title: Collected Plays: Tughlaq, Hayavadana, Bali: The Sacrifice, Naga-Mandala, Volume 1
author: Girish Karnad
description: Girish Karnad is former Director at the Nehru Centre in London and an award-winning playwright, actor and director.
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  ## GURCHARAN DAS
  
  
  ### Three Plays
  
  
  LARINS SAHIB  
  MIRA  
  9 JAKHOO HILL
  
  
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  ## Contents
  
  
  [About the Author](aboutauthor.html)
  
  
  [Dedication](dedication.html)
  
  
  [Introduction](introduction.html#thr0000116)
  
  
  [Larins Sahib](preface004.html)
  
  
  [Mira](preface005.html)
  
  
  [9 Jakhoo Hill](preface006.html)
  
  
  [Copyright Page](copyright.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  PENGUIN BOOKS
  
  
  ##### Three Plays
  
  
  Gurcharan Das is a well-known novelist, playwright and public intellectual. He
  is a columnist for the _Times of India_ , and other papers. He is the author
  of _The Difficulty of Being Good_ , _India Unbound_ , _A Fine Family_ and _The
  Elephant Paradigm_.
  
  
  #### **Praise for the Plays**
  
  
  ‘Remarkable in the way it combines Indian legend with the sophistication of
  Western total theatre …