Girish Karnad : Controversial Obituaries

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Girish Karnad : Controversial Obituaries

          

          •Born :  May  19 , 1938 , Matheran ,                               Bombay presidency ( now in                            Maharashtra )  India .

        • Died :  June 10 , 2019 , Bengaluru ,                              India .

                   Girish Karnad was part of India's past -  Independence Renaissance . He was great Indian actor , film actor , kannada writer , playwright and a Rhodes scholar . His plays written in kannada , have been translated into English . His play were a mix of myth and history but they always spoke of the reality  and there lay the importance of Girish Karnad , a multi- hyphenate cultural icon who championed the freedom of expression and inclusive idea of India through his life and work . He wrote many great notable works like , 

            • Yayati ( 1961 )

           • Hayavadana ( 1971 )

           •Tughalaq  (1964 )

           •Anjumallige

          •Agni mathu male

          • Hittina Hunja Taledanda etc. 

∆ And also Girish Karnad got many great awards  like , 

              ° Jnanapith award (1998)

              °  Padma Shri (1979)

              ° Padma Bhushan (1992)

             °  kalidas samman (1998)

∆ Girish Karnad was well known for using      history and mithology to tackle many       contemporary and controversial issues .

            Karnad had also criticised Nobel laureate V. s. Naipaul for his controversial view on  Muslim in India . Calling Naipaul an unreliable writer of non- fiction as far as India was concerned Karnad had said , "  He really doesn't pay much attention to the details on the texts of studies " . Following controversy over  Karnataka government's decision to celebrate Tipu jayanti , Karnad had said the  18th century Mysure  ruler would have been celebrated as much as  Maratha king chhatrapati Shivaji , had been a Hindu not Muslim .

         He was a proponent of multi - culturalism and freedom of expression .He was critic of  religiou fundamentalism .He had publicaly condemned the demolition of Babri masjid  in 1992 and later spoke  against the attempt to create  controversy about the Idgan Maidan in Hubli . He had opposed RSS , BJP and other organizations on several occasions .  He opposed Narendra Modi for the prime minister's post in the 2014 parliament elections . He was one of the 200 writers who put out an open latter against hate politics and for  " diverse and equal India "  during the 2019 general elections .

                  With a tube in his nose , he wore  a placared saying , " Me Too Urban Naxal " at the first death anniversary of slain  Journalist   Gauri  Lankesh . Due to his view againsts  Hindutva , his name was on the hit list of a right - wing group which allegedly shot Gauri Lankesh .

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