Introduction Part I: Caste, Community and performance

A ritual performance of Kerala, *Vayala Vasudevan Pillai*

  
  


  
  


  
  


The Patuas of Bengal, *Makbul Islam*

  
  


  
  


  
  


Bards and goddesses: *The Pombalas in Tirupati, Anand Akundy*

  
  


  
  


  
  


Explorations in the art forms of the Cindu madigas in Andhra, *Y A Sudhakar Reddy* and *R R Harischandra*

  
  


  
  


  
  


Caste identity and performance in a fisher-village of Assam, *Kishore Bhattacharjee*

  
  


  
  


  
  


**Part II: Performance Beyond Caste**

  
  


  
  


  
  


Telugu pady natakam in Andhra: Performance dynamics, *P Subbachary*

  
  


  
  


  
  


Modernising tradition: The yaksagana in Karnataka, *Guru Rao Bapat*

  
  


  
  


  
  


Kalarippayatt as aesthetics and the politics of invisibility in Kerala, *P K Sasidharan*

  
  


  
  


  
  


India People’s Theatre Association in colonial Andhra, *V Ramakrishna*

  
  


  
  


  
  


Gaddar and the politics and pain of singing, *D Venkat Rao*

  
  


  
  


  
  


Reviving moghal tamsa in Orissa, *Sachi Mohanty*

  
  


  
  


  
  


**Part III: Classical Dance and its Successors**

  
  


  
  


  
  


New directions in Indian dance, *Sunil Kothari*

  
  


  
  


  
  


Transpositions in kuchipudi dance, *Aruna Bhikshu*

  
  


  
  


  
  


The impact of commercialization in dance, *K Subadra Murthy*

  
  


  
  


  
  


Art addressing social problems, *Ananda Shankar Jayant*