Draupadi established form of women from the great Indian classic Mahabharata has got its significance narratives and characterization of a women lead by five warriors of called Pandus and the story of Draupadi of ancient oppressive male chauvinist society has been transformed into a new shape, but not much different, by Mahasweta Devi. Since then Draupadi has found a place of strong incarnation in the contemporary world of dominance to react and counterattack on the rigid values of deep rooted male authorized society of India. Mahasweta Devi needs no introduction but her influence over the society through her writing and socio-political actives drawn a major impact noting her literary works like Hajar Churashir Maa, Rudaali, Jhansir Rani, Old Woman, The Breast Stories, Aranyer Adhikar and list goes on to hinder upon the existing status of women. Devi’s breath left her mortal body minus life in July 2016 which is marked as coming end of an era of resistance and presentation of every corner of the lives around; but most specifically out of her innumerous works, Draupadi made her absence felt when a play was staged in a department of English in centrally funded university in north of India in the milieu of tension prevails on the border with neighbor country. The fact is many of the Devi’s works has been adapted on big and small screens like Sunghursh, Rudaali, Hazaar Chaurasi KI Maa, Ullas and may more but this issue of stage adaptation of Draupadi, short story, has turned into storm for the people who staged the play. This paper tries to locate the differences between imagined realities in literature of the society and the real consciousness of male centered domain towards the perception of human lives associated with women.
