Partition as Oedipal tragedy: a conversation between Bratya Basu and Milinda Banerjee

Milinda Banerjee*

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Abstract

This is a condensed and annotated version of a conversation that took place between Bratya Basu (1969–), playwright and director, and Minister of Education of the Indian state of West Bengal, and Milinda Banerjee, on 4 July 2022. The original conversation was in Bengali; a translation is offered below. The dialogue focused primarily on Basu’s play Hridipash (2016), a Bengali adaptation of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, designed to explore the tragedy of the Partition of India in 1947. However, other plays by Basu also entered the discussion, especially Creusa, the Queen (2019), a Bengali adaptation of Euripides’ Ion.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)537-543
Number of pages7
JournalPolitical Theology
Volume24
Issue number6
Early online date25 Nov 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Nov 2022

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