Controversies
At the 2012 TATA Lit Fest held in Mumbai,Karnad was invited to speak about "his life in theater" in an hour long session.But,instead of talking about the subject,he took the opportunity to lash out at VS Naipaul for his "antipathy towards Indian Muslims".VS Naipaul had earlier been conferred the Lifetime achievement award by the festival's organisers. Karnad also criticized the organizers for having honored Naipaul. The audience which had gathered to hear Karnad speak about his life in theater was taken aback by this unexpected rant against one of the world's finest writers.Later,the festival organizers disapproved of Karnad's vitriol and wondered why he had misused the platform to vent his personal political rage.
Just a few weeks after this,Karnad again created controversy by claiming that Rabindranath Tagore was a second-rate playwright and that his plays were "unbearable"
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