Tanuja Limje
Humanities
December 2022
Humanities across cultures now form a seamless corpus of knowledge interface thanks to postmodernist erasure of cultural borders. In the epiphany moment of facing the other, euro-centricism, which had previously prevented people from engaging with each other, was relocated. Since the beginning of time, India has had a rich history of drama. As old as Indian customs are, so is Indian theatre. This paper examines the crucial period of time that marked the shift in women's status in Indian society as seen in the modern era, when men experience identity crises and fight for survival while women transition from being obedient to being autonomous. This is because Girish Karnad exploits traditional tales through the lens of his contemporary conscience, presenting a stark clash between indigenous culture and modernity in his plays against the backdrop of mythology and history. The current paper compares Girish Karnad's five plays in order to describe the synthesis between tradition and modernity and his attempts to reflect contemporary reality.
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