Most successful and ambitious business leaders feel persuaded that they have no competent successor, says R G Vilakudi.
Fathers and sons have had a vexed relationship throughout myth, says Arundhuti Dasgupta.
Karnad, a recipient of Jnanpith Award, was also conferred the Padma Shri in 1974 and the Padma Bhushan in 1992.
Girish Karnad lived several lives not only on the stage but also as a scholar, theatre personality, an actor and director in a career spanning over five decades.
'With his stature as a playwright and actor, Girish Karnad was one of the voices of modernity for not just Karnataka but the entire country.'