Jaat Hi Poochho Sadhu Ki, one of Tendulkar's more popular plays is a bitter comedy hitting out not only at casteism but the existing contradictions that are prevalent in aspects of social life.
Mahipat, village born but now city bred, counting himself among the desperately unemployed, accepts a professor's job in one of the lesser known colleges in one of the lesser known mofussil areas in the country. Young and ambitious, he is soon enlightened about the importance of caste and more importantly, about the lowliness of his own caste. Having known the desperation of unemployment, and not one to be beaten easily, he turns manipulator to beat the bosses at their own game but life has a way of turning turtle and he may end up losing the one thing he really truly desires.
Mahipat's story seems to be relevant in every age and time as long as there are soaring ambitions & caste politics and manipulation the favorite pastime.
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