This play by one of India's foremost playwrights and actors is based on a story from the Mahabharata which tellingly illuminates universal themes - alienation, loneliness, love, family, hatred - through the daily lives and concerns of a ...
This Life at Play, translated from the Kannada in part by Karnad himself and in part by Srinath Perur, covers the first half of his remarkable life - from his childhood in Sirsi and his early engagement with local theatre, his education in ...
The Present Critical Anthology On Indian-English Drama Is A Welcome Addition To The Ever-Increasing Repertoire Of The Academic World. It Contains Some Twenty-Two Papers On Diverse Authors, Themes And Trends.
The Book, Comprising More Than Thirty Scholarly Papers, Offers A Critical Appraisal Of Karnad As A Dramatist And Provides Varied Perspectives On His Major Plays.
These plays represent three phases in the career of the dramatist Girish Karnad, whose very first play rejected the naturalism then prevalent on the Indian stage. All three are classics of the Indian stage.