That Was The Man I Loved: Girish Karnad's Son Pens An Emotional Tribute
Theatre stalwart Girish Karnad's son journalist Raghu Karnad paints the picture of his 'appa' as a man who was gently bubbling with bits of history, legend, song, folktale and philosophy.
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oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By Pti
Theatre
stalwart
Girish
Karnad's
son
journalist
Raghu
Karnad
paints
the
picture
of
his
'appa'
as
a
man
who
was
gently
bubbling
with
bits
of
history,
legend,
song,
folktale
and
philosophy."That
was
the
man
I
loved," Raghu
said
in
a
moving
Instagram
post
on
Thursday,
three
days
after
Karnad's
death
at
the
age
of
81.
Raghu
said
both
he
and
his
sister
Shalmali
Radha
were
at
home
in
Bengaluru
when
Karnad
passed
away.
"As
many
friends
have
pointed
out,
he
had
an
immaculate
sense
of
timing.
This
past
weekend,
my
sister
and
I
were
both
at
home
for
a
friend's
wedding.
On
Saturday
evening,
he
completed
a
set
of
audio
interviews
with
(translator-author)
Arshia
Sattar.
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"On
Sunday
evening,
the
family
sat
together
warmed
by
the
long
lines
of
sun
on
the
terrace.
I
gave
him
his
physio
and
my
sister
cut
his
nails.
We
talked
about
some
new,
difficult
issues
with
his
body.
It
was
sad,
but
not
only
sad.
On
Monday
morning
he
was
gone,"
he
wrote.
Raghu
said
it
was
difficult
to
pen
a
tribute
for
Karnad,
a
multilingual
multi-hyphenate
personality.
"...
It's
felt
like
a
tribute
to
Appa
that
the
house
and
my
mind
have
been
swirling
with
languages;
Konkani,
Kannada,
Tamil,
Malayalam,
English,
Hindi,
without
much
incomprehension."
He
said
the
family
is
thankful
for
all
the
love
and
gratitude
that
has
poured
in
from
people
whose
life
Karnad
touched.
"Thank
you
for
the
many
messages
about
how
you
felt
enriched
by
his
life
and
work.
The
reverse
is
also
true.
His
life
and
work
were
enriched
and
elevated
by
gurus
and
professors,
aunts
and
sisters,
friends,
collaborators,
directors,
students,
publishers,
actors,
readers,
rivals,
aides,
some
very
important
drivers
and
many
drinking
companions.
"In
his
last
few
weeks
and
even
hours
I
heard
many
of
those
names.
Thank
you
all
for
building
up
the
extraordinary
person
he
was,"
Raghu
wrote.