The Essay | Shakespeare 400 – Freedom of Speech or Nothing – King Lear and Contemporary India

Duration: 14'19''

Synopsis

Preti Taneja considers Shakespeare's King Lear as a lens through which to view the contradictions of India today, including in areas of freedom of speech, development and activism.

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