuse, dominance of social system, identity crisis, conflicts between tradition and modern and communal pressure and issues of the LGBTQ community. This paper offers an insight into the traumatic issues undergone by a girl child born in an Indian family. A concealed truth shatters the life of every one in a family. The mental agony experienced by every character is captured realistically by the dramatist. Tara is the main character who is snatched of the rights to live. She exemplifies the life of so many victims like her.

Trauma, Agony, Gender issues, Discrimination, and Society.