Background
Karnad, Girish Raghunath was born on May 19, 1938 in Matheran, India. Son of Raghunath Krishna and Krishnabai (Mankikar) Karnad.
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This play questions an essential principle in Indian society: who is the husband, the man who marries a girl and cares only for sexual excitement or one who takes care of her? Rani is a young bride whose husband Appanna spends most of his time with a concubine. Rani tries to win his affections, resorting to a love potion. However, she spills the potion on a nearby anthill and a cobra consumes it. Naga, the cobra, takes the form of a man and is completely smitten by Rani. He visits her each night in the form of her husband and Rani begins to experience a new life. She becomes pregnant and tells her husband the good news. He immediately calls her adulterous, revealing that he has not impregnated her. Soon, Rani s life turns upside down as she tries to prove her faithfulness. However, the Naga is still smitten by her and will do anything to keep her.
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These plays represent three phases in the career of the dramatist Girish Karnad, all three are classics of the Indian stage. The first play, Tughlaq, is a historical play in the manner of nineteenth-century Parsee theater. The second, Hayavadana was one of the first modern Indian plays to employ traditional theatrical techniques. In Naga-Mandala, the third play, Karnad turns to oral tales, usually narrated by women. This selected work of one of India's best known playwrights should attract the attention of students and scholars of comparative literature, or any reader interested in South Asian literature.
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This book is the first volume of a collection of plays by Girish Karnad, one of India's foremost dramatists and actors. It contains Tughlaq, Hayavana, Bali: The Sacrifice, and Naga-Mandala.
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This book is the second volume of a collection of plays by Girish Karnad, one of India's foremost dramatists and actors. It contains Taledanda, The Fire and the Rain, The Dreams of Tipu Sultan, and Macaulay's Children.
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Karnad, Girish Raghunath was born on May 19, 1938 in Matheran, India. Son of Raghunath Krishna and Krishnabai (Mankikar) Karnad.
Bachelor in Mathematics, Karnatak University, 1958. Master of Arts, Oxford (England) University, 1963. Doctor of Laws, Karnatak University, India, 1994.
Assistant manager Oxford University Press, Madras, India, 1963-1969, manager India, 1969-1970. Director Film & television Institute of India, Pune, 1974, 75. Visiting professor, Fulbright scholar in residence University Chicago, 1987-1988.
Chairman Sangeet Natak Academy National Academy Performing Arts, New Delhi, 1988-1993. Indian co-chair Joint Media Committee of Indo-United States Subcommn. on Education and Culture, 1984-1993. Director The Nehru Center, London, since 2000.
(This play questions an essential principle in Indian soci...)
(These plays represent three phases in the career of the d...)
(This book is the second volume of a collection of plays b...)
(This book is the first volume of a collection of plays by...)
Author numerous plays including Hayavadana, 1971 (Kamaladevi award 1972), Anjumallige, 1977, Hittina Hunja, 1980, Naga-Mandala, 1988, Taledanda, 1990, Agni Mattu Male, 1995 (National Academy of Letters award 1994), Tipu Sultan Kanda Kanasu, 2000. Director (films) Vamsha Vriksha, 1971 (Best Director award 1971), Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane, 1977, Ondanondu Kaaladalli, 1978, Utsav (in Hindi), 1984, Kanaka-Purandara (in English), 1989 (National award 1989), Kanooru Heggadithi, 1999.
Fellow National Academy for Performing Arts. (Jnanapith award 1999).
Married Saraswathy K. Ganapathy, September 15, 1980. Children: Shalmali Radha, Raghu Amay.