Literature, being a mirror of society, is expected to depict the plight of margins and also the socio-cultural paradigms which bring about the process of marginalization. Coming to the literary genres in the Indian context, drama has been relegated to a marginalized status and for that matter Indian English drama itself stands marginalized further. Not many practitioners of this genre treat the margins in their works, fearing to be labeled as non-conventional. They are mostly content to ignore such individuals as a challenge to the heterosexual or hegemonic normativity which is central to the mainstream culture. It is felt by a few critics that the detachment of the Indian playwrights from the classical traditions and myths is primarily responsible for the general neglect of drama. The present paper attempts to study the reasons for the downgrading of Indian English drama and Mahesh Dattani’s role in reviving it.