Girish Karnad takes on V.S. Naipaul

November 02, 2012 18:56

On Friday afternoon at the Tata Literature Live festival in Mumbai, playwright Girish Karnad surprised audiences by making an unexpected and detailed criticism of author V S Naipaul.

Naipaul was awarded the festival's Lifetime Achievement Award on Wednesday night. Karnad, whose session was announced as a masterclass where the playwright would talk about 'his life in theatre', spoke instead about Naipaul's mischaracterisations of Indian history and the politics of giving him an award in spite of his widely-quoted remarks about Indian Muslims, especially in light of Mumbai and India's recent history.
Edited excerpts from Karnad's remarks. Read

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