Karnad Current Affairs, GK & News
Amish Tripathi appointed as new director of Nehru Centre in London
Author Amish Tripathi has been appointed the new director of Nehru Centre in London, which is under the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). He will replace diplomat Srinivas Gotru. Tripathi is the author of best-selling books such as the Secret of the Nagas and Sita – Warrior of Mithila. The Nehru Centre was founded ..
Topics: Amish Tripathi • Cultural promotion organizations • Gopalkrishna Gandhi • India • Indian Council for Cultural Relations • Indian family names • Indian people • Jawaharlal Nehru • Karnad • Mithila • The Secret of the Nagas • Tripathi
Girish Karnad, well-known writer, playwright, actor and public intellectual passes away
Girish Karnad (81), well-known writer, playwright, actor and public intellectual, has passed away on June 10 in Bengaluru. Born in May 1938, he was one of the most prominent theatre personalities of the 60s and 70s, a period regarded as the Renaissance of Indian theatre. He worked with mythology and history and gave them a ..
Topics: Cinema of India • Films • Girish Karnad • Hindi theatre • Indian culture • Indian films • Karnad • Konkani people • Tiger • Tiger Zinda Hai • Tughlaq • Turning Point
Raghu Karnad wins 2019 Windham Campbell Prize
Delhi-based Journalist and author, Raghu Karnad has won the 2019 Windham-Campbell Prize under non-fiction category for his debut book ‘The Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War’ in London. Hence, Karnad has become the 2nd Indian to receive the prestigious prize, since Jerry Pinto won it for his novel ‘Em And The ..
Topics: American writers • Donald Windham • Em and the Big Hoom • Guggenheim Fellows • Jerry Pinto • Karnad • Raghu Karnad • Sandy Campbell • Windham • Writers • Yale University Library
Girish karnad to be honoured by Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award 2017
Veteran actor and playwright Girish Karnad will be honoured by Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award 2017 at the literature festival’s annual awards ceremony which will be held on November 19 at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Nariman Point, Mumbai. The festival runs from November 16-19. Karnad is also a recipient of ..
Topics: Actors • Girish Karnad • Hindi theatre • Indian culture • Indian people • Kannada literature • Karnad • Konkani people • National Centre for the Performing Arts • Taledanda • Tughlaq