Have the courage to face our past and present, squarely

Was V S Naipaul right or was Girish Karnad right? The sound and fury generated by the controversy at Literature Live!, Mumbai’s literary festival, has obscured one important aspect of our national life: we are afraid of our own history. Let’s recap for a moment how the controversy began. Naipaul was given the Landmark Lifetime Achievement Award at the festival.  This aroused Karnad’s ire: the award should not have been given, he said...

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