ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Tughlaq is a 1964 Indian Kannada language play written by Girish Karnad. The thirteen-scene play is set during the reign of Muhammad bin Tughlaq . It was first staged in Urdu in 1966, as a student production at National School of Drama. Most famously, it was staged at Purana Qila, Delhi in 1972.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tughlaq was published in 1964 which did not just become a cult classic drama in Kannada but also went on to make its mark in English literature and was even translated to English by Karnad himself.

Detailed explanation-3: -The play is more than a political allegory. It has an irreducible, puzzling quality which comes from the ambiguities of Tughlaq’s character, the dominating figure in the play.

Detailed explanation-4: -Girish Karnad was one of the greatest playwrights of our time. He used the medium of theatre to educate people about social issues. His play ‘Tughlaq’ is considered to be one of the best plays of modern India.

Detailed explanation-5: -The first scene of Girish Karnad’s second play, Tughlaq, published in Kannada in 1964 when he was 26 years old and later translated by the playwright into English, begins with a conversation between an old and young man.