NCERT Solutions for Class 12 English Kaleidoscope Drama Chandalika

NCERT Solutions for Class 12 Kaleidoscope Drama Chandalika are provided in the article. Chandalika is a dance drama, written by the greatest Indian poet, novelist and playwright Rabindranath Tagore. The central themes of this dance drama are the theme of untouchability, caste prejudices, hypocritical society, love and spiritualism.

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NCERT Solutions For Class 12 English Kaleidoscope Drama

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Chandalika Summary

Chandalika portrays strong female characters. The central character of this drama is a woman named Prakriti. The other important characters include Ananda- a monk and Prakriti’s mother.

• The drama opens with the protagonist- Prakriti.
• Prakriti is busy with her daily chores when Ananda- the Buddhist Monk enters and asks for some water. 
• Prakriti mentioned that she belongs to the lower caste hence, she can not give the monk water.
• The monk explained all human beings are the same, and it does not matter if she belongs to the lower caste. The caste system is made by human society only.
• Prakriti falls in love with the monk and requests her mother to bring back the monk in her life with the help of magic.
• Though her mother denied it at first, she eventually gave up and called upon the monk back by magic.
• But when the monk came back he was not into himself due to the magic tricks.
• That makes Prakriti understand that if she loves someone, she has to set them free and can not hold them back with any tricks. Hence, she apologizes to Ananda.

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