Contemporary Relevance in Girish Karnad's Yayati

This article is mainly focussed on the contemporaneity of Karnad's play Yayati. Though the play retells the age-old story of the mythical king, Karnad has given the traditional tale a new meaning highly relevant to today's life. In the play, there is the presence of the theme of duties and responsibilities of father upon son and vice-versa. In this paper it was well analysed between Yayati, father and Pooru, son. Contemporaneity of the play is wonderfully depicted in Chitralekha-Yayati dialogue. Chitralekha tries to take a place in a male-dominated world. Chitralekha challenges the social obligation and moral laws. Even though the play is motivated by their own concept of the opposite sex, they do, consequently try to seek their own identity.