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Question
The play deals with a Kannada woman writer who unexpectedly produces an international bestseller in English.
Can a writer be a truly bilingual practitioner?
Solution
A writer is an artist who might experience or observe a situation and its aftermath or repercussions, conceives them comprehends them, and produces them in the language which makes him ponder on it its authentic texture. While exposing his experiences, he undergoes a monologue in his psychic space where he questions, justifies, and edits his thoughts.
This again happens in the language which makes the artist contend and contest with himself. Each language comes with certain baggage and prejudices which can be traced in the vocabulary and use of language expressions. The mind captures certain moments in a particular language through which the writer associates himself with the instance. This language is his voice to give words to that context. Often, the writer sees things through the perspective of a third person and tries to adopt the language of the other to empathize with the context. Thus, a writer can be a truly bilingual practioner.
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