Incestuous Relations in Silence! The Court is in Session and Thirty Days has September: A Comparative Study.

Nobody could deny that the safest place for children is their home and the most trusted people in life of children are their parents and siblings but the media and government reports indicate that it is no longer true now. The mask of Indian tradition and culture hides increasing number and variety of heinous crimes of incestuous relations. There was self-denial about these crimes in our communities. This pathetic condition is noticed by literary giants like Vijay Tendulkar and Mahesh Dattani who could not ignore it and so they presented the situation to alarm and warn the people through their plays. The present article is an attempt to investigate how Tendulkar and Dattani have handled the incest in their plays Silence! The Court is in Session and Thirty Days Has September. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]