Women, Society and Culture in the Plays of Girish Karnad

Abstract

Studying Girish Karnad is a difficult and challenging task, since he has been a prolific and impactful in various fields.  He is well-known as playwright, director, and actor as well as for the numerous important positions which he has held in the field of Indian culture in general and for the performing arts in particular. The Research work is proposed to present and understand woman’s problem and finding solution for those is very relevant and basic with help of the characters in play.  This attempt is to analyse the anxiety of women with the Introduction of modernity.  The cultural and societal influence on the writer in writing his plays is analysed here in the paper.  The work brings the light on Re-Inventing tradition in the plays of Karnad. The work will present a critical study on social and cultural ideologies in the plays of Karnad.