©ARC Page | 24 Redefining the Nation through Translating Bhasha literature: Problems, Perspectives and Prospects.

Abstract: Indian Literature may have been divided in many languages, nonetheless, in commonality has described about the problems that are persisting all over India. The text is rooted in the context and in order to decolonize the mind, translation of regional literature becomes mandatory. With English as a filter language, translation has become both a linguistic and cultural activity which is concerned with communication of meaning. For a country like India it is a very delicate and challenging matter to deal with a national identity that derives its strength from its multiple layers of social, religious, cultural and linguistic diversity. Translators have always played a pivotal role in social and cultural change in society by expanding knowledge and information. Through this paper the researcher has tried to focus on one of the Marathi plays “Sonata ” translated by Mahesh Elkunchwar. The play is about people drawn into themselves. Though the play has been dramatized on three independent women, the theme is universal. The paper has tried to take into consideration people with dramatic exteriors but a pain of inner loneliness not far below that gets achingly more intense with every lie they tell the world and also themselves. The researcher has also made an attempt to point out gender issues, isolation and impersonal relationships in the play. The female characters of the play “Sonata ” represent a wide variety of Indian female population who are placed in proper context and background revealing how they suffer or prosper, win or lose, get mentally disoriented or overpower their neurosis