Abstract: Girish Karnad is the front rank dramatist in Indian English Literature. K.Chandrashekhar says, “His Journey from ‘Yayati’ to “The Fire and The Rain” holds a mirror to the very evolution of Indian English drama during nearly four decades”. Karnad’s drama “The Fire and The Rain” is about the existential problems of brahminism, seduction, deception, treachery, ego, revenge and sexuality. The main victim is the female character Vishakha. This paper is an attempt to show how Vishakha has been used as a symbol of objectification by most of the male characters of the drama. In this drama Karnad reinterprets the mythical theme from Mahabharat in the modern context.

Keywords: Objectification, Seduction, Sexuality, Mythical, Lustful fornicate.