Subject(s): Panjabi drama in 20th century in History and criticism. -- Women in literature. -- Punjab (India) in Folklore. -- Tradition and innovation : Use of myth, legend and history, tradition-modernity interface, adapting indigenous forms -- Representing nationalism- myth, legend and drama in pre-independence phase -- Recasting women- love legenda of hir Ranjha and mirza sahiban : Tragedies of patriarchy, character and context- politics of gender in Hir Waris, recreation of legend in drama, pilu's mirza sahiban- misogyny and misrepresentation, vindicating sahiban- reconstruction of mirza sahiban -- Interrogating tradition- reconstruction of puran Bhagat and Raja Rasalu : mortality or misogyny, decentering the legend- resituating women -- women & society