'This Life at Play': Girish Karnad's memoir in English to be released on his birth anniversaryThe memoir was to be translated by the playwright himself but he could only finish a part of it before his death.
01 Feb, 2021, 05.19 PM IST
Remembering Girish Karnad: Veteran playwright-actor who just won’t be RightOne of Kannada’s tallest literary figures, he never shied away from expressing his views.
11 Jun, 2019, 10.51 AM IST
Noted playwright-actor Girish Karnad passes away; PM Modi, President Kovind, Kamal Haasan pay tributeThe Jnanpith awardee died at his home in Bengaluru.
10 Jun, 2019, 03.38 PM IST
We won't be silenced: Karnataka reformists allegedly on the hit list of Hindutva groupsKarnataka reformists — from seer Veerabhadra Channamalla Swami to rationalists KS Bhagavan and Narendra Nayak — say they won't be deterred ...
24 Jun, 2018, 06.45 AM IST
Cho Ramaswamy articulated the anxieties of conservative, middle-class BrahminsCho turned into a commentator on the Hindu view of life, retelling the Mahabharata and penning a wholesale polemical defence of Brahminism.
11 Dec, 2016, 12.28 PM IST
Karnataka in 2015: Kalburgi murder, Tipu protest kept the state on its toesKarnataka this year faced the biggest agrarian challenge in its recent history with drought situation turning out to be the "worst" in 40 y...
17 Dec, 2015, 10.32 AM IST
Dalit writer Devanur Mahadeva becomes first to return award after Bihar electionsDevanur Mahadeva returned his Sahitya Akademi and Padmashri awards on Saturday, becoming the first public figure to do so after the Bihar e...
14 Nov, 2015, 04.15 PM IST
Maharashtra Congress MLA asks Girish Karnad to apologise for comment on ShivajiKarnad, a Jnanpith winner, had stoked a controversy when he said that 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan would have enjoyed the same sta...
13 Nov, 2015, 03.18 PM IST
Death threats against Girish Karnad amounts to 'terror': Sitaram YechuryDeath threats against Jnanpith awardee Girish Karnad over his remarks about naming Bengaluru international airport after Tipu Sultan amount...
12 Nov, 2015, 06.49 PM IST
Tipu Sultan row: Shiv Sena slams Karnataka government, decries comparison with ShivajiShiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant also objected to parallels being drawn between Tipu Sultan and Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji.
12 Nov, 2015, 04.59 PM IST
Tipu controversy: BJP demands Siddaramaiah's ouster, takes swipe at Sonia GandhiReferring to the alleged death threats received by Jnanpith awardee Karnad and BJP MP Simha on social media, the party sought a probe into ...
12 Nov, 2015, 04.09 PM IST
Tipu controversy: Girish Karnad, BJP MP receive death threatsOnline posts directed at the duo appeared even as the toll in the violence at Madikeri over the row climbed to two after a youth succumbed ...
12 Nov, 2015, 03.31 PM IST
Girish Karnad gets death threat for Tipu Sultan comment, says sorryKarnad has been threatened he would meet the same end as murdered writer MM Kalburgi for demanding renaming of the Kempegowda International...
12 Nov, 2015, 10.56 AM IST
Girish Karnad says Tipu Sultan support is no insult to KempegowdaHe said If Tipu had not been a Muslim, but a Hindu, he would have been honoured just like Shivaji has been, with the airport in Mumbai name...
12 Nov, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Personal stories are better way to explain war tales: Raghu KarnadJournalist, writer and Bengaluru boy Raghu Karnad talks about flawed historical perceptions, tackling non-documented facts and personal inf...
28 Jun, 2015, 01.26 PM IST
Literature goes to B-school: IIMs, top institutes using old classics to teach leadershipAt a time reading old literary masterpieces is a waning practice, several top B-schools, are harking back to old classics to teach leadersh...
19 Mar, 2013, 06.15 AM IST
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27 Aug, 2010, 06.50 PM IST