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On Theatre
Perhaps no other theatre personality has had such a deep and pervasive influence on theatre practice and theory in post-independence India as Badal Sircar. As a writer of proscenium plays in the 1960s, all of which have been widely produced by leading directors in several Indian languages; as the pioneer of non-proscenium political theatre in the 1970s; as the mentor of countless directors and theatre activists who have carried his ideas to far corners of the country, his work is an integral part of contemporary Indian theatre history. Badal Sircar has over the years written and expounded on his key concepts such as free theatre, humanity in theatre, masks in theatre, and the term with which...
Doing Time with Nehru
The midnight knock on the door and the disappearance of a loved one into the hands of authorities is a 20th-century horror story familiar to many destined to “live in interesting times.” Yet, some stories remain untold. Such is the account of the internment of ethnic Chinese who had settled for many years in northern India. When the Sino-Indian Border War of 1962 broke out, over 2,000 Chinese-Indians were rounded up, placed in local jails, then transported over a thousand miles away to the Deoli internment camp in the Rajasthan Desert. Born in Calcutta in 1949, and raised in Darjeeling, Yin Marsh was just thirteen years old when first her father was arrested, and then she, her grandmothe...
Pow!
[In this novel by the 2012 Nobel Laureate in Literature], "a benign old monk listens to a prospective novice's tale of depravity, violence and carnivorous excess while a nice little family drama--in which nearly everyone dies--unfurls ... As his dual narratives merge and feather into one another, each informing and illuminating the other, Mo Yan probes the character and lifestyle of modern China."--Publisher's description.
Chakravyuha
Ratan Thiyam is one of India s leading theatre directors. His Chorus Repertory Company has forged a reputation for its grand style of visually spectacular theatre, fusing intense dramatic energy with sheer professional skill to create unforgettable productions. Of these, Chakravyuha is a seminal play, which has been performed widely and won critical acclaim, including the Fringe First award at the Commonwealth Arts Festival in 1986. This volume undertakes a close study by Kavita Nagpal of Ratan Thiyam s theatre, its history and development, based on intensive fieldwork and interviews. It includes the complete performance text of Chakravyuha along with photographs in colour and black-and-white. There are also detailed notes on the legend from the Mahabharata on which the play is based, for readers unfamiliar with the references to events and personalities. Kavita Nagpal is a well-known theatre critic and writer who has been widely published. The lengthy introduction by theatre critic Samik Bandyopadhyay, who has been a keen observer of Ratam Thiyam s work over the years, contributes valuable insights to the undertanding of the play.
The Colonial Staged
From the late eighteenth century, Calcutta, first city of the British Empire, has been a hub of intersecting ideas and movements of change. Nowhere did the restless currents of history play themselves out more graphically than in the composite art of theatre and performance. This pioneering study of the history of Bengali theatre looks at the plays mounted in the city in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and their reception. It goes on to study the cultural efflorescence known as the 'Bengal Renaissance' and the subsequent politicization of a theatre imbued with ideas of nationalism and social reform, with a particular focus on the complex and problematic issue of the place of women in theatre.
Dancing Odissi
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Readings
The postcolonial moment has passed, but the need to locate and confront shifting forms of oppression remains imperative. For Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, such a task should be activated through long-term practice in the ethics of reading. In"Readings," Spivak elaborates a utopian vision: imaginative training for epistemological performance, to develop a will for peaceful social justice in coming generations. Teaching as she reads, she demonstrates modes in which such a vision might be apprehended. She celebrates Frantz Fanon s appropriation of Hegel. Preparing herself to read, she pays close attention to signposts of character, action and place in J. M. Coetzee s"Summertime" and Elizabeth Gas...
Montage
Memoirs and interviews of the author, motion picture producer and director from West Bengal, India.
Who Sings the Nation-state?
"What is contained in a state has become ever more plural while the boundaries of a state have become ever more fluid. In a world of migration and shifting allegiances - caused by cultural, economic, military and climatic change - the state is a more provisional place and its inhabitants more stateless. This spirited and engaging conversation, between two of America's foremost critics and two of the most influential theorists of the last decade, ranges widely across what Enlightenment and key contemporary philosophers have to say about the state, who exercises power in today's world, whether we can have a right to rights, the past, present, and future of the state in a time of globalization, and even what the singing of the 'Star Spangled Banner' in Spanish says about the complex world we live in today"--P. [4] of cover.
