Tughlag
by Girish Karnad
Introduction
Tughlag
is Girish Karnad’s first successful experiment
First
written in Kannada in 1964 & later translated into English Depicts
the struggle and spectacular failure of a personality who dreams of becoming an
ideal ruler and establishing a utopia A
strong parallelism between the reign of Tughlaq and Nehru era in
post-independent India
Ethics
Not
a worthy ruler
Not
able to provide enough food for the people in the kingdom
Introduced
copper coins which had same value as silver coins
Shifted
capital from Delhi to Daulatabad
Unethical
behavior
Tricking
Sheikh Imam-ud-Din during the public meeting
Murder
of Sheikh Imam-ud-Din Tughlaq
killed his brother and father to win the throne Aziz
and Azam didnt help a woman whose child was ill.
Equality
in Justice
Giving
land back to the Brahmin
Stoning
of his Step Mother
Releasing
Ain-ul-Mulk
Releasing
Aziz
Theory
of Egoism
Definition: An action is morally right if
the decision-maker freely decides in order to pursue either their (short-term)
desires or their (long-term) interests
Supporting example: He forgave Aziz and
let him free thinking he was the only person who understood him. Aziz should
have been given some punishment due to his poor deeds.
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