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Abstract
The play Evam Indrajit by Badal Sircar produced in September, 1965 made the Indians aware about the extraordinary talent possessed by Badal Sircar. Through the play, Sircar wanted to portray the frustrations and anger developing within the minds of the educated youth belonging from the middle class families residing in Calcutta. The middle class people considered themselves to be the epitome of the nation’s development. The middle class has been continuously attacked by the people possessing Marxist dogmas. It is so because the middle class have always preferred for a culture, national identity and stability. The middle class residing in Bengal have been able to resolve this conflict by aligning themselves with the leftist front. However, in other parts of the country the middle class have taken a different standpoint by opting for armed forces or the administrative forces. To portray this feeling of alienation and loss of individual identity of the middle class people which ultimately led to the creation of an “other”, Sircar produced Evam Indrajit. This paper will attempt to portray how the “self” and “other” negotiates with each other in a society.