Girish Karnad:- Controversial Obituaries

Girish Karnad:- Controversial Obituaries
                                                 


Girish Karnad was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer and playwright who predominantly worked in South Indian cinema and Bollywood. He was known for his plays Tughlaq, Hayavadana and Yayati. As a result of his greatest contribution in literature he was fascinated Padma Bhusan, and Sahitya Akadami award as well as he was also a recipient of the 1998Janpith Award, the highest literary honour conferred in India. Girish Karnad – a well known literary figure always remains in controversies.


Mainly he was remained in controversies because of his actively supporting activity to leftist people in separatist movement.


Besides being an independent thinker he was well known figure in political world who strongly depicted the diversity of Indian culture.


Besides it he also criticized V.S.Naipaul for his “antipathy towards Indian Muslims” as equally also lashed out on organizer who honoured V.S.Naipaul with Lifetime achievement award. He also criticized Rabindranath Tagore by claiming that he was a great poet but a second playwright. His love for Western culture and hatred for his own culture can observe in his writing as in his well known play Tughlaq he portrayed a cruel Muhammad bin Tuglaq in such way that it seems as tughlaq has that saintly identity.


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