Karnad’s civilising mission

The only good thing about our frequent literary brouhahas, it sometimes seems to me, might be nothing more than the excuse to use lively words like “brouhaha.” Unless we are willing to confront a deeper truth than what Girish Karnad has supposedly called out in his celebrated denunciation of V.S. Naipaul, our frequent lit-fest spats may amount to nothing more than routine spectacles in which we merely show up to rehearse our parts and reassert our credentials.

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