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@article{189174,
        author = {Mr. R. Gowtham and Dr. R. Rohini},
        title = {An Exploration of Real and Absurd in Girish Karnad’s select plays},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {7},
        pages = {5018-5021},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=189174},
        abstract = {Real and absurd are the two different concepts in one’s day-to-day life.  The society expects and frames the law for life is considered as a real world. But people have dreams and nightmares. Man can marry more than once but woman should not marry twice is the law of reality.  If a woman is not living according to the principles, then the society treats her differently.   This paper, chooses Hayavadana and Naga-Mandala to bring the absurd characters. Horse head, switching of heads and a snake disguise as a character Appanna are all absurd.  These all-absurd creations reflect the true nature of the characters from the select plays.  On the whole, the stories tell the readers, the completeness is not possible in human life.},
        keywords = {Real, Absurd, Hayavadana, Naga-Mandala, Girish Karnad.},
        month = {December},
        }