The paper on Violence in Indian existencial-absurd drama deals with characteristics of Western dramatic genre and its alterations in service of modern Indian authors. The analysis centers around the motive of violence (in contrast to the heritage of Gandhian ethical imperative) which has provoked an ongoing interest of dramatic literature since the Independece. Modern scripts mirror contemporary life in India, misdeeds of postcolonial democratic development, crisis of its political leadership and difficulty of social transformation. As a result, Indian existential-absurd drama unlike its Western counterpart mainly strives to stress down-to-earth dilemma. Focusing on plays of Satish Alekar, B.M. Shah and Adya Rangacharya (each from a different part of subcontinent), the essay pays special attetion to the dramatic work of a leading figure of the absurd theatre in India, Badal Sircar from West Bengal., Šárka Švábová., and Obsahuje seznam literatury