Daruwalla’s Social Concern in “Graft” and “Death by Burial”

Daruwalla is one who is good in presenting what he sees and one who is non-committal and who has a neutral approach. Daruwalla, though outwardly may be ironic and sarcastic in his tone and the manner in which he describes what he sees, has all the sympathy of the society he sees around. He is an individual who has experienced the impact of the post-independence trauma, the formation of India and Pakistan, the formative period of 'India Union'. The vision he had, the reality he saw around were poles apart. The Western education he had, the post he held and the reality that he experienced are reflected in his poems. He gives us a panoramic picture of Indian landscape where there are contradictions galore. This paper is an attempt to probe the sensibility of Daruwalla as a poet who has a deep concern of the Indian society though he has not explicitly expressed his concern of the Indian society his choice of subject and theme and his vivid depiction of the unhealthy practices of the people are nothing but his concern for the society. He is able to express his sympathy of the Indian society in a subtle way in both the poems: "Graft" and "Death by Burial".