About The Event
Andha Yug’ (The Age of Blindness) is a poetic play by Dharamvir Bharati and is based on the events of the last day of the Mahabharata war. The ramparts are in ruins from the war, the city is burning and Kurukshetra is covered with corpses and vultures. A few disoriented warriors of the Kaurava army are left, raging with grief and anger. They yearn to do something decisive to take revenge and refuse to condemn Aswathama when he releases a Brahmastra, the ultimate weapon that could destroy the world. Instead, they blame Krishna for having caused the war and curse him. Although Krishna is the voice of compassion and is considered as the embodiment of all that is good and just in the world. Despite failing to ensure peace, Krishna is present throughout the play and expounds on the moral and the sacred.
Written soon after the country's partition, the play is one of the most critical plays of modern India, deeply reflecting on the politics of violence and aggression. The moral of the play is that every act of violence inevitably debases society as a whole.
