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Since time immemorial females have always been reined in and commanded in an organised way in a male-dominated society worldwide. Tendulkar in Kamala depicts the psychological and emotional marginalisation of women in a domestic milieu through the characters of Sarita and Kamala. Sarita keeps working day and night to take care of all the needs her husband desires. In her own home, she enjoys no identity and is thus constantly marginalised. Women like Kamala who is a victim of flesh trade are still living a life of degradation and Tendulkar exhibits their predicament by depicting the auction of women in this play.The playwright’s depiction of the character of Kamala seems to comment not only on certain sections of society in India but also on the miserable condition of women in a patriarchal society which tears down the life spirit in women and reduces them to the level of a slave.