Karnad’s Hayavadana
Bharathi Chinnasami –
Themes of Incompleteness and
Search for identity
Girish Karnad is
regarded as one of the three great writers of contemporary Indian drama, along
with Badal Sircar and Vijay Tendulkar. His work takes off from Indian myths and
legends and makes them a vehicle of a new vision, while Badal Sircar and Vijay
Tendulkar deal with the problems of the middle-class. Karnad’s significant plays
include Yayati, Tughlaq, Hayavadana, Naga-Mandala, Tale-Danda and The
Fire and the Rain.
