Girish Karnad: A Contemporary Playwright reveals Karnad’s contribution to contemporary Indian theatre which remains unparalleled in Indian theatre history. It brings out how Karnad has reshaped post independence Indian theatre and has given it a new dimension. The book presents him as an avant-garde playwright who shocks the sensibility of the conventional readers by introducing the forbidden and sometimes even tabooed subjects. The plays based on myth, ...
Vijay Tendulkar: A Pioneer Playwright speaks volumes of this veteran Indian playwright of international repute. It delves deep into the problematic nature of his plays and brings out their salient aspects in areas like socio-cultural, psychological, existential, feminist, etc. Realism of all sorts in Tendulkar's plays forms the core of this investigative work. The inferences drawn entitle Tendulkar to being called one of the pioneers of New Drama in the ...