The Purpose

                                   The Purpose

                                                                     T.P.Kailasam

                               

                    T.P.Kailasam written the play of “ The Purpose”.The T.P. Kailasam who is inspite puranic themes but he presence them brillantlyin his paly.The Play of “ The Purpose” is choronological a later play which unfolds Eklvya youthful idealism in Archaray. .  His English Plays like
1) Fulfillment
2)Purpose
3) The Brahmin’s Curse

“The thing is certain to known and yet,

                                                                          It’s a way to do it and pleasure it.”

           

The specific reasons for the use of myth in Kailasam's work ‘The Purpose’ were examined what we have in his English plays is his small but significant effort to perceive and convey an original pattern of reinterpretation of traditional myths. For this purpose he looked afresh into some of the 'fringe' characters from the already existing powerful epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata. He attempted to bring into limelight marginalized or fringe characters such as Ekalavya and Karna. His plays definitely conjure up the way in which they could exile the conventional heroes like Arjuna or Bheema from their roles. Kailasam's uniqueness lies not merely in evoking our sympathies

 “If Youth but knew! If Age but could!”

                  for Karna, Ekalavya, Bharata or Keechaka, but also in elevating them to the level of tragic heroes who were masculine, skillful and capable of achievement. In addition, Kailasam attempted to reveal in these heroes the features that the colonizers believed they possessed and which accounted for their superiority over Indians. The Purpose by T. P. Kailasam is a drama in two acts. The story is based on Adiparva from The Mahabharata. One can see a play of various "purposes" in Kailasam's mythological drama. For instance, The Brahmin's Curse is built on Karna's intention to prove his worth to the world, and Kailasam's purpose of questioning the treatment given to Karna.

The story moves around Eklavya and Arjuna and their purpose behind learning archery. Both want to learn archery from the great Dronacharya. Dronacharya teaches archery to Arjuna but can not accept Eklavya’s proposal because of his promise to Arjuna. Arjuna wants to become the great archer of the world. And Eklavya explains that he wants to learn archery to save lives of innocent animals. Arjuna’s purpose behind learning archery is self centered while Eklavya’s purpose is noble. In the 2^nd act Eklavya is far ahead than Arjuna in archery. In anger Arjuna says that he will tell everyone that Guru Drona has not kept his vow. To save his Guruji from social criticism Eklavya gives his thumb as gurudakshina.After giving his thumb in gurudakshina Eklavya realizes that his purpose behind learning archery was to save lives of innocent animals but now he cannot look into the eyes of the animals. The drama ends with Eklavya crying.