Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry’s Nagamandala earned appreciation from the playwright Girish Karnad itself – you have really understood my play, he said One story and so many tellings. A.K. Ramanujan told this folktale and it became three plays – Nagamandala, Siri Sampige and Haavu Hokka Manegalu by Girish Karnad, Chandrashekar Kambar, and Hooli Shekar respectively. Girish Karnad’s Nagamandala, when compared to … Continue reading Of snakes and women