Nawab Nehru, Muhammad bin Tughlaq and Tyranny: An Analysis
Among all the myths created about Nawab Nehru, he is compared favourably with the Muhammad bin Tughlaq for being a misunderstood visionary genius.
The Far Reaching Implications of the Medieval Muslim Chronicler's Psyche on the History of the Future
Concluding part of the series examining the psyche of medieval Muslim chroniclers and its implications on the future of writing history
Tipu Sultan: The Aurangzeb of South India
A comprehensive account of the barbaric legacy of Tipu Sultan, the Tyrant of Mysore
A Festival of the Politically Correct Left-Liberal Sissies: The Jaipur Denouement
The Jaipur Literature Festival is the festival of political correctness driven and enforced by the Left-Liberal ideology
Agni Mattu Male: The Sound and the Fury of Perversion
By the time Girish Karnad wrote Agni Mattu Male (The Fire and The Rain) in the early 1990s, he had already pocketed the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the Padmashri, the Padmabhushan, and the Karnataka Sahitya Parishad Award…all of which he had amassed on the wreckage of Indian culture and
Karnad Caricatures Yayati in the Black Hole of Existentialism
Yayati is Girish Karnad’s first play, written in Kannada when he was twenty-three years old. It is also his seminal work of cultural vandalism, his first attempt at massacring everything that the Indian tradition and culture holds sacred, sublime, elevating, and valuable. Published in 1961, the instant success
Vandalising Mricchakatika: The Artistic Fraud Called Utsav
In my memoriam essay on Girish Karnad’s death, I had remarked that Girish Karnad was a mediocre director and a terrible playwright. Starting with this piece, we will examine a few prominent plays and cinema of Girish Karnad if only to puncture the hot-air balloon of unearned fame
In Memoriam: The Dreams of Tughlaq-Tipu Girish Karnad
An obituary on the passing away of Girish Raghunath Karnad