The representation of gender in literary texts, both at private and public spaces, and of late at ‘third’ or ‘shared space’ as well, is the reflection of this power- politics involved in projecting gender. The long trajectory of resistance to gender appropriating forces— from small steps with suffragette movement, to Bronte sisters to Woolf to different phases of Feminism, along with massive socio-economic, cultural interventions transforming the world into a global world –all this express a gradual and perpetual churning of gender alignments, more from the perspective of marginalized entity. The agency projecting gender in literary representation-the author-is under scanner because of its perceived bias and prejudice in gender representation. The relationship between the authorial voice and the gender representation is very complicated and often controversial as well, leading to disagreements and divisions amongst the writers on the basis of their gender. Poile Sengupta’s play Thus Spake Shoorpanakha, So Said Shakuni discusses and explores how the politics of gender operates in regulation, modification and appropriation of gender in twentieth century India.