G.C. Tongbra's Taj Mahal is a study in human relationships between Ranimamta and her two lovers Yadav and Rajmohan. The play probes into the life of slum dwellers who live a state of constant migration and utter poverty. Poverty denies man his fundamental human needs for food, shelter and clothing. When he is unable to get it, he is forced to a life of thieving and crime. The central characters in the play being caught in the grip of extreme poverty, become victims of such social maladies