: ‘He experimented with Kannada theatre like no one else’: A podcast series remembers Girish Karnad #IndiaNEWS In June 2019, a few days before his death, playwright, actor, film director, writer,

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‘He experimented with Kannada theatre like no one else’: A podcast series remembers Girish Karnad #IndiaNEWS
In June 2019, a few days before his death, playwright, actor, film director, writer, and activist Girish Karnad spoke to author and translator Arshia Sattar about his work, his life, and the concerns that had occupied him over almost sixty years as a public intellectual. Bangalore International Centre’s BIC Talks podcast series, The River Has No Fear of Memories, distills those freewheeling conversations into a “short intellectual biography� to celebrate the life and work of one of India’s finest playwrights and thinkers.Arshia Sattar – the co-host of the podcast, along with Anmol Tikoo – and author and playwright Vivek Shanbhag (who appears in episodes two and three) speak to Scroll.in about the series and memories of Girish Karnad.At the time of publication, four episodes of the series had been released. Excerpts from the conversation:Why is the podcast titled The River Has No Fear of Memories?Arshia Sattar (AS): That’s the title of a song from Girish Karnad’s play Hayavadana. It was set to music by BV Karanth, one of Girish’s most important theatre collaborators. And it’s one of the most popular range geethe (theatre songs) in Kannada. Plus, we thought that since this was a podcast about memories – us remembering Girish and Girish looking back on his life – this would be an appropriate title.

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