Girish Karnad’s memoirs are a revelation even to those who already know of his genius
Karnad tells us about the first half of his life, the relatively lesser-known half, with characteristic honesty and sensitivity. Girish Karnad | Courtesy Film and Television Institute of India
One of the first things I look at in a book is the names of its chapters. It tells me something about how the book is framed; how it intends to travel with me. It is like looking at the time-table of a train and tracing the stations on a map with your fingertip. That’s the page I opened to first in