Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Literature - Asia, grade: Post Graduation, course: MA English with Communication Studies, language: English, abstract: Mahesh Dattani is a contemporary Indian playwright and his play "Tara" revolves around the separation of conjoined twins. Gender discrimination is the reason for the separation and the exercise of the parental authority is also observed in the course of the play. The research focuses on how parental authority and gender discrimination lead to the death of the daughter Tara and deterioration of Patel's family. The gender discrimination...