Theatre of the Absurd: A Critical Exploration of Rajeshwar Prasad’s Absurd Dramas

This research article focuses on the Indian Absurd Theatre by Rajeshwar Prasad, a theme that has attracted the attention of researchers. In the age of modernity, corruption, and vanishing traditions, Prasad actualised existential questions within his country's current situation after the attainment of independence. He vividly draws the parallel between religious rituals and folk theatre in a way that makes people in the audience are made to feel helpless by the understanding of the change in the value system with modernity's arrival. Via the medium of characters' ailing communication skills, depicted by all the examples of their inconsequential talks and the absurd power game, Prasad effectively represents a society's rotting away. The quest of the characters for their identification, their submission to the societal norms, and their pursuit of significance generate the crucial question of their capacity and the feeling of belonging. Prasad's valuable comments on Indian society and his recognition of the depth of existential problems are only a few illustrations of his extremely significant contribution to this cultural heritage.