Through this presentation it is trying to analysis how the playwright Dharamvir Bharati depicts anti-war sentiments in the play 'Andha Yug'.

1. Analysis of Dharamvir
Bharati’s Andha Yug as
an anti-war play
Prasanta Verma
BA 5th Semester
Department of English
Tinsukia College
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2. Introduction
• Andha Yug is a verse play written in Hindi by Dharamvir
Bharati.
• First Published in 1953.
• Written based on the mythologies of the Mahabharata.
• One of the significant literary creations that were written after
the Indo-Pak partition.
• It is an interpretation of modern turbulent times that is depicted
using the characters of the epic Mahabharata symbolically and
metaphorically.

3. Plot Overview
• Andha Yug is set in the evening of the last eighteenth
day of the Mahabharata war.
• The battlefield of Kurukshetra is covered with dead
bodies.
• Ashwathama decides to avenge against the Pandavas.
• Gandhari blames Lord Krishna for the destruction of
the war.
• The play ends with the death of Lord Krishna.

4. Portrayal of anti-war sentiments
• Depiction of Mahabharata war in the play-
 Dharama Vs. Adharma in the Mahabharata war.
 Criticizes Krishna, who could not ensure peace.
 Outcome of Mahabharata War.
• Bharati draws an allegorical picture of Indo-Pak
partition throughout the play.
• The playwright stands against the war as well as the
partition.

5. Conclusion
• War cannot be the solution of quarrels among
humans for property, kingdom and honor.
• Bharati successfully portrayed the anti-war
sentiments in Andha Yug.
• “War is only a cowardly escape from the
problems of peace.” –Thomas Mann (German author)
Thank You!