
In the form of a private official inquisition, the drama reveals in flashback, the formative experiences in the life of Prof. Shreedhar Kulkarni, a Marxist by belief. The interrogation, by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Kshirsagar, and P.Y., a member of the Legislative Council, ranging between the circumstantial evidence and shrewd emotional barbs, is obviously arranged to draw out an admission of guilt. But Kulkarni’s scientific worldview counters each acquisition with such precision and quiet reasoning, that acquisitors have nothing but strong-arm tactics to fall back on.