Nobody would believe that the oppression against the major part of the society will suddenly come to a halt after years of Independence. Though talks and discussions about it keep cropping up now and then, experience tells us that ministers and other public servants have really done little to stop such oppression. The so called representatives of the people are merely interested in securing political gains from issues of social injustice. In the past years, big talk and tall promises of social justice have been made while the real issues have been pushed further and further into neglect. It is also sad that innumerable incidents of rape and violence against the weaker section of the society have failed to inspire the masses to raise their voice and hands in protest.
No God or saint can suddenly appear to change this repressive situation. It is common people like us who have to take-up cudgel against social wrongs. But how often do we bother to do so? Writer Ratnakar Matkari makes us question ourselves in his play Lok-Katha and jolt us into realizing the significance of our silence. The play successfully captures the sordid reality of today's rural Indian society and the importance of Rangakarmee's Lok-Katha is in fact the live protest. Portrayal of .the rustic-realism of our beloved native land-India as it is today